Track Listing

1. Six
2. Negative
3. Shotgun
4. Inverse Midas
5. Anti Everything
6. Fall Out
7. Serotonin
8. Cancer
9. Witness to a Murder
10. Television
11. Special/Blown It (Delete as Appropriate)
12. Legacy
13. Being a Girl

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8728 in Music
• Released on: 1998-09-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks

Customer Reviews

Six.........stars
Six is one of the albums I always come back to after maybe six months. listen to it and think why have I not listened to this for so long? It is a gobsmacking album in terms of the band's sheer genius; that is why I rank this as my number one album of all time.

It is absolutely impossible to do this album justice in words. It just feels so complete, the way each song flows seemlessly into the next has never been bettered. You may think this was one song if you didn't look at the tracklist.

The musical ability is amazing but it isn't just that, the whole album just flows. The instruments all work perfectly together. Paul Draper's voice is quiet simply the best voice I have ever listened to. He sounds like he has two different sets of vocal chords.

Listening carefully and you will hear lots of interesting effects and use of instruments and this is probably what helps to make this so outstanding.

Mansun were originally lumped in with Britpop with the fantastic album Attack of the Grey Lanterns. Six moved straight off into a genre of its own and seemed to alienate many of the fans of the first album which may explain why they have not recieved the acclaim they should have for this album.

I recommend this to anyone and everyone it is too eclectic and individual to recommend as a particular genre. Fans of intricate, Progressive Rock should give it a go.

There is simply nothing else out there that has ever been done like this. It is Mansun's 1990's equivalent of 'Dark Side of the Moon', it is that good to me.

Chinese Democracy
I think I'm the first, but I won't be the last, to notice incredible similarities between Six and the soon-to-be-released "Chinese Democracy" by Gun N' Roses...

A brilliant album
This album was my first exposure to Mansun, and I was incredibly impressed with it, it very quickly became one of the most heavily played albums in my collection.

I love the way that the band are not at all afraid to experiment throughout this album - it has various elements that are certainly far from the mainstream, and quite possibly contributed to their decline in album sales, but it is so refreshing to hear music that combines superb melodies and riffs with an adventurous side.

The first half of the album is the more conventional - but still packed full of invention. There's certainly a prog influence to their expansive rock, there is some self-indulgence but they pull it off brilliantly - the title track is an excellent opener, and Negative and Anti-Everything are probably the most normal, catchy melodies on the albums, and are both songs that grab you at first listen. Fall Out (which samples the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) and Cancer are also top draw, the length (9 minutes) of Cancer means plenty of changes of pace, and is a great closer of 'Part One' of the album. Shotgun is my favourite song on the album, and it is a fantastic rock song. The opening of it is uncharacteristically cheesy, and I was rather disappointed with that at first, but of course, with Mansun, you know that it is just because they are enjoying themselves, and the song changes direction to awesome effect, with two separate riffs grabbing the song by the scruff of the neck and driving it on - great songwriting.

The second, more adventurous half of the album, opens up with some opera, accompanied by a Tom Baker narration. Gloriously bonkers, but it works. Television is probably my second favourite song on the album, some delightful lyrics in there as well as the melodies, but Special/Blown It and Legacy are both good songs. Being a Girl rounds off the album, and in typical fashion it starts off in one style, and continues very effectively in another - the variety within one album whilst maintaining a sound that is quite clearly 'Mansun' is what marks this album out as being so good.

The quality throughout is extremely high - Serotonin is the only song I'm not that fond of, but the rest of the album really is top stuff. They are refreshingly different from the majority of mainstream and popular rock these days, much more substance and invention to the music, and it's worth noting that the production is excellent as well - really brings every aspect of the music to life. All in, a brilliant album.