Track Listing

1. Intro
2. All You Good Good People
3. My Weakness Is None Of Your Business
4. Come Back To What You Know
5. One Big Family
6. Higher Sights
7. Retread
8. I Want The World
9. You've Got To Say Yes
10. Fireworks
11. The Last Gas
12. That's All Changed Forever
13. Now You're Nobody
14. The Good Will Out

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10711 in Music
• Released on: 1998-06-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Of course, it all comes down to whether you can stand Danny McNamara's voice. Touted as the New Oasis (two Northern brothers in love with rock's classic years, one plays guitar and one sings), Embrace could certainly write a fine tune--"Come Back To What You Know" is the Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work" but about something more comforting and familiar: "The Hugs Don't Work", perhaps. But the songs were always left vulnerable when Danny opened his mouth. Still, it ain't over 'til the flat laddie sings, and when you've got songs as air-punchingly redeeming as "All You Good, Good People"--imagine the Waterboys singing "I Am The Resurrection"--who cares if your singer sounds like Ian Brown on the rack? After all, Shaun Ryder is just Grandpa Simpson with a bag of drugs and a rhyming dictionary, and we all love the Happy Mondays. The good will out. --Caitlin Moran

Customer Reviews

A stunning debut
For ages before this album came out, Embrace had been all mouth, convinced that this was going to be the best thing since sliced bread. They weren't far off with those statements as they produced a record of epic proportions. From the opening rattle of the kettle drum into 'All You Good Good People' right the way through to the epic ballad of 'The Good Will Out', this album is little short of stunning. Whilst the rock moments on the album ('One Big Family' 'Last Gas' 'I Want the World') are good, it is really with the ballads that this album comes into its own. Songs as emotionally charged as 'Retread' just hit you right in the heart. The best songs on the album are left until the end, with four epic tunes out of the last five: 'Fireworks', 'That's all Changed Forever', 'Now You're Nobody' and 'The Good Will'. If these four songs don't move you, nothing will. People complain about Danny's singing, and, alright, it isn't always perfect, but it fits the job here fine. If you don't already own a copy of this album, you must buy it as it is simply wonderful.

Amazing Album from an Awesome Band
When you think of great debut albums you think 'Definetely Maybe' by Oasis or 'Word Gets Around' by the Stereophonics but this album ranks up there with the best of them. It starts off strong with such anthems as 'All You Good Good People' and 'Come Back To What you Know' and continues to be strong until the end with such classics as the sublime 'Fireworks' and the crowd favourite 'The Good Will Out'. This is a must for any fan of great music, a MUST for all CD collections.

Happiness is....
....a long drive with this album on the CD player.
These songs strike a chord with me like no other, which is probably why I'm a huge Embrace fan. Contrary to most other opinions, I actually like Danny Macnamara's voice, and I think it goes hand-in-glove with the Embrace 'sound'. This is an album that rises and falls through some of the best work the band has created, namely 'All You Good Good people', 'Come Back To What You Know', 'Fireworks', and my own favourite 'Retread'.
If I had to pick one album to have if I was stranded on a desert island, then this is it. 10 out of 10.