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This album could not help but remind one of Pornography, as it seems to have been produced, or at least supervised, by none other than Lol Tolhurst. It's a great album. The review is a bit harsh, but it expresses consistent opinions.

A very well-crafted review, especially because it rightly analyzes the environmental context in which the album was born. There will be more Ultravox, which I personally prefer, but the twilight rage of "ha ha ha" still retains an allure that is hard to match.

On eMule, you can also find the performance on the show Fresco Fresco (1983), where Litfiba play "Luna"... in a beach resort! A somewhat detached but good review. Great album, it retains an indissoluble charm.

I believe this is the most fascinating album from the early Depeche period. An album that aimed to be pop but carries with it something so melancholic that in the end it seems almost dark... and it seems to me that your review highlighted this aspect well. Perhaps "A photograph of you" deserved more understanding, which in my opinion is a pop gem, much more than "The meaning of love"... but de gustibus...

If one day someone else asks me what is meant by dark or goth music, I will try this time to refrain from overwhelming them with my records.. But I would definitely want them to have this: put on Blood Bitch and let the mind do the rest. Then the Cocteau were something else, much else, understood, but this was the best debut one could hope for.

This album, while not their best, is like a summary of the Cocteau Twins' thought, where we find the sounds and styles of many previous records. I don't think I'm crazy for saying that "Seekers Who Are Lovers" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. Much more than a swan song. And who knows if ever...

This review finally does justice to an album that has been somewhat snubbed by everyone, just like the subsequent "Outside the Gate." Well, I tell you that inside this record, you can find the 80s in their most decadent sense, without false renunciations to those sounds and timbres that have defined them, for better or worse. I too am deeply attached to Adorations because it was while watching the video for that song that I decided that the entire KJ discography had to be on my stereo. From there, I discovered that Scherzo was not just about those typically new wave sounds, but so much more... there's no need to repeat all the possible comparisons and the beautiful words I could use to praise their brilliance and intertwining of styles. Personally, I also greatly appreciate the current "hard line": there is no grunt or distortion that could be compared to those conceived by Killing... even my grandmother's ear would be able to distinguish the lucid madness of KJ from the sterile chaos of much modern metal.