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ACR (A Certain Ratio)
| NAME: |
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ACR (A Certain
Ratio) |
| MEMBERS: |
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Simon Topping, Martin
Moscrop, Jeremy Kerr, Pete Terrell, Donald Johnson |
| HIGHEST CHART SINGLE: |
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The best band never to
grace the charts! |
| ESSENTIAL TUNE: |
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Shack Up |
| ESSENTIAL ALBUM: |
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ACR:MCR (older readers
may well disagree!!) |
| FASCINATING FACT: |
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Martin Moscrop is the
musical director on the Steve Coogan film, 24hr party
people. |
| BAGGY RATING: |
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Massive in Manc - the
rest should have known better |
SOME WRITING ON THE BAND:
'Just be what you wanna be'
ACR may never have had a top forty single
but they are better than 99% of those that have. I missed
the early part of their career, they were signed to Factory
Records in the eighties and I was a bit too young to appreciate
it.
But not to worry as even now I own their
back catalogue, their later material is still my favourite.
In particular the album MCR. It's a blend of South American
rhythm with house beats and it is absolute quality!
One song in particular stood out when
I first listened to the album - Be What You Want To Be
- it was released in the age of Thatcherism and the message
of individuality made a refreshing change to the words
and beliefs of Maggie!
Since their formation in 1978, ACR were
very popular in Manchester, but it seemed the rest of
the country failed to have such good taste. The Four For
The Floor EP contained some of the best songs on MCR but
it seemed to appear in the bargain basement of many record
shops up and down the country (as by the way did Unfinished
Sympathy by Massive Attack - there really is no accounting
for the taste of the British Public!)
The band were great live. I saw them at
The International (I believe it's now a supermarket!)
in Manchester in the run-up to Christmas in 1990 or 1991.
Shaun Ryder and his Dad danced in the midst of the rest
of the Manchester music fraternity in celebration of a
top outfit.
Not all the best bands make it to
the top. Some remain critically acclaimed. And there's
no better than A Certain Ratio.
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