As I write this the album is at number two in the UK top forty. Hoping for a last push this week to get it to the top spot.
Well that's what we should be writing but sadly and obviously, it's not true. Anyway, you can still buy it in HMV and some other places. Not Virgin though as they want to get it without paying Cargo, who they owe too much money to. Oh well.
Please feel free to donate YOUR reviews of the album and I'll post them up here. Thanks.
Here are some that some people who work in the music press have done.
NME, 8/10
"Clasp Special Needs' posthumous debut to your hearts, people. Foolishly dropped by Mercury in 2005, the band split in 2006, but leave an epitaph of pure-bred pop class."
What's On in London
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
"As epitaphs go, Funfairs And Heartbreak is very special indeed." 4 out of 5
The Independent On Sunday
Mixing shambolic indie-rock with dashes of doo-wop harmonies and girl-group backchat, they sound alternately like wide-eyed and legless dreamers, and impassioned, vainglorious self-believers. 7/10
Subba-Cultcha
"Theres narey a duffer on here. And perhaps its the knowledge that well never hear these songs played live, and that this is the entire testimony to what could have been, that every note is beyond reproach. You feel protective of them - youll want to nurture and love this album for the pop masterpiece it is - share it and speak of it in hushed tones - listen to it in darkened rooms and cry.
The Sun
"Any band would be proud of this as a legacy." 7/10
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