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Back to: Archive · 1999 'Tender' reviewed From the NME, 27 February 1999. You already know all there is to know about this record. How it steals the extremely good idea of a gospel choir from Spiritualized. How it sounds far more like a John Lennon song than Oasis have in a long while. How it's an eight-minute uplifting hoedown about life, love and the pursuit of a good singalong. You've debated its level of calculation, the quality of its handclaps; whether or not its about Justine. If by some strange alchemy, you don't actually like it, you're probably ready to emigrate. Because this is the most talked about, pre-played, rotated, downloaded and hysterically anticipated record in recent memory. Is this going to be the tune that heralds a new home-grown golden age? That's what the industry money men are wondering. Are Blur going to knock Steps-style pop off its garish podium and whup its pert behind? That's what the rest of us want to know. For the moment, however, let us cease heaping expectation on Tender's fragrant shoulders. Let's just reflect that, "Oh my baby / Oh my baby / Oh why / Oh my", says a lot more about the human condition than a raft of therapists ever could. Let's just stop bloody thinking so hard about it and let some beautiful music heal our minds. |