8 out of 10 my hole.
What magazine is that?
Uncut
It’s from uncut,
Heartworm is an Irish classic, no Irish publication would dare give it less than 9/10
A brilliant album, but side A is vastly superior to side B, though I was fond of ‘personality’ for the Koo Stark reference which seemed so out of place in 1995
It loses two marks because the lead singer was such a ginnet
Not sure if I agree there. The albums ends brilliantly - last three songs. Users is my favourite song on it.
The album rightly loses a couple of ticks for self indulgence
Best Irish album of all time
It’s too woke
Listened to the whole thing again a few weeks ago, thought it was all incredible. I also like the 2nd half. The last song is nearly the best one.
And the hidden track !
Which isn’t on Spotify BTW
Don’t they still play the odd gig where Ferghal’s on stage wearing a bicycle helmet and throws sponges at the crowd or similar bizarre carry on.
He did a stage dive in UCD once and a few lads stood back leaving only a few to try hold him and he face planted, we all had a good chuckle at it.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0510/1217979-whipping-boy-when-we-were-young-the-story-of-heartworm/
Classic album for sure.
I have never heard Whipping Boy… There, I said it.