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Released concurrently with the announcement of the band's dissolution, the Wonder Stuff's fourth and final album is by far their weakest effort. Largely dropping the playful folk-rock feel of 1991's excellent Never Loved Elvis (multi-instrumentalist Martin Bell tends to be pushed into the background) in favor of a lackluster return to the kind of speedy guitar pop that introduced the group on 1988's The Eight-Legged Groove Machine -- without that album's youthful energy -- Construction for the Modern Idiot feels like the group is treading over already-plowed ground. The real change is in singer/songwriter Miles Hunt's lyrics, which have gone from clever and sassy to painfully obvious. Though it's easy to sympathize with the anti-pedophilia sentiment of "I Wish Them All Dead," it's a pretty trite and annoying song, and "Your Big-Assed Mother" and the Charles Bukowski tribute "A Great Drinker" are just lame. Breaking up was clearly the right thing to do.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mick Glossop, Producer - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Mark 'Spike' Stent, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2000 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Emily Saliers, ComposerLyricist - Al Stone, Producer - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - The Wonder Stuff, Producer, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pat Collier, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - The Wonder Stuff, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Al Stone, Producer - Martin Bell, Banjo, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Wonder Stuff, Producer, MainArtist - Miles Hunt, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Malcolm Treece, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Gilks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Clifford, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Album review
Released concurrently with the announcement of the band's dissolution, the Wonder Stuff's fourth and final album is by far their weakest effort. Largely dropping the playful folk-rock feel of 1991's excellent Never Loved Elvis (multi-instrumentalist Martin Bell tends to be pushed into the background) in favor of a lackluster return to the kind of speedy guitar pop that introduced the group on 1988's The Eight-Legged Groove Machine -- without that album's youthful energy -- Construction for the Modern Idiot feels like the group is treading over already-plowed ground. The real change is in singer/songwriter Miles Hunt's lyrics, which have gone from clever and sassy to painfully obvious. Though it's easy to sympathize with the anti-pedophilia sentiment of "I Wish Them All Dead," it's a pretty trite and annoying song, and "Your Big-Assed Mother" and the Charles Bukowski tribute "A Great Drinker" are just lame. Breaking up was clearly the right thing to do.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:32
- Main artists: The Wonder Stuff
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2000 Polydor Ltd. (UK) This Compilation ℗ 2000 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
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