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"No Going Back" is the tenth studio album by punk band Stiff Little Fingers. It was released on March 15, 2014 for a limited time through PledgeMusic. The album was released to the general public on August 11, 2014 through the band's Rigid Digits label and elsewhere through Mondo Recordings/INgrooves. The album is the band's first studio release in eleven years since 2003's Guitar and Drum. It reached #1 on BBC Radio 1's UK Top 40 Rock Album Charts on September 14, 2014.
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The album features the distinctive guitar playing of Burns and it's always a delight to hear his work, with trademark punchy riffs and chords to drive songs like "One Man Island", "Good Luck With That" and "Trail Of Tears" along with ease. Beyond Burns' contribution one other moment that stands out for me and that is McMordie's bass on "Full Steam Backwards" which gloriously propels the song from start to finish, underpinning Burn's spirited vocal performance as it goes. It has to be said that as good as Bruce Foxton was in the band, no-one can hold a candle to McMordie when it comes to laying down bass lines,?? his return to the band seems to have had a massive impact. Despite the members of the band being long in the tooth there is no lack of passion throughout this album with targets being the banking institutions, selfishness and record labels/managers amongst others, each one deservedly chosen.
I've not been able to find a fault with this album and believe me I've listened to it many times since I first got the download two days ago, it takes all the strengths of the last five albums and pools them into probably the best long player the band has released since reforming in the late 1980's.
Reviewed by Rich Cocksedge for punknews.org
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