“So Much for the Ten Year Plan”
Ark 21 Records
Reviewed by David Wilson
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Always wanting to give fellow Irishmen the benefit of the doubt I will just say that THERAPY? was a band that could have, should have but didn’t. They could have been big, it was predicted for them for almost their entire existence, but they never found that special something and this record show that. It is ten years of good but not great songs that will get you moving but are ultimately forgettable. You won’t find yourself humming any of these when you are driving in the car but to see a full set live, well that doesn’t seem like it would be the worst way to spend an evening.
So, greatest hits? OK, but what constitutes as a hit here isn’t on par with say THE CLASH or U2 both of which are the closest sonic kin I can think of. I did like their contribution to the BLACK SABBATH tribute disc very much but that isn’t here so I can’t find much of a reason to have spent money on this.
