1995 - Feeling Numb
27 February: Album - Cerebral Caustic 7 August: Live album - The Twenty-Seven Points 22 December: 19th John Peel Session - He Pep, Oleana, The Chiselers, The City Never Sleeps "From remedies and Prozac, I'm kinda two-tone" According to Brix's book she was shocked at the state of the group and MES' health when she returned in 1994. She was also disappointed with the Cerebral Caustic album, particularly the way MES handled the recording of his vocals. I think there are a lot of high points on the album but those comments make you wonder if a fully fit and compliant Smith could have taken it up a few notches. The album roars in with (probable) anti-Political Correctness rant The Joke, and then Brix giving Don't Call Me Darling the full treatment. Other favourites from the record are Life Just Bounces and The Aphid, a song that manages to sound like a cover of a weird dance craze song from the 1950s or 60s. The album does peter out somewhat but befor