The Soft BoysBest The Soft Boys Albums Ranked

Underwater Moonlight

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8.5

“If rock and roll is, as has always been said, the music of demonic teenage possession, of raving thugs and floozies possessed by illegal chemicals and their own lower extremities, then how come so much of it's about being uncomfortable? Few rock songs have been written solely about the explosive, orgiastic joy of unbound pleasure. In fact, most deal with the stress, anxiety and loathing that resul”

A Can of Bees

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7.5

“These reissues forgo liner note-heavy fanfare and supplement Soft Boys' two proper full-lengths with a wealth of illuminating demos, live tracks, and EP cuts.”

Nextdoorland

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7.5

“Though the music of the Soft Boys was hopelessly out-of-step with the times in which it was created, it has aged beautifully. Their 1980 masterstroke *Underwater Moonlight* now seems colossal; its excellently crafted power-pop packed the wallop of a hundred-ton rig hitting a concrete wall at top speed, even with frontman Robyn Hitchcock's inventive, surrealist lyrics softening the crunch. That alb”