Consumer Guide Album

The Miracle Legion: Glad [Rough Trade EP, 1988]
Second side's live remakes are already overdue--amazing how a little loud can tone up the sensibility. From "A Heart Disease Called Love," a John Cooper Clarke setting that might have been plucked from the bowels of Nashville, through "Glad" and "Hey , Lucky," first side's new studio songs aren't what you'd call glad--more like mournful, angry, and depressive. Also strong. B+