While their chart-topping first record consisted of clichéd if energetic indie anthems, follow-up Music From Other People Music For The People is littered with note-for-note rip-offs of classic pop and rock songs. In particular, 'Nation of Checkout Girls' lifts heavily from Pulp's 'Common People' and 'Don't Break The Red Tape' is a cover of The Clash's 'London Calling' in all but lyrics.

Following a similar pattern, second single 'Sing When You're In Love' sounds just like The Jam covering U2's 'With Or Without You'. It's not the most horrible-sounding thing in the world, but it's probably among the most pointless. Moreover, while obvious influences Weller, Cocker, Doherty, Barât and the not-nearly-as-plagiaristic Gallagher often write about the everyday, they also have a knack for making those tales sound universal and transcendent, rather than hackneyed and contrived as they do here.


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