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• Artist: Therapy?
• Album: So Much For The Ten Year Plan
• Label: Ark21
• Year of Release: 2000
• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2003-04-02

Therapy? Have come a long way with their so called Ten Year plan. The Belfast, Ireland band started off with an almost industrial sound; coyly staying away from the breaking grunge sound. Their first major label album was Nurse which contained the aggressive “Teethgrinder� (track 6 on this compilation) which was a direct anti-grunge song in a more formulaic industrial feel. Their next move was the totally addictive Troublegum. This time around Andy Cairns and his crew were about to embark on more of a very heavy pop journey. Songs on Troublegum were literally hummable with tracks like “Screamager� and “Knives� (which is sadly missing on Ten Year Plan) and my favorite, “Nowhere�. This album got the band much recognition, to the brink of stardom. The equally brilliant Infernal Love followed the next year and then after a 3 year wait and a new line-up, Therapy? Returned with Semi-Detached. After label hunting in 1999 and settling on Ark 21, the band produced Suicide Pact: You First. You will find two new tracks done just for this retrospective: “Bad Karma� (this one kicks ass) and “Fat Camp�. Therapy is a band that has paid its dues and never received the respect that they deserve. This is a great album to add to any hard rock / metal collection.

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