''Weaponry Listens to Love'' is an album by the English

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band

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. It was released in 1994. The band broke up shortly after its release, due to their self-imposed three-year time frame.

Critical reception

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'' thought that "Huggy Bear is a complete disaster, a stunningly dull band grinding away behind an incomprehensible sloganeer who won’t shut up." ''

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'' wrote that "like all bands who forged their spirit in the embrace of the amateur, on ''Weaponry'' they seem not to know what to do with their newfound expertise; Jo's guitarwork could unhinge the jaw of most metalhead boy musos, but also seems to have disarmed her bandmates." ''

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'' opined that the album "is as enraged as the first, but lacks its touches of modulating whimsy."

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wrote that "the material here is less singsongy and obvious, opting for sludgier instrumentation and more male lead vocals than in the past."

Track listing

Personnel

*Niki Eliot - bass, piano, vocals *Karen Hill - drums, piano *Jo Johnson - guitar, vocals *Chris Rowley - vocals, trumpet

References

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