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[commonpeople]

Comments

[petercampbell]

I'd never heard of the Smoking Popes, so am tempted to listen to that one. You also suspect that the not very inconspicuous bulge on the album sleeve played its appeal...

[commonpeople]

Yeah, I'd never heard of them too. And I've been meaning to listen to Nico's "Chelsea Girl" for ages, so it was a nice reminder.

[naturalbornkaos]

Smoking Popes are awesome!

Big influence on most Chicago pop punk bands (notably Alkaline Trio (who even stole the Popes' drummer for one album)).

Their last album "Stay Down" was actually really good (a big surprise, given they'd split up and reformed again) - maybe even their best, for me.

There's a lot on that list I haven't heard though - look forward to checking it out (even if I am a day late).

(I do hate those articles where you have to keep clicking and clicking though!)

[commonpeople]

I hate those articles too. Will check out the other Smoking Popes albums!

By the way, I have a co-worker who's friends with you and Sarah on FB! :-)