# Album #245: The Triffids - Calenture
By The Triffids (1987) 

=> https://1001albumsgenerator.com/albums/2zypwKIvhs5mxIxMSO5gJK/calenture Calenture on 1001albumsgenerator

These are the sort of moments that keep me going on this - a band I've got 0 context for, presented with no biases or genre information or expectations. Alright so there's a moody guy on the cover, which hasn't been a good omen so far, but let's see how it goes.

A quick aside: there's that early moment on Neutral Milk Hotel's 'In the Aeroplane over the Sea' where, if I suggest the album to someone, I cross my fingers and hope they make it past. Not the stained mountain tops, a little before that. It's a wonderful album, but *that part* feels a little confrontational to people who are going in cold.

Track 1 on Calenture is like that, but less religious and more anthemic 80s cheese. 'Bury me deep in love' feels so heartfelt and sincere that it made me take a look at the tracklist and wonder if I could do it. Fortunately it gets better. Never to the point of actually feeling like it justifies a place in a list of albums you must hear. It's absolutely fine, but dated.

The deluxe edition tacks on an extra 5 tracks, and 12 demos and rehearsals, but I didn't partake. Reading Wikipedia afterwards, the praise (even reasonably contemporary) was pretty effusive, so it was comforting to check the 1001albums reviews and see that a lot of the reviews were on the same page as me.

# Rating
⭐⭐

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