Melody Maker also included it in their end of year poll, this time at number 24.

Melody Maker made this their folk album of the year.

Melody Maker said the single was "one of the best records of the week".

Melody Maker also reported the breakup of the band, at that time.

Melody Maker said it was "one of the most terrifying things to have happened to popular music".

The record was a Melody Maker single of the week in 1988.

Melody Maker wrote a negative review of the single.

Melody Maker described it as 'one of the greatest soul songs ever recorded'.

And Melody Maker had us as the best band in the world.

Melody Maker named him "best clarinetist" for seven consecutive years.