I never liked James very much until I saw them live for the first time, a little after their commercial peak, at V2000. Brilliant - kinetic, inspirational, joyful stuff. I also caught them on Tim's last tour with them - again, it was really, really great. Timmy's a bit bonkers, it must be said, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if his solo album consists of his chanting tonelessly to some dance track ... but it would probably still be charismatic.

I'd be really interested to know what you think about it when you listen to it. :)

('Whiplash' is also rather good.)