after i watched the 1950’s version of the classic “War of the Worlds” over the weekend and finding out that Rob had never heard the Jeff Wayne musical version i felt it necessary to bring in the remastered double album. memories of my mum listening to this on vinyl came flooding back…obviously i had done something very wrong when i was young as this is possibly the scariest album ever created. if martians did come i don’t even think they’d be as frightening as this album. i’m not sure of Rob’s opinion of it but i know me and Adrian enjoyed it.what makes this album so good is how “accurate” the martians seem…i think i’d actually feel ripped off if a martian came and didn’t scream “ooooooooolllaaaaaaaa” at me from his fighting machine. the only downside to this remastered version is the tacky remixes slapped on the end…one is in a reggae style…REGGAE?!?! i don’t think its possible to pick a less applicable genre of music to add to this album. even nursery rhymes would convey fear, panic and destruction of the entire UNIVERSE better than this UB40-like addition.so after skipping the remaining “ulla ulla ulla Ibiza Banging Mix” we sat back and remembered that the martians weren’t here and that that was just a cracking album.