A Grand Don’t Come For Free Turns 20

My favorite song on A Grand Don’t Come For Free is “Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way.” Over a skittery percussion loop hinting at drums and bass and a keyboard line that refuses to develop into a phrase, Mike Skinner depicts the experience of kicking it at his girlfriend’s house. The Birmingham native should be meeting his mates at the bar, but he’d rather relax with a spliff and watch EastEnders. His motives aren’t pure: He admits his own TV’s busted. But the way the music stop...

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