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Albums by forgotten 80s/90s bands
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I think you mean Talk Talk there, not The The.Uncle Spielberg said:
Notable mention for The Popguns.
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Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
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Gwylan said:
Lubricate Your Living Room was tremendous. I would venture to suggest that the CD compilation "Fond" is better because it includes all of that album plus other stuff, including the single "Candy Skin", one of Scotland's greatest contributions to music.
As for JAMC being forgotten, I doubt it. My 16-year-old nephew plays them a lot. I don't know where he got his good taste from, but I didn't tip him off.
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The Auditor said:
Good choices. I saw Wah! Heat at the Top Rank in about 1980. Great show, but there were only about 15 other people there.
Last time I saw the Teardrops, Julian Cope decided it would be a grand idea to pour and entire jar of honey down the inside of his own trousers...
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Willow said:
Indeed. Still sound superb today.
Theatre of Trees said:
Another classic.
Stinky Kat said:
In my all-time top ten - the ultimate in low-fi. YMG are the third greatest thing ever to come out of Wales, after Mrs Trufflehound ( 
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Actually he threw himself under a train at Wimbledon tube station. He was always a bit of a moody guy, but was thoroughly depressed by the lack of recognition The Sound got. They should have been Wimbledon's answer to U2, but were largely ignored in the UK. Truly amazing live band however, which isn't totally reflected in the albums - Adrian Borland stored up all his frustrations and spat them all through the microphone in an overwhelming sea of adrenalin and vitriol at every gig.
As a footnote, only since moving to Holland have I discovered they were actually massive over here, and toured on this side of the North Sea as often as they played in the UK. My UK-label vinyl Sound albums are worth a fortune in the eyes of record collectors, whereas they'd struggle to make 50p in the bargain bin in Britain...
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Trufflehound said:
I was there ! ....
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The Auditor said:
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David Sylvian - Everything and Nothing
The Waltons - Lik my traktor
Silencers - Blues for Buddha
Five for Fighting - America Town
Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
The Waltons - Lik my traktor
Silencers - Blues for Buddha
Five for Fighting - America Town
Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
SULLY COULDNT SHOOT
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Silent Running - Shades of Liberty
Silent Running - Shades of Liberty
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coventrygull
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First, Last and Always, Sisters of Mercy
Soul Train, Swansway
Soul Mining, The The
Good to see Spear of Destiny get a mention. They were awesome live. Saw them a couple of years ago playing to a handfull of people in a grotty pub up here. Very sad
Soul Train, Swansway
Soul Mining, The The
Good to see Spear of Destiny get a mention. They were awesome live. Saw them a couple of years ago playing to a handfull of people in a grotty pub up here. Very sad
Uncle Spielberg
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Talk Talk - I believe in You
coventrygull
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Not a band but the experimental compilation album This Mortal Coil is amazing. It has The Song to the Siren by the Cocteau Twins on it.
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Please tell me you are joking?
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Songs from the big chair - Tears for fears
Labour of love - UB40
Present arms - UB40
Club Classics vol 1 - Soul II Soul
Pauls Boutique - Beastie Boys
Once apon a time - Simple Minds
New gold dream - Simple Minds
A life with Brian - Flowered Up
Labour of love - UB40
Present arms - UB40
Club Classics vol 1 - Soul II Soul
Pauls Boutique - Beastie Boys
Once apon a time - Simple Minds
New gold dream - Simple Minds
A life with Brian - Flowered Up
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coventrygull said:
This Mortal Coil were a band, albeit one artificially created by Ivo Watts at 4AD records to show off that label's talent.
They were the Cocteau Twins, as you rightly point out, plus two members of Modern English, the singer from Cindytalk, and Martin Young from Colourbox. The album was called It'll End in Tears I think, and also contained the follow-up single to their version of Song to the Siren, the equally excellent Kangaroo.
On the subject of Colourbox, their very wonderful eponymous debut album should also be on this list. One of the first great albums to use sampling as a musical tool.
Nerdy fact collectors' fact of the day: Martin Young and his Colourbox brother Steve Young were the M and the S of another Ivo Watts creation, M/A/R/R/S, they of "Pump up the Volume" fame. The A and the R were Alex Ayuli and Rudi Tambala of A R Kane, and the second R was added for artistic effect...
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This Mortal Coil was not a band. Nor were they a clever Shakespearian moniker for a solo artist. Rather it was a unique collaboration of musicians recording in various permutations, the brainchild of 4AD kingpin Ivo Watts-Russell. The idea was to allow artists the creative freedom to record material outside of the realm of what was expected of them; it also created the opportunity for innovative cover versions of songs personal to Ivo. An example of this was the Cocteau Twins-starring version of Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren" which became the first This Mortal Coil release in 1983. Originally intended as a B-side for the "Sixteen Days" 12", the result was so powerful that it was decided it should be the A-side of a 7" single.
This Mortal Coil's full-length debut, It'll End In Tears, arrived in October 1984 and was a long-term feature at the top of the UK Indie charts. In addition to the Cocteaus, this brilliantly-woven aural tapestry featured members of 4AD artists Colourbox, Dead Can Dance, Modern English, Xmal Deutschland and The Wolfgang Press, plus ex-Magazine/Buzzcocks frontman Howard Devoto and celebrated cellist Martin McCarrick (who has worked with everyone from Marc Almond to Therapy?).
Ivo turned his attention to the follow-up record shortly after It'll End In Tears was released. Work began at Palladium in Edinburgh, with Martin McCarrick and studio proprietor Jon Turner, and the record was finished with John Fryer at Blackwing in London. Named after a song by the '60s band Fever Tree, Filigree And Shadow was intended from the start as a double album; Ivo spent a considerable amount of time structuring the music so that it would have the right flow. As before, he drew on a large pool of musicians - Simon Raymonde made important contributions, as did members of Colourbox, Dif Juz and The Wolfgang Press - but this time the bulk of the vocalists came from outside 4AD's orbit. The selection of cover versions included material by Tim Buckley, Gene Clark, Tom Rapp, Judy Collins and Colin Newman. Filigree And Shadow was issued in September 1986, preceded by a limited edition 10-inch single coupling striking interpretations of Van Morrison's "Come Here My Love" and Talking Heads' "Drugs." Model Pallas Citroen became the cover star once again after actress Maria Schnieder rebuffed Ivo's overtures. (Trivia factoid: although his name is misspelled in the credits, Les McKeown of the Bay City Rollers, a friend of Palladium's Jon Turner, is part of the choir on "Strength Of Strings".)
A reflection of a turbulent period in Ivo's life, 1990's Blood was always intended to be the collective's final recording. Once again, John Fryer, Jon Turner and Martin McCarrick all played significant roles in shaping the music, while the vocals came from This Mortal Coil newcomers such as Caroline Crawley, Heidi Berry, Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly. Cover versions this time out included songs by Chris Bell, Syd Barrett, Rain Parade, Rodney Crowell and Mary Margaret O'Hara, while Ivo's own lyrics graced several of the album's originals.
This Mortal Coil's full-length debut, It'll End In Tears, arrived in October 1984 and was a long-term feature at the top of the UK Indie charts. In addition to the Cocteaus, this brilliantly-woven aural tapestry featured members of 4AD artists Colourbox, Dead Can Dance, Modern English, Xmal Deutschland and The Wolfgang Press, plus ex-Magazine/Buzzcocks frontman Howard Devoto and celebrated cellist Martin McCarrick (who has worked with everyone from Marc Almond to Therapy?).
Ivo turned his attention to the follow-up record shortly after It'll End In Tears was released. Work began at Palladium in Edinburgh, with Martin McCarrick and studio proprietor Jon Turner, and the record was finished with John Fryer at Blackwing in London. Named after a song by the '60s band Fever Tree, Filigree And Shadow was intended from the start as a double album; Ivo spent a considerable amount of time structuring the music so that it would have the right flow. As before, he drew on a large pool of musicians - Simon Raymonde made important contributions, as did members of Colourbox, Dif Juz and The Wolfgang Press - but this time the bulk of the vocalists came from outside 4AD's orbit. The selection of cover versions included material by Tim Buckley, Gene Clark, Tom Rapp, Judy Collins and Colin Newman. Filigree And Shadow was issued in September 1986, preceded by a limited edition 10-inch single coupling striking interpretations of Van Morrison's "Come Here My Love" and Talking Heads' "Drugs." Model Pallas Citroen became the cover star once again after actress Maria Schnieder rebuffed Ivo's overtures. (Trivia factoid: although his name is misspelled in the credits, Les McKeown of the Bay City Rollers, a friend of Palladium's Jon Turner, is part of the choir on "Strength Of Strings".)
A reflection of a turbulent period in Ivo's life, 1990's Blood was always intended to be the collective's final recording. Once again, John Fryer, Jon Turner and Martin McCarrick all played significant roles in shaping the music, while the vocals came from This Mortal Coil newcomers such as Caroline Crawley, Heidi Berry, Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly. Cover versions this time out included songs by Chris Bell, Syd Barrett, Rain Parade, Rodney Crowell and Mary Margaret O'Hara, while Ivo's own lyrics graced several of the album's originals.
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