Bloody ell, love this one too,(and thinking about it, it’s as relevant now as ever) I first heard this on some free CND type compilation, the only other track I recall from it was The Undertones - Happens All The Time.
I’ll nominate English Settlement as subject matter of this thread
Got to admit, I wasn’t aware of any new stuff as I sort of stopped listening to him after my general disappointment at Mind Bomb and subsequently Dusk (although I do really like True Happiness This Way Lies) I was at the Albert Hall gig and really enjoyed the old ones, Bugle Boy was a treat as I...
Three albums I wouldn’t have paid good money for normally however they were the best three the Britannia Music Club had to offer, and as I was moving house three weeks later the price turned out to be about right.
It is a good album, and recently made a brief Albion related visit to my subconscious. There’s a very catchy tune called “Mumonia” (or something like that), well in Athens I stayed in an area I possibly incorrectly pronounced as “Omonia” well it fits like a glove. and pissed up I’ll sing any old...
Tryouts For The Human Race? A great song, sadly it never got the coverage it deserved as it was the third single off a six track LP, by then everyone who liked the band had bought the album.
It got me curious so I checked Spotify, it’s got it down as 35 minutes.
As we’ve previously mentioned Sparks. Number One In Heaven was a full price LP but only had three songs on each side, it’s 33 minutes long.
However, I won’t have a bad word said about them, it was their only Virgin release...