Wedding Present albums duke it out 







This is a work in progress. At some point, it will definitely include all the studio albums of The Wedding Present. And maybe Cinerama. And maybe B-side compilations. Doubtful I will include all the live stuff, radio sessions etc - have to draw the line somewhere

*Take Fountain is technically 11 tracks. I gave On Ramp a One, and it skewed the results a lot. I'm glad its track one, I can skip it as I put the CD on. To me, its 30 seconds for silence, with 1.5 mins of a humming noise... not sure if its my CD, people seem to like this, but I suspect its in a frequency audible only to dogs.... so I am scoring it as a 10 track album - my rules ....

I am kind of looking at my CD versions generally - so Valentina doesn't include the stunning 4 track 'book' tracks ... 


George Best

Everyone Think’s He Looks Daft – 8

What Did Your Last Servant Die Of? - 8

Don’t Be So Hard – 8

A Million Miles – 10

All This and More – 7

My Favourite Dress – 9

Shatner – 6

Something and Nothing – 8

It’s What You Want That Matters – 8

Give My Love To Kevin – 9

Anyone Can Make A Mistake - 8

You Can’t Moan, Can You ?  - 7

110 points

14 tracks

Average 7.85


Bizarro 

Brassneck – 10

Crushed – 9

No –  9

Thanks –  9

Kennedy – 8

What Have I Said Now? – 9

Granadaland – 8

Bewitched – 9

Take Me! – 8

Be Honest – 8

87 points

10 tracks

Average 8.7


Tommy

 

Go Out And Get ‘Em Boy!    - 8

(The Moment Before) Everything’s Spoiled Again – 7

Once More – 7

At The Edge Of The Sea – 7

Living And Learning – 8

This Boy Can Wait – 8

You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends – 9

Felicity – 5

What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted ?  - 6

Never Said – 7

Every Mother’s Son - 7

My Favourite Dress - 8

 87 points

12 tracks

Average 7.25


Hit Parade

 

  1. Blue Eyes    - 8
  2. Go-Go Dancer - 7
  3. Three - 8
  4. Silver Shorts – 7
  5. Come Play With Me - 8
  6. California - 8
  7. Flying Saucer - 8
  8. Boing! - 7
  9. Love Slave - 7
  10. Sticky - 7
  11. The Queen Of Outer Space - 6
  12. No Christmas – 6 

87 points

12 tracks

Average 7.25




Watusi 

So Long Baby – 7

Click Click – 8

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah -  8

Let Him Have It – 5

Gazebo – 8

Shake It  - 4

Spangle – 8

It’s a Gas – 9

Swimming Pools, Movie Stars - 6

Catwoman – 7

Hot Pants - 5

75 points

11 tracks

Average 6.8



Saturnalia

Venus – 7

Real Thing – 6

Dreamworld - 8

2,3, Go – 8

Snake Eyes - 8

Hula Doll – 7

Big Boots – 8

Montreal – 8

Skin Diving – 8

Jet Girl – 8

Kansas – 6

50s - 5

87 points

12 tracks

Average 7.25




Take Fountain

On Track – 1

Interstate 5 – 9

Always The Quiet One – 6

Further North Than You – 8

Mars Sparkles Down – 6

Ringway To Seatac –  7

Don’t Touch That Dial – 7

It’s For You  - 10

Larry’s – 6

Queen Anne – 9

Perfect Blue - 9

78 points

10 tracks (or 11 officially)

Average 7.7  (7.09 for 11 tracks)




El Rey 

Sant ana winds – 7

Spiderman – 6

Monkey – 8

Soup – 7

Palisades – 8

Trouble With Men - 7

Model, Actress, Whatever - 7

Don’t take me home – 8

Thing I like best – 9

Boo Boo – 10

Swingers – 5

82 points

11 tracks

Average 7.45


Valentina :

You're dead - 7

You Jane - 6

Meet Cute - 7

Back A Bit... Stop - 7

Stop Thief - 5

Girl from the DDR - 8

Deer Caught In The Headlights - 7

524 Fidelio - 7

End credits - 8

Mystery Date - 8

 

(Journey into space - 8

Pain Perdu - 8

1000 Fahrenheit - 7

Can You Keep A Secret? - 9 )

70 points

10 tracks

Average 7


Going Going

Kittery – 5

Greenland – 2

Marblehead – 6

Sprague – 6

Two Bridges – 8

Little Silver – 6

Bear – 7

Secretary – 3

Birdsnest – 7

Kill Devil Hills – 6

Bells – 8

Fifty Six – 7

Fordland – 6

Emporia – 5

Broken Bow – 8

Lead - 7

Ten Sleep - 6

Wales - 3

Rachel - 7

Santa Monica - 7


120 points

20 tracks

Average 6

Comments

  1. Unknown24 March 2021 at 01:53

    Not much to disagree with there chap. Its certainly an eclectic mix with interest throughout. I'd have given No Christmas, Love Slave and queen of outer space more points personally. What's your favourite b-side? Well done.

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    1. Lee29 March 2021 at 02:10

      the Hit Parade B-Sides.... I can live without them to be honest, they don't get much of a listen ... HP2 came with a CD of the 12 A-Sides from radio sessions, and that got the most plays ...

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