A posthumous collection of all of the Wonder Stuff's singles from 1987 to 1993, plus a cover of Slade's "Coz I Love You" from a charity compilation, If the Beatles had Read Hunter...the Singles is both a fine starting point and, for most, all the Wonder Stuff they'll ever actually need. Albums one and three, 1988's The Eight-Legged Groove Machine and 1991's Never Loved Elvis, are solidly entertaining (in wildly differing styles) throughout, but the rest of the group's output was fairly inconsistent. However, in the classic Brit-pop tradition pretty much all of the band's very best material, from the Kinks-like, music hall-style tune "The Size of a Cow" to the manic buzz of "Give Give Give Me More More More," was released as singles. There are a couple of iffy inclusions, particularly the frankly terrible version of Tommy Roe's "Dizzy," recorded in collaboration with British comedian Vic Reeves, but overall, this is a solid, completely representative overview. Those whose curiosity is stoked would do well to buy The Eight-Legged Groove Machine next.
just chilling nursing a minor hangover getting ready to burn some animal flesh and work on the real hangover. hope everyones having a great sat. kinda weird shit in my life rightnow. right before i took my current job i took my annual physical. they told me everything was good, lose some weight...etc. anyway i get a letter today from a lab saying that i should have a doctor recheck my ekg....
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Wow, this is in fact my first post of this year, can you believe it?My excuse for the last couple of months is that I've had very little internet access, and that was mostly dial-up anyway, which is frankly worse than nothing when it comes to MOG stuff.Before that, it was mostly just laziness though. :PI have however been sporadically keeping up with the MOG world, and the antics of my trusted ...
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