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One whole month without a post. Wowee! Sorry. Life.

Short and sweet. The English Beat. Special Beat Service.

Enjoy

SPECIAL BEAT SERVICE

Side one

1. "I Confess" – 4:34
2. "Jeanette" – 2:46
3. "Sorry" – 2:33
4. "Sole Salvation" – 3:05
5. "Spar Wid Me" – 4:32
6. "Rotating Heads" – 3:24

Side two

1. "Save It for Later" – 3:34
2. "She's Going" – 2:10
3. "Pato and Roger A Go Talk" – 3:19
4. "Sugar and Stress" – 2:57
5. "End of the Party" – 3:32
6. "Ackee 1 2 3" – 3:12

Quaye

This is a CD that my friend and colleague Victoria lent me by a Finley Quaye. I had read good things about him and had heard that he was Tricky's Uncle (although he was 24 when he recorded this) so I was curious. Eccentric pot-influenced stylee, heavy on the Uroy "appropriations", but with a different mood. Very mellow sometimes, sometimes more rocking, and a really good bassline= very nice. Check it. (.. before you wreck it .. or something) ... A couplea vids from this record below the cut ..

FINLEY QUAYE PT 1

FINLEY QUAYE PT 2

1.01		Ultra Stimulation (3:52)
1.02		It's Great When We're Together (3:39)
1.03		Sunday Shining (3:42)
1.04		Even After All (3:54)
1.05		Ride On And Turn The People On (3:47)
1.06		The Way Of The Explosive (4:44)
1.08		Supreme I Preme (4:59)
1.09		Sweet And Loving Man (3:21)
1.11		Falling (3:16)
1.12		I Need A Lover (4:04)
1.13		Maverick A Strike (4:59)
2.01		It's Great When We're Together (Fun Lovin' Criminals Re-mix) (3:45)
2.02		Sunday Best (3:31)
2.03		It's Great When We're Together (Live) (3:50)
2.04		Even After All (Live) (3:59)
2.05		Can't Be Left Alone (7:32)
2.06		Morning Practice (4:09)

Even After All:



Suday Shining:

Selecter

Here are the two first (and only?) albums by the Selecter, an 80's secondwave ska band who, along with the Specials, ran the Two Tone Records label. They didn't meet with as much success as their labelmates, but they were still a great band, for what they were. Distinctive for Pauline Black's great vocals, when the majority of the leading two tone ska groups had male vocals, these albums come from a very specific time and place, namely, 80's Britain. Although these albums do sound a bit dated and didn't age as well as I once expected, I still listen to them quite a bit, and perhaps so will you!!

TOO MUCH PRESSURE

A side
Three Minute Hero
Everyday
They Make Me Mad
Missing Words
Danger
Street Feeling
My Collie (Not a Dog)

B side
On My Radio
Too Much Pressure
Murder
Out on the Streets
Carry Go Bring Come
Black and Blue
James Bond


CELEBRATE THE BULLET

1. Celebrate The Bullet
2. Red Reflections
3. Who Likes Facing Situations
4. Tell Me What's Wrong
5. Bomb Scare
6. Washed Up & Left For Dead
7. Selling Out Your Future
8. Deep Water
9. Cool Blue Lady
10. Their Dream Goes On Bristol & Miami