Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

by The Sundays

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 January 1990
  • Label: Rough Trade, DGC
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 38:17
  • Community rating: 4.31/5 from 17 ratings

Artists on this release: Harriet Wheeler, Paul Brindley, David Gavurin, Patrick Hannan

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Reading, Writing and Arithmetic' is defined by the interplay between Harriet Wheeler’s crystalline, expressive vocals and David Gavurin’s intricate, arpeggiated jangle-pop guitar work. The album's clean and spacious production provides an intimate setting for its collection of bookish and melancholic songs, which explore themes of love, quiet observation, and post-collegiate uncertainty with a distinctly English sensibility.

Genres

Descriptors: jangly, melodic, female vocalist, dreamy, twee

Tracklist

  1. Skin & Bones (04:17)
  2. Here's Where The Story Ends (03:54)
  3. Can't Be Sure (03:22)
  4. I Won (04:22)
  5. Hideous Towns (03:45)
  6. You're Not The Only One I Know (03:50)
  7. A Certain Someone (04:24)
  8. I Kicked A Boy (02:14)
  9. My Finest Hour (03:59)
  10. Joy (04:10)

Credits

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