Compendium - The Fontana Trinity

by The Lilac Time

Compendium - The Fontana Trinity cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: July 2001
  • Label: Fontana
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:32:13
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Nick Waterhouse, Micky Harris, Andy Partridge, Tony Phillips, Michael Weston, John Leckie, Caroline Radcliffe, Bob Lamb, Stephen Duffy, Michael Giri, Nick Duffy, Cara Tivey

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Subtitled 'The Fontana Trinity', 'Compendium' collects the three albums Stephen Duffy's Lilac Time recorded for Fontana. Their jangle pop and folk-influenced songwriting, at odds with the late-1980s mainstream, later made the band a touchstone for British indie folk.

Genres

Descriptors: jangly, guitars, melodic, acoustic, retro

Tracklist

  1. If The Stars Shine Tonight (3:39)
  2. Fields (5:30)
  3. The Lost Girl In The Midnight Sun (4:00)
  4. Love Becomes A Savage (3:52)
  5. Trumpets From Montparnasse (3:47)
  6. Black Velvet (Single Version) (3:23)
  7. Return To Yesterday (3:44)
  8. The Laundry (3:35)
  9. The Girl Who Waves At Trains (4:00)
  10. Shepherd's Plaid (1:59)
  11. Paper Boat (2:54)
  12. I Went To The Dance (3:57)
  13. All For Love & Love For All (3:23)
  14. Night Mail / Dirty Armour (2:26)
  15. She Still Loves You (3:22)
  16. Trinity (3:01)
  17. American Eyes (2:29)
  18. Wait And See (4:00)
  19. Honest To God (1:23)
  20. Spin A Cavalu (4:34)
  21. The Road To Happiness (3:59)
  22. It'll End In Tears (4:27)
  23. Fields (Acoustic Return) (1:01)
  24. Julie Written On The Fence (4:27)
  25. Cover (5:50)
  26. Hurricaned Rice (2:43)
  27. The World In Her Arms (4:47)
  28. Bed Of Roses (3:13)
  29. Tiger Tea (2:55)
  30. The Rollercoaster Song (Previously Unreleased Version) (3:10)
  31. Gone For A Burton (3:41)
  32. Rooftrees (2:53)
  33. The Queen Of Heartless (2:56)
  34. Only Passing Through (2:46)
  35. Crossing The Line (3:38)
  36. Streetcorner (4:09)
  37. Ounce Of Nails (2:09)
  38. You've Go To Love (Malvern Mix) (5:37)
  39. Paradise Circus (Previously Unreleased Version) (0:50)
  40. Reunion Ball (3:34)
  41. Rubovia (2:44)
  42. Black Dawn (2:07)
  43. Night Soil (Previously Unreleased) (2:03)
  44. If The Stars Shine Tonight (Acoustic Version) (4:19)
  45. Oeil Biques A Bacs (3:17)

Credits

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