Tommy

by The Wedding Present

Tommy cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: July 1988
  • Label: Reception
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:50
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Paul Hardiman, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Gathering early singles, radio sessions, and compilation tracks predating their debut album, this release captures the frantic, high-velocity jangle-pop of the beloved Leeds group. David Gedge's conversational, heartbreak-laden lyricism is perfectly matched against an unrelenting torrent of fiercely strummed, aggressively fast acoustic and electric guitars.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, noisy, jangly, fuzzy

Tracklist

  1. Go Out And Get 'Em Boy! (4:09)
  2. (The Moment Before) Everything's Spoiled Again (3:19)
  3. Once More (3:14)
  4. At the Edge of the Sea (2:39)
  5. Living And Learning (2:53)
  6. This Boy Can Wait (4:01)
  7. You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends (3:01)
  8. Felicity (2:18)
  9. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (3:46)
  10. Never Said (2:37)
  11. Every Mother's Son (1:36)
  12. My Favourite Dress (4:13)

Credits

  • Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - primary artist
  • Dorothea Lange - painting [inspired by]
  • Lloyd Cole - written-by
  • Neil Clark - written-by
  • Lawrence Donegan - written-by

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