Singles 1995-1997

Singles 1995-1997 Artist: The Wedding Present
Label: Spin Art
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 750078007820
EAN: 0750078007820
ASIN: B00001P4SC


Release Date: 1999-10-05

Singles 1995-1997


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Tracks:

  1. Sucker
  2. Waiting On The Guns
  3. Jet Girl
  4. Red Shoes By The Drugstore
  5. Drive
  6. Love Machine
  7. Go, Man, Go
  8. Mercury
  9. Convertible
  10. Sports Car
  11. 2, 3, Go
  12. Real Thing (Acoustic Version)
  13. Jet Girl (Acoustic Version)
  14. Up
  15. Montreal
  16. Sports Car (Acoustic Version)
  17. Project Cenzo
  18. Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Theme From 'Cheers')
  19. My Favourite Dress (Live)
  20. Brassneck (Live)

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Amazon.com

Since main man David Gedge pulled the plug on the Wedding Present in order to concentrate on his Cinerama project, fans of the long-suffering English band's tales from love's battlefield have relied on compilations and scattered artifacts from the band's catalog to get their "Weddo" fix. This album contains the band's work from their final, confusing days--1995 to '97. While this was not the band's most outstanding period, they did manage to produce some terrifically heart-tugging pop songs. The breathless "Jet Girl" is offered in its regular and acoustic version. The whirling "Drive," the hopelessly glum "Love Machine," the intricately paced (and also glum) "Mercury," and the oh-so-wistful "Montreal" are all proof that even during their waning days they were a band capable of invention, smart turns of phrase, and stepping in front of cupid's arrow at nearly every turn. Added to the end of the disc are live versions of oldies "My Favorite Dress" and "Brassneck." A nice intro for new fans, with interesting add-ons for those already addicted. --S. Duda

Album Description

1999 compilation featuring their first two singles for Cooking Vinyl coupled with the 'Mini' EP and various tracks released by other labels between 1995-97. 20 tracks, including 'Jet Girl', 'Go, Man, Go', '2, 3, Go', 'Montreal', acoustic versions of 'Real Thing', 'Jet Girl' & 'Sports Car', plus live versions of their classic singles 'My Favourite Dress' & 'Brassneck', as well as a live cover of 'Where Everybody Knows Your Name' (the theme to the smash '80s sitcom 'Cheers').

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Best Collection.......2000-12-13

I find this album to be the best collections of work from the wedding present. the whole album expresses invaluable dynamics which is why i like them in the first place. Great soft quiets mixed with the raw louds Example: The album opens up with "sucker" which is one of my fav songs. galloping drums, david's raw voice, distinct electric guitars, and driving bass -just plain awesome. There's also a great acoustic version of "jet girl" and "sports car" and live versions of (oh yeah!) "my favourite dress" and "brassneck" - doesn't get any better than this folks.

4 out of 5 stars late and great.......2000-10-04

Yes, late, great Wedding Present in the end-days of a long and overlooked career. This does have some repeated material, but I for one didn't mind. And the Cheers theme song is just too funny not to own.

4 out of 5 stars A great reminder and repackage.......1999-12-05

I don't remember loving "Mini Plus" or the singles of "2,3, Go" and "Montreal" as much as I had earlier Wedding Present material, and I bought this CD without realizing that most of its material consisted of those 3 disks. But what a surprise it was to put this record on and have my memory refreshed. I have been playing it over and over. Certainly there are less than good tracks, but there are so many fine tracks-- including the lovely acoustic "Sports Car," "Up," "2,3,Go", and [perhaps my favorite] "Love Machine"-- and it's so nice to have them gathered in one place, instead of 3 different disks, that I don't complain about having bought the material twice. Besides, many American fans of TWP might not have had access to the singles and their bonus tracks. I bought this record from Amazon at the same time as the new British reissue of the first "T Rex" record [the one featuring "Is It Love?"], and "Singles 1995-97" has been on the player for more often than "T Rex", even though I've been wanting "T Rex" on CD for years. "Singles 1995-97" may not be as marvelous as "Bizarro", but it's probably better than "Watusi" or "Saturnalia" as a collection of great short songs.

3 out of 5 stars

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