Description
* El Rey is the first new album in over three years from The Wedding Present .Blistering return to form comback album from a much loved UK act.
* The Wedding Present was, and is, one of the most influential and successful indie bands in Britain. Active from 1986 to 1996, the band, fronted by songwriter and only constant member David Gedge, had seventeen Top 40 UK hit singles, patronage by the late renowned DJ John Peel, and acclaimed albums released on RCA/BMG, Island, and Cooking Vinyl. The band won acclaim for their distinct guitar pop frenzy as well as Gedge's idiosyncratic vocal style and wittily lovelorn, conversation-like lyrics.
* The band returned from an eight year hiatus in 2004 with the release of Take Fountain. This long awaited album brought them back into the spotlight with all the style and sophistication associated with a legendary group, but fans were also pleased to see the band had lost none of the growling angst with which they had burst onto the scene with their 1985 debut, George Best.
* That intensity has been turned up even further for the new album, El Rey . Recorded in Chicago by Steve Albini , their first collaboration together since the Seamonsters album.
* Written while David Gedge was living in Los Angeles, El Rey burns with West Coast sunlight; Hollywood seen through the eyes of a gritty Northerner.
* Superb artwork & deluxe 12 page booklet.
* The Wedding Present was, and is, one of the most influential and successful indie bands in Britain. Active from 1986 to 1996, the band, fronted by songwriter and only constant member David Gedge, had seventeen Top 40 UK hit singles, patronage by the late renowned DJ John Peel, and acclaimed albums released on RCA/BMG, Island, and Cooking Vinyl. The band won acclaim for their distinct guitar pop frenzy as well as Gedge's idiosyncratic vocal style and wittily lovelorn, conversation-like lyrics.
* The band returned from an eight year hiatus in 2004 with the release of Take Fountain. This long awaited album brought them back into the spotlight with all the style and sophistication associated with a legendary group, but fans were also pleased to see the band had lost none of the growling angst with which they had burst onto the scene with their 1985 debut, George Best.
* That intensity has been turned up even further for the new album, El Rey . Recorded in Chicago by Steve Albini , their first collaboration together since the Seamonsters album.
* Written while David Gedge was living in Los Angeles, El Rey burns with West Coast sunlight; Hollywood seen through the eyes of a gritty Northerner.
* Superb artwork & deluxe 12 page booklet.
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Product Details
- Artist
- Wedding Present
- Label / Studio
- VIBRANT
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2008
- Cast & Crew
- The Wedding Present (Music Performer)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Santa Ana Winds
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Spider-Man On Hollywood
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I Lost the Monkey
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Soup
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Bist du Bei Mir
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The Trouble with Men
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Model, Actress, Whatever
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Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk
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The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend
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Boo Boo
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Swingers
