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Bluetones
The Bluetones are an English indie rock band, formed in Hounslow, Greater London, in 1993. The band's members are Mark Morriss on vocals, Adam Devlin on guitar, Mark's brother Scott Morriss on bass guitar, and Eds Chesters on drums. A fifth member, Richard Payne, came on board between 1998 and 2002. The band was originally named "The Bottlegarden". The band has scored thirteen Top 40 singles and three Top 10 albums in the UK charts. Although their commercial success waned in the post-Britpop era, they continued to tour and release new records. Their most recent album '' A New Athens'' was released in May 2010. History After the release of two singles on Fierce Panda Records, the band signed to A&M Records and released '' Expecting to Fly'' on their own sublabel Superior Quality Recordings. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, and featured the singles "Bluetonic" and "Slight Return", with the latter climbing to #2 on the UK charts. Following the touring and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slight Return
"Slight Return" is a song by English indie rock band the Bluetones, released as the second single from their 1996 debut album, '' Expecting to Fly''. Re-released as a solo single on 22 January 1996, it was originally issued as a double-A-side with "The Fountainhead" the previous year. "Slight Return" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and is the band's highest-placing single. Bluetones frontman Mark Morriss said that the title of the song was initially a nickname, but as he was not good with naming songs, it eventually became the official title. Track listings UK 7-inch and cassette single, European CD single # "Slight Return" # "Don't Stand Me Down" UK and Australian CD single # "Slight Return" # "Don't Stand Me Down" # "Nae Hair On't" US CD single # "Slight Return" # "Don't Stand Me Down" # "Nae Hair On't" # "Are You Blue or Are You Blind?" Credits and personnel Credits are taken from the '' Expecting to Fly'' album booklet. Studio * Recorded in mid-1995 at Ridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expecting To Fly (album)
''Expecting to Fly'' is the debut studio album by the Bluetones. It was released on 12 February 1996, knocking Oasis's ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' off the number-one spot in the UK Albums Chart for a week. The album is currently certified Platinum by the BPI. Its singles were "Bluetonic", "Slight Return" and " Cut Some Rug". A 2 CD Expanded Edition of the album was released on 9 March 2009. Production The majority of ''Expecting to Fly'' was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in mid 1995, except for "Talking to Clarry", which was done in late 1995. Hugh Jones produced the sessions, and mixed the recordings with engineer Helen Woodward. The album was later mastered by Geoff Pesche. Reception Sam Taylor in '' Q'' wrote, "Perhaps the most accomplished rock debut album since ''The Stone Roses'' in 1989, ''Expecting to Fly'' avoids the usual primitive drive of first recordings, in favour of technical brilliance and adventurous songwriting... a classic rock album." ''List'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluetonic
''Expecting to Fly'' is the debut studio album by the Bluetones. It was released on 12 February 1996, knocking Oasis's ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' off the number-one spot in the UK Albums Chart for a week. The album is currently certified Platinum by the BPI. Its singles were "Bluetonic", "Slight Return" and " Cut Some Rug". A 2 CD Expanded Edition of the album was released on 9 March 2009. Production The majority of ''Expecting to Fly'' was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in mid 1995, except for "Talking to Clarry", which was done in late 1995. Hugh Jones produced the sessions, and mixed the recordings with engineer Helen Woodward. The album was later mastered by Geoff Pesche. Reception Sam Taylor in '' Q'' wrote, "Perhaps the most accomplished rock debut album since ''The Stone Roses'' in 1989, ''Expecting to Fly'' avoids the usual primitive drive of first recordings, in favour of technical brilliance and adventurous songwriting... a classic rock album." ''List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science & Nature (The Bluetones Album)
''Science & Nature'' is the third album by The Bluetones. It was released on 15 May 2000 on Universal Records. Its offspring singles were " Keep the Home Fires Burning" and " Autophilia". " Mudslide" was released as an EP. Music According to Iain Forrester of '' Stylus Magazine'', ''Science & Nature'' "abandons the sound they stuck to rigidly elsewhere," and "while being successfully aware of their limitations throws everything they can think of (country, jazz, folk, prog) at melodic pop." He called it "inventive and gently surprising." Jason Damas of AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ... felt that the album was largely not as new wave-influenced as many suggested prior to release, except on "Mudslide", but did find the album to contain "a bit more of a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To The Last Chance Saloon
''Return to the Last Chance Saloon'' is the second studio album by English rock band The Bluetones, released on 9 March 1998. The album is currently certified Gold by the BPI. Its offspring singles were "Solomon Bites the Worm", " If...", "Sleazy Bed Track" and " 4-Day Weekend". Track listing All tracks written by: Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Morriss: # "Tone Blooze" – 2:27 # "Unpainted Arizona" – 3:09 # "Solomon Bites the Worm" – 3:09 # "U.T.A." – 4:04 # " 4-Day Weekend" – 3:57 # "Sleazy Bed Track "Sleazy Bed Track" is a song by The Bluetones, released as the third single from their second album, 1998's ''Return to the Last Chance Saloon''. It was also included on the band's 2006 compilation '' A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95 - ..." – 4:41 # " If..." – 5:12 # "The Jub-Jub Bird" – 4:26 # "Sky Will Fall" – 3:16 # "Ames" – 4:44 # "Down at the Reservoir" – 3:19 # "Heard You Were Dead" – 4:04 # "Broken Starr" – 15:49 (track f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marblehead Johnson
"Marblehead Johnson" is a song by English indie rock band the Bluetones, released as a standalone single in 1996. It peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart in late September 1996. It was also included on the band's 2006 compilation, '' A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95 - 03''. The song was written as a tribute to Bill Hicks. Music video The members of the Bluetones spent the day wearing full prosthetic fat suits. The usually skinny guys carry on regular band activities like rocking out, having a kick-around, going for a drive, walking, making tea etc., but now as four hundred pound men. Frontman Mark Morriss said they got the idea for the video while watching the French and Saunders sketch where the two comediennes play big fat men. Mark sports a Liverpool Football Club jersey over his padded fat suit. As well as donning the suits and masks, the boys also wore slip-on rubber fat hands to complete the illusion of them being overweight. Eds and Adam's suits als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg (album)
''Luxembourg'' is the fourth studio album by English rock band The Bluetones. It was released on 12 May 2003 on Superior Quality Recordings. It was re-issued on Cooking Vinyl Cooking Vinyl is a British independent record label, based in Acton, London, England, founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence. Goldschmidt remains the current owner and chairman ... on 15 May 2006. Its offspring singles were a " Fast Boy/Liquid Lips" double-A side and " Never Going Nowhere". The title of the album refers to the song "You're No Fun Anymore", about an S&M relationship which has lost its spark. "Luxembourg" is the escape word used. "I Love The City" was also released as a download, prior to the album release. Track listing All tracks written by: Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Morriss: # "Here It Comes Again" – 4:09 # " Fast Boy" – 2:57 # " Liquid Lips" – 3:02 # "You're No Fun Anymore" – 2:57 # "Big Problem" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keep The Home Fires Burning (The Bluetones Song)
"Keep the Home Fires Burning" is a song by The Bluetones, released as the first single from their third album, '' Science & Nature''. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. Its music video was directed by Edgar Wright. In 2006, the song was included on the band's two-disc compilation album, '' A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95–03''. An acoustic U.S.-released version of the song is featured on the second disc. Track listing ;CD1 #"Keep the Home Fires Burning" #"Armageddon (Outta Here)" (featuring Matt Lucas Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series ''Little Britain'' (2003–2006, 2020) and '' Come Fl ...) #"The Favourite Son" ;CD2 #"Keep the Home Fires Burning" #"Be Careful What You Dream" #"Please Stop Talking" #"Keep the Home Fires Burning (enhanced video)" ;Cassette #"Keep the Home Fires Burning" # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Morriss
Mark James Morriss (born 18 October 1971) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman for The Bluetones. He is the older brother of bandmate and bass player/illustrator Scott Morriss. He has released four solo albums, worked with Matt Berry's band The Maypoles and sung lead vocals on ''The Helicopter of the Holy Ghost'' project. When not touring with the Bluetones, he regularly plays solo acoustic shows across the UK. Biography Mark Morriss released his debut solo album, '' Memory Muscle'' in May 2008. A folk-tinged record, it featured five re-recorded tracks which had previously been released under the name "Fi-Lo Beddow" as a self-released EP in February 2006. The strings on the record were arranged by film composer David Arnold, who became a fan of '' Expecting to Fly'' whilst scoring '' Independence Day''. In 2014, Morriss released his second solo album ''A Flash of Darkness'' via Acid Jazz Records. This was followed by another Acid Jazz release in 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A New Athens (album)
''A New Athens'' is the sixth studio album by English rock band The Bluetones. It was released on 31 May 2010 on CIA Recordings. The album failed to chart in the Top 200 UK Albums Chart after its first week on release. The first single was "Carry Me Home", which released on 13 June 2010, on download. A second single, "Golden Soul", was released on 14 November 2010, on download. Track listing All tracks written by: Chesters, Devlin, Morriss, Morriss: # "The Notes Between the Notes Between the Notes" # "Firefly" # "A New Athens" # "Culling Song" # "Into The Red" # "Golden Soul" # "The Day That Never Was" # "Carry Me Home" # "Half the Size of Nothing" # "Haunted by You" # "Pranchestonelle" # "Hey Schmoopy" (Hidden Track) Personnel * Adam Devlin – guitar * Eds Chesters – drums * Mark Morriss – vocals * Scott Morriss – bass * Alex Richards – keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the sof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Devlin
Adam Devlin (born Adam Tadek Gorecki 17 September 1969 in Lambeth, London) is an English musician, best known as the guitarist and songwriter for The Bluetones. Following the Bluetones split in 2011, Devlin formed Thee Cee Cees with singer-songwriter Chris T-T. The band released their debut album "Solution Songs" in 2015. In 2015, the Bluetones reformed for a 20th anniversary tour of the UK. On 29 March 2016, Devlin's brother Simon Gorecki was murdered along with his partner Natasha Sadler-Ellis at their home in Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of ... by her ex-boyfriend. References External linksOfficial Twitter 1969 births Living people English songwriters English rock guitarists The Bluetones members People from Hounslow Britpop musici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Bites The Worm
"Solomon Bites the Worm" is a song by The Bluetones, released as the first single from their second album, 1998's ''Return to the Last Chance Saloon''. It reached number ten in the UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s .... In 2006, it was included on the band's compilation album, '' A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95 - 03''. The lyrics are based on the nursery rhyme " Solomon Grundy". Track listing ;CD #"Solomon Bites the Worm" #"I Was a Teenage Jesus" #"I Walked All Night" ;7" #"Solomon Bites the Worm" #"I Was a Teenage Jesus" {{Authority control The Bluetones songs 1998 singles Song recordings produced by Hugh Jones (producer) Songs based on children's songs 1998 songs Songs written by Eds Chesters Songs written by Adam Devlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
