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If Love Was Like Guitars
"If Love Was Like Guitars" is the third solo single released by Ian McNabb. The song was taken from the album '' Truth and Beauty''. It charted at number 67 on 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 .... Track listings 7" # "If Love Was Like Guitars" (4:06) # "Trams in Amsterdam" (3:45) CD # "If Love Was Like Guitars" (4:06) # "Trams in Amsterdam" (3:45) # "Great Dreams of Heaven" (Acoustic) (4:58) References 1993 singles Ian McNabb songs 1992 songs {{1990s-rock-song-stub ...
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Ian McNabb
Robert Ian McNabb (born 3 November 1960) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Previously the frontman of The Icicle Works, McNabb has since embarked on a solo career and performed with Ringo Starr, Neil Young/Crazy Horse, Mike Scott (of The Waterboys), and Danny Thompson of folk band Pentangle. McNabb's first book, an autobiography entitled ''Merseybeast'', was published in October 2008. Early life Robert Ian McNabb was born in Lourdes Hospital (now Spire Liverpool Hospital) in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, the first and only child of Patricia (née Forsyth) and Robert Gerard McNabb. At 18 months old he contracted pneumonia, leaving him with a damaged left lung. He had a brief stint as a child model, and a resultant photo was later featured on the album art of '' Potency: The Best of Ian McNabb''. Following seeing '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' as a child, McNabb has been an avid space-enthusiast. He has also been a supporter of Liverpool F.C. since childhood. McNabb cite ...
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Truth And Beauty (Ian McNabb Album)
''Truth and Beauty'' is the debut solo album by Ian McNabb, released in 1993. It was recorded shortly after he left the Icicle Works. The album peaked at No. 51 on the official UK charts. It was reissued in September 2013 as an expanded edition, including a second disc of B-sides. Critical reception AllMusic wrote that "McNabb's cozy-fireplace vocals are finally layered right up front in the mix where they belong." Track listing *All songs written and arranged by Ian McNabb. ;Truth and Beauty nternational# "(I Go) My Own Way" (5:09) # "These Are the Days" (4:29) # "Great Dreams of Heaven" (5:07) # "Truth and Beauty" (6:50) # "I'm Game" (4:32) # "If Love Was Like Guitars" (5:06) # "Story of My Life" (3:17) # "That's Why I Believe" (5:26) # "Trip with Me" (3:48) # "Make Love to You" (4:39) # "Presence of the One" (11:58) Personnel *Robert Ian McNabb - vocals, keyboards, guitars *Dave Baldwin - keyboards on "These are the Days" *Gordon Longworth - lead guitar on "If Love was ...
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Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ...
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These Are The Days (Ian McNabb Single)
"These Are the Days" is the second solo single by English singer-songwriter Ian McNabb. Like "Great Dreams of Heaven "Great Dreams of Heaven" is the first solo single released by Ian McNabb after disbanding the Icicle Works. It was first released in 1991, then re-released in 1993 from the album '' Truth and Beauty''. Track listings ;1991 release 7" # "Great Dr ...", it was first released in 1991. It was allegedly re-released in 1993 in limited quantities, taken from the album, '' Truth and Beauty''. Track listings ;1991 release CD and 12" # "These Are the Days" (4:32) # "Trams in Amsterdam" (3:45) # "Great Dreams of Heaven" (Acoustic) (4:58) 7" # "These Are the Days" (Radio Edit) (3:48) # "Trams in Amsterdam" (3:43) References Ian McNabb songs 1991 singles 1991 songs {{1990s-rock-song-stub ...
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I'm Game
Ian McNabb, Robert Ian McNabb is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Liverpool, England. Although known best for his work as leader and songwriter-in-chief of The Icicle Works in the 1980s, he has also led a critically acclaimed solo career. This article documents his solo releases, followed by a more detailed description of a selection of his releases. Albums Side albums * ''Waifs and Strays (album), Waifs and Strays'' (2001) * ''Boots (Ian McNabb album), Boots'' (2003) * ''People Don't Stop Believin (2005) * ''#Krugerrands, Krugerrands'' (2015) * ''#Respectfully Yours, Respectfully Yours'' (2016) Compilation albums * ''My Own Way: The Words & Music of Ian McNabb'' (1997) * ''Potency: The Best of Ian McNabb'' (2004) Live albums * ''Live at Life'' (2000) * ''How We Live: At the Philharmonic'' (2007) Singles Promotional singles * ″Still Got the Fever″ from the album ''Head Like a Rock'' (Autumn 1993) * ″Livin' Proof (Miracles Can Happen)″ from the album ...
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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-selling Single (music), singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and music streaming, streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a Single (music), single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio ...
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of the o ...
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1993 Singles
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Ian McNabb Songs
Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name ( Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Scotland, where it originated, as well as other English-speaking countries. The name has fallen out of the top 100 male baby names in the United Kingdom, having peaked in popularity as one of the top 10 names throughout the 1960s. In 1900, Ian was the 180th most popular male baby name in England and Wales. , the name has been in the top 100 in the United States every year since 1982, peaking at 65 in 2003. Other Gaelic forms of "John" include "Seonaidh" ("Johnny" from Lowland Scots), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seán" and "Eoin" (from Irish). Its Welsh counterpart is Ioan, its Cornish equivalent is Yowan and Breton equivalent is Yann. Notable people named Ian As a first name (alphabetical by family name) * Ian Agol ...
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