The ''Budhill Singles Club'' is a collection of songs released by
The Fratellis
The Fratellis are a Scottish rock
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from 2006 to 2008. The name "Budhill" refers to the area of Springboig,
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
where Barry was born. They also visit Budhill Square during the video for
Creepin' Up the Backstairs. Songs released to the ''Budhill Singles Club'' are generally acoustic or alternate versions of album tracks, although in some cases demos, live versions and unreleased songs have been included.
Background and release
The ''Budhill Singles Club'' is currently split into 2 volumes, each volume corresponding to the 2 albums released by the band, ''
Costello Music
''Costello Music'' is the debut album by Scottish indie rock band the Fratellis. It was released on 11 September 2006 on Fallout Records and Drop the Gun Recordings and on 13 March 2007 on Cherrytree Records in the US and was a success, peaking ...
'' and ''
Here We Stand''. The volumes started before the release of their album and have continued to have songs added to them. However, there has been no update to the second volume for over a year. Each volume also contains a sampler of their respective album, which are always at the bottom of the track listing of the album.
Although the ''Budhill Singles Club'' is a virtual album, there have been 3 physical releases from the album. The first 2 releases were limited edition Budhill Single CDs for Volume 1, these were released with the "
Henrietta" and "
Whistle For The Choir
"Whistle for the Choir" is a song by Scottish rock band the Fratellis. It was released on 27 November 2006 as the band's third single and reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart, marking their second UK top-10 single. In the band's native S ...
" singles. Each one contained a blank CD with the Budhill Singles stamp on to burn selected songs onto. There was also a sleeve to keep the CD release of the single (which had to be purchased). The third release was for Volume 2 and was a limited edition boxset which came with a limited 7" vinyl of first song "Headcase", the boxset could contain the 7"s from the rest of the ''
Here We Stand'' singles.
Collector's Box and 7" - The Fratellis Forum
3rd Post in contains screenshot of newsletter
All of the tracks are on the members area of The Fratellis' website and are available at no cost. Each track must be downloaded individually from the site. So far, all of the physical releases have also been free of charge, but were on a first come, first served basis to those who wanted them by signing a form provided on the website.
Track listings
Download from The Fratellis' website
Physical releases
Personnel
* Jon Fratelli – guitar, piano, vocals
* Barry Fratelli – bass guitar
* Mince Fratelli – drums
References
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The Fratellis albums
Album series
2006 albums