''Glad Music'' is the sixth vinyl record album by American multi-instrumentalist
R. Stevie Moore (RSM). It was the second of four RSM albums released by New Rose Records in Paris. ''Glad Music'' differed from most Moore record albums by being almost exclusively recorded in a professional 8- and 16-track studio. The record sleeve's art design mimics the UK version of
the Beatles
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' 1964 soundtrack album ''
A Hard Day's Night''. The title "Glad Music" was a nod to the music publishing company of the same name.
Earlier recordings of some of the songs had appeared on other albums, such as 1978's ''
Delicate Tension''. "
Why Should I Love You?", was later covered by the English
indie rock
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band
the Vaccines
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and released as a single. "
Along Comes Mary
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Back ...
" was originally recorded by
the Association
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in 1966. "Colliding Circles" gets its name from the title of a
fake unreleased Beatles song invented by humorist Martin Lewis. (Moore also wrote and recorded "Pink Litmus Paper Shirt", the name of another of Lewis' faux Beatles tunes; the song is included as a bonus track on a 2017 CD reissue of ''Glad Music''.)
Track listing
:Note
:* "Part of the Problem" and "I Love You So Much It Hurts" are the same recordings that originally appeared on ''Clack!'' (1980).
References
External links
RSM's Glad Music webpage''Gladmusic'' on Bandcamp''Glad Music'' on MySpace*
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R. Stevie Moore albums
1986 albums
Psychedelic pop albums