''The Dodgy Album'' is the debut
album
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by the British indie group
Dodgy.
''Water Under the Bridge'', the first single released from this album, saw the beginning of "the way of dodgy", a step-by-step enlightened 'dodgy'
philosophy that would appear on the record sleeves for each of their future recordings. The artwork also included their
'mdv' logo. The single was released in early 1993, and the video for the song featured the band in
Amsterdam
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.
The second single was ''Lovebirds'', a song that had won them an award on Gary Crowley's
GLR show during the band's youth. Included on the single was the acoustic live favourite ''Big Brown Moon''.
Continuing their new shiny artwork on singles, Dodgy released ''I Need Another'', the cover of which depicted the band as
garden gnomes and included a
campfire
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version of ''Never Again'', complete with the sound of crackling logs.
Drummer Mathew Priest has described the album retrospectively as an "awkward cousin" to the two that followed it, ''
Homegrown'' and ''
Free Peace Sweet,'' because the band "hadn’t quite found our vibe in the studio yet" and so allowed producer
Ian Broudie
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to control the sound. Writing on Facebook, Priest said: "
roudieis amazing and produced a great record but certain bits sound like a
Lightning Seeds
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record".
Track listing
All music composed by Andy Miller and Nigel Clark; all lyrics written by Andy Miller, Nigel Clark and Mathew Priest.
# "Water Under the Bridge" – 3:43
# "I Need Another" – 3:48
# "Lovebirds" – 3:56
# "Satisfied" – 6:06
# "Grand Old English Oak Tree" – 4:43
# "Stand by Yourself" – 3:47
# "As My Time Goes By" – 4:41
# "Never Again" – 4:09
# "Cold Tea" – 4:58
# "We're Not Going to Take This Anymore" – 4:05
Personnel
* Andy Miller - guitars, backing vocals
* Nigel Clark - bass, lead vocals
* Mathew Priest - drums, backing vocals, percussion
* Simon Rogers - Hammond organ
References
1993 debut albums
Dodgy albums
A&M Records albums
Albums produced by Ian Broudie
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