Album
The Eight Legged Groove Machine
1988 · Rock
8 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Eight Legged Groove Machine is an Alt/Indie album by The Wonder Stuff, originally released in 1988. On Gatefold: 29 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
Hyperbole aside, this 1988 debut album might be the greatest pop album that you never heard. It’s got everything: ringing guitar riffs, scathing British wit courtesy of a malcontent band leader/frontman, “oh-oh-oh” harmonies, some ’70s punk rock throwback, and airliner-sized choruses that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Curt Boettcher production from the '60s. Tunes like the jangly “Merry Go Round,” “A Wish Away,” “A Song Without an End,” and the U.K. hit ode to greed “Give Give Give Me More More More” all shimmer on ’60s garage-pop sensibilities. The Rick Astley dis (“Astley in a Noose”) is the best sing-song epistle to pop hatred since The Smiths’ “Panic.” Narcissism, irony, and brutal truth all share space among the guitar hooks on “It’s Yer Money I’m After Baby,” while the reins pull back on the shimmery, weirdly cathartic “Some Sad Someone.” The lyrics on “Goodbye Fatman” cleverly shift from first to third person, against heavy rhythmic fluctuations, and the song is deceptively empathetic, and literate.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Red Berry Joy Town3:00
- A2No, For The 13th Time2:53
- A3It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby2:52
- A4Rue The Day1:58
- A5Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More2:51
- A6Like A Merry Go Round2:43
- A7The Animals And Me3:05
Side B
- B1A Wish Away2:33
- B2Grin3:00
- B3Mother And I2:25
- B4Some Sad Someone2:49
- B5Ruby Horse3:08
- B6Unbearable2:31
- B7.aPoison3:00
- B7.b(silence)0:17
- B7.cUntitled0:40
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- jangly
- restless
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Label text font matches the sleeve art.
Presented in a single pocket sleeve with a dense matte finish.
Includes a printed inner sleeve with lyrics, credits and photograph. This is top opening matte paper with a die cut thumb section.
Track B7.c is not listed on the release but has been referred to as "Times Will Change". It is preceded by 17 seconds of silence.
Polygram Music 1988.
[Sleeve]:
UK GONLP 1
INT 837 135-1 [Y] | POL 281
The Far Out Record Company 1986/1988.
[Inner sleeve]:
Lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Polygram Music.
Runouts are machine stamped entirely.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Malc TreeceGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOICE
- Martin GilksDRUMS
- Miles HuntGUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR VOICE, GUITAR
- Rob JonesBASS
- The Wonder StuffSONGWRITER , PERFORMER SONGWRITER, PERFORMER WRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 29 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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