Bubblegum Perfume

Felt

Bubblegum Perfume
Following a run with Cherry Red Records that featured a potential major label jump, guitarist Maurice Deebank quitting and rejoining multiple times, several pop stardom carrots just out of reach, mixing battles with Robin Guthrie, and a shocking entry into the record charts, Lawrence (just "Lawrence", like "Cher" or "Madonna" thank you very much) knew he would be making a change with his band Felt. He would be seeing out his plan of ten albums and ten singles in ten years alongside a new partner in Creation Records. This compilation beautifully captures those years. Creation was beginning a rapid ascent at the time, with Alan McGee serving as its hyperactive mouthpiece and focal point. McGee was all in on the band. "Lawrence achieved pop perfection, a breathless rush of sensitivity and intelligence. It was too understated to be commercial, too art to go pop, too pop to go art - in other words it was a perfect combination of all the music I loved at the time." McGee was thrilled to have what he considered a real star on the label, and Lawrence was equally thrilled to have such an enthusiastic cheerleader. He funneled that enthusiasm into some of the most focused songwriting of his career, as well as some of his wildest experiments, all of which are on display here.
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Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
03-03-2023
Label
Item-nr
1166621
EAN
0852545003820
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Not in stock

Tracks

Title
Artist
1
I WILL DIE WITH MY HEAD IN FLAMES
2
STAINED GLASS WINDOWS IN THE SKY
3
I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU
4
SPACE BLUES
5
AUTUMN
6
BE STILL
7
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS VICTORY
8
MAGELLAN
9
THE FINAL RESTING OF THE ARK
10
SANDMAN'S ON THE RISE AGAIN
11
DON'T DIE ON MY DOORSTEP
12
TUESDAY'S SECRET
13
BOOK OF SWORDS
14
FEMALE STAR
15
FIRE CIRCLE
16
THE DARKEST ENDING
17
BITTER END
18
RAIN OF CRYSTAL SPIRES
19
VOYAGE TO ILLUMINATION
20
BALLAD OF THE BAND