Wedding Present - Bizarro [ALAC]

Wedding Present - Bizarro (1989) [ALAC]
Ripped from CD to ALAC



The Wedding Present's second studio album and first "proper" album for RCA. The same production team was used as on debut album George Best, but Bizarro sounds a lot tougher, which had probably also to do with an increased recording budget. Lyrically, Gedge still chronicles the same tales of lust, love, jealousy and revenge, but is a lot more mature about it, while musically the band sounds much tighter and experimental, often ending songs in Velvet Underground-like extended rhythm guitar workouts.

Technically speaking, only one single was taken from the album, "Kennedy", which provided the band with their first Top 40 hit, reaching #33. In early 1990, The Wedding Present re-recorded "Brassneck" with Steve Albini, which reached #24 in the UK charts. The single and its B-sides were later included on U.S. release of the album, and are also included on the Singles 1989-1991 compilation. A remastered CD version, released by BMG Camden in 2001, also features the B-sides of the "Kennedy" single, including a cover version of the Tom Jones hit "It's Not Unusual".

Brassneck – 4:51
Crushed – 2:32
No – 4:11
Thanks – 2:22
Kennedy – 4:20
What Have I Said Now? – 5:18
Granadaland – 4:50
Bewitched – 6:42
Take Me! – 9:15
Be Honest – 2:37