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- Date Released: October 23, 2006
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Artpop! / IODA
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Recorded after Ed Ball had left the Television Personalities (he and TVPs leader Dan Treacy had recorded together under a variety of names since 1977; the first Times album was recorded by the pair) and set up a mostly stable band on his own, 1983's This Is London is a far more assured and accomplished record than their charmingly ramshackle debut. Adding Ray Kent, a full-time keyboardist specializing in groovy Vox Continental organ sounds, Ball, bassist John East, and drummer Paul Damien straddle the line between 1966 Small Faces and 1967 Creation, with some Kinks and Who thrown in. The Carnaby Street era is clearly everpresent in Ball's mind, with lyrics and song titles deliberately evoking the days of Julie Christie and Terence Stamp. Ball is not entirely wrapped up in the past, however; "Whatever Happened to Thamesbeat?," a mocking ode to the short-lived mod revival scene in the manner of the Television Personalities' "Part Time Punks," is one of Ball's very best tunes. [The album was reissued in late 2006 and added unreleased tracks, alternate takes and two live recordings.]
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| 01. |  |
This Is London (Album Version) |
3:24 |
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| 02. | |
Goodbye Piccadilly (Album Version) |
3:33 |
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| 03. | |
Whatever Happened To Thamesbeat? (Album Version) |
3:03 |
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| 04. | |
If Only (Album Version) |
3:34 |
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| 05. | |
Big Painting (Album Version) |
3:29 |
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| 06. | |
Goodnight Children Everywhere (Album Version) |
2:27 |
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| 07. | |
The Party (Album Version) |
3:42 |
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| 08. | |
Stranger Than Fiction (Album Version) |
2:54 |
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| 09. | |
(There's A) Cloud Over Liverpool (Album Version) |
3:23 |
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| 10. | |
Will Success Spoil Frank Summit? (Album Version) |
1:07 |
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| 11. | |
The Chimes Of Big Ben (Album Version) |
3:52 |
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| 12. | |
This Green And Pleasant Land (Album Version) |
5:34 |
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| 13. | |
Here Come The Holidays (previously unavailable on CD) |
3:32 |
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| 14. | |
Three Cheers For The Sun (previously unavailable on CD) |
3:28 |
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| 15. | |
Big Painting (Alternative session take) |
3:40 |
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| 16. | |
Whatever Happened To Thamesbeat? (Alternative session take) |
3:05 |
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| 17. | |
This Is London (Alternative session take) |
3:38 |
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| 18. | |
If Only (Live @ 100 Club 1987) |
3:44 |
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| 19. | |
(There's A) Cloud Over Liverpool (Live @ 100 Club 1987) |
5:28 |
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19 Total Tracks, 66:37 Total Length
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Credits
- Edward Ball - Producer // Edward Ball - Performer // Edward Ball - Author // John East - Producer // John East - Performer // Ray Kent - Producer // Ray Kent - Performer // Ray Kent - Photography // Alan Wilson - Mastering
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