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- Date Released: January 1, 1987
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Fire Records / The Orchard
A jingly-jangly gem
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We Say...
One of the most oddly named — and certainly one of the most underrated — of the bands to appear on NME’s legendary C-86 cassette, the Close Lobsters play a perfectly breezy brand of guitar-heavy jangle-pop. Foxheads is their first and best album, full of effortless-sounding shoulda-been-hits. It’s puzzling that music so relentlessly catchy and well-crafted has been so largely ignored; the album is bursting with bright, sparkling gems, from the Lemonheads-predicting "I Kiss the Flowers in Bloom," to the chiming anthem "Foxheads" to the vaguely funky romp "Just Too Bloody Stupid."
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They Say...
In the mid-'80s, when Britain's underground music scene was dominated by jangly guitars, twee vocals, and fast rhythms, the Close Lobsters were there at the heart. The unusually named Foxheads Stalk This Land was not an album that suffered from over-production, however, this gives the songs a live, gritty feel. Influences stem, quite blatantly, from the Smiths, Orange Juice, the Byrds, and the Buzzcocks. Lyrically, the album does not bear close attention. Most songs comprise phrases which sound good when sung but not printed on a lyrics sheet -- perhaps that's how pop music should be. There is rarely a substandard track to be heard on this fine album, with "I Kiss the Flower in Bloom" being able to grace any Oasis or R.E.M. album.
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Just Too Bloody Stupid |
3:24 |
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| 02. | |
Sewer Pipe Dream |
3:11 |
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| 03. | |
I Kiss The Flowers In Bloom |
3:29 |
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| 04. | |
Pathetique |
2:38 |
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| 05. | |
A Prophecy |
4:45 |
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| 06. | |
In Spite Of These Times |
3:33 |
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| 07. | |
Foxheads |
2:49 |
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| 08. | |
I Take Bribes |
2:12 |
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| 09. | |
Pimps |
3:47 |
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| 10. | |
Mother Of God |
7:55 |
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10 Total Tracks, 37:43 Total Length
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Credits
- Close Lobsters - Main Performer // John A. Rivers - Organ // John A. Rivers - Producer // Robert Burnett - Bass // Tom Donnelly - Guitar // Andrew Burnett - Vocals // Graeme Wilmington - Guitar // Graeme Durham - Mastering
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