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- Date Released: September 28, 2004
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Reincarnate Music
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Eleven years after ending the Wonder Stuff on a sour note with the downright awful Construction for the Modern Idiot, original members Miles Hunt and Malc Treece have re-grouped -- with new drummer Luke Johnson on loan from Amen and ex-Radical Dance Faction bassist Mark McCarthy -- to right the wrongs. Escape From Rubbish Island may not match the 1991 classic Never Loved Elvis, but it boasts some superb songs in the band's unique indie folk/rock style heightened by Hunt's sorely-needed, wry observations. From the stellar title track, which opens proceedings by looking down on modern England before the surly frontman looks inward ("I may be a rat/but I can live with that") to the exceptional Celtic touches of the set-bowing "Loves Ltd," fans of the Stuffies are sure to rejoice. Escape From Rubbish Island may be littered with a couple of disposable songs -- most notably the dark, goth-like "Head Count" -- but with irresistibly melodic, attitudinal numbers like "Back to Work" and "Another Comic Tragedy," the Wonder Stuff still manage to say it all with their moniker.
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Escape From Rubbish Island |
3:32 |
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| 02. | |
Bile Chant |
2:53 |
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| 03. | |
Better Get Ready For a Fist Fight |
3:49 |
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| 04. | |
Another Comic Tragedy |
3:21 |
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| 05. | |
Was I Meant to Be Sorry? |
3:39 |
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| 06. | |
Head Count |
4:05 |
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| 07. | |
You Don't Know Who... |
4:33 |
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| 08. | |
Back to Work |
3:31 |
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| 09. | |
One Step at a Time |
4:03 |
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| 10. | |
Love's Ltd |
4:23 |
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10 Total Tracks, 37:49 Total Length
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Credits
- The Wonder Stuff - Main Performer // Bill Hunt - Organ // Bill Hunt - Photography // Bill Hunt - Help // Miles Hunt - Guitar // Miles Hunt - Percussion // Miles Hunt - Keyboards // Miles Hunt - Programming // Miles Hunt - Vocals // Miles Hunt - Photography // Miles Hunt - Group Member // David Jaymes - Management // Geoff Kelly - Flute // Geoff Kelly - Whistle (Human) // Alan Robertson - Cover Design // Paul Tipler - Mixing // Malcolm Treece - Guitar // Malcolm Treece - Vocals // Malcolm Treece - Group Member // James Edwards - Guitar // James Edwards - Engineer // James Edwards - Help // Matt McCarthy - Bass // Matt McCarthy - Photography // Matt McCarthy - Group Member // Kevin Grainger - Mastering // Anthony Di Bartolo - Photography // Tony Bartolo - Photography // Tom Haxwell - Management // Matt Terry - Vocals (Background) // Matt Terry - Producer // Matt Terry - Help
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