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- Date Released: September 4, 1989
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Sarah Records / Virtual
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The Field Mice's first album (and one of the first non-7" releases on the nascent Sarah Records label), 1989's Snowball leads off with "Let's Kiss and Make Up," probably the duo's best-known song thanks to Saint Etienne's cover on 1991's Foxbase Alpha. It's fitting that Saint Etienne scored the hit with their sparkling, danceable version, as it's simply a better use of the song. The Field Mice's own version is over-extended at over six minutes (the first two and a half of them devoted to an extended instrumental intro) and Robert Wratten sings it as if he's barely awake. The album picks up considerably from that somnambulant opener, going into a stretch of songs more akin to the minor-key jangle of their earlier EPs, with the mournful "Couldn't Feel Safer" a particular highlight. Toward the end of the album, Wratten and co-mouse Michael Hiscock venture into more experimental territory with a pair of songs that prefigure the more electronic vibe of their next album, 1990's Skywriting. "White" is a five-minute exploration into My Bloody Valentine's circa-Isn't Anything phased-guitars-and-clatter style, with Wratten singing like a slightly less-zombified Bilinda Butcher, while the heavily sequenced "Letting Go" sounds like an attempt to jump the Madchester bandwagon.
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Let's Kiss And Make Up |
6:14 |
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| 02. | |
You're Kidding Aren't You |
2:34 |
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| 03. | |
End Of The Affair |
4:14 |
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| 04. | |
Couldn't Feel Safer |
3:46 |
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| 05. | |
This Love Is Not Wrong |
3:22 |
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| 06. | |
Everything About You |
2:30 |
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| 07. | |
White |
4:50 |
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| 08. | |
Letting Go |
6:33 |
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08 Total Tracks, 34:03 Total Length
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