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It was a stunt of sorts, yet it was also an idea, and as the Legend! points out in the liner notes to this 2003 reissue, ideas in music are few and far between. It suckered weak-willed casual fans into apprehensively buying a Wedding Present single once a month for an entire year, but it also produced a handful of the group's best singles -- all 12 of which reached the Top 40 of the U.K. chart -- and several covers that were either completely unlikely or just the opposite. While the Hit Parade 1 CD compilation covered January-June and its companion disc took care of the rest of the year, this reissue places the A-sides on one disc and the B-sides on the other. As a result, the first disc makes for a solid follow-up to 1991's Seamonsters; the B-sides disc makes for one of the best all-covers albums ever made. This would've been a good time to make Hit Parade 3 -- a limited six-song disc of more covers -- more widely available. Some things must be left for the 20th anniversary edition, right?
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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The Wedding Present, Performer - David Gedge, Lyricist - David Gedge, Composer - Chris Nagle, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Performer - The Wedding Present, Vocal - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist - Chris Nagle, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Performer - The Wedding Present, Vocal - David Gedge, Lyricist - David Gedge, Composer - Chris Nagle, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Ian Broudie, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - The Wedding Present, Vocal - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Ian Broudie, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Ian Broudie, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - Unknown, Producer - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Jimmy Miller, Producer - The Wedding Present, Vocal - The Wedding Present, Performer - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Brian Paulson, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Brian Paulson, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Brian Paulson, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Brian Paulson, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Brian Paulson, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - David Gedge, Composer - David Gedge, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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Robert Forster, Composer - Robert Forster, Lyricist - Grant McLennan, Lyricist - Grant McLennan, Composer - The Wedding Present, Performer - Chris Nagle, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Neil Young, Composer - Neil Young, Lyricist - The Wedding Present, Performer - Chris Nagle, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Anthony McDaid, Composer - Anthony McDaid, Lyricist - The Wedding Present, Performer - David James Mckinven, Lyricist - David James Mckinven, Composer - John McElhone, Composer - John McElhone, Lyricist - Clare Patricia Grogan, Lyricist - Clare Patricia Grogan, Composer - Michael Anderson, Composer - Michael Anderson, Lyricist - Chris Nagle, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Ian Broudie, Producer - David Lynch, Lyricist - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer - The Wedding Present, Performer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Gerald Goffin, Composer - Ian Broudie, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - Carole King, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Robert Burnett, Composer - Ian Broudie, Producer - Graeme Wilmington, Composer - Stewart Mcfadyen, Composer - The Wedding Present, Performer - Thomas Donelly, Composer - Andrew Burnett, Composer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Jimmy Miller, Producer - Mike Chapman, Composer - Mike Chapman, Lyricist - The Wedding Present, Performer - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Isaac Hayes, Composer - Isaac Hayes, Lyricist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Brian Paulson, Producer - The Wedding Present, Vocal - The Wedding Present, Performer - David Bowie, Composer - David Bowie, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Malcolm McLaren, Lyricist - Malcolm McLaren, Composer - Brian Paulson, Producer - Matthew Ashman, Lyricist - Matthew Ashman, Composer - The Wedding Present, Performer - Leroy Gorman, Composer - Leroy Gorman, Lyricist - Dave Barbarossa, Lyricist - Dave Barbarossa, Composer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Brian Paulson, Producer - The Wedding Present, Performer - Barry Gray, Composer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Producer - The Wedding Present, Vocal - Pat Grogan, Producer - Bernie Taupin, Lyricist - Elton John, Composer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Album review
It was a stunt of sorts, yet it was also an idea, and as the Legend! points out in the liner notes to this 2003 reissue, ideas in music are few and far between. It suckered weak-willed casual fans into apprehensively buying a Wedding Present single once a month for an entire year, but it also produced a handful of the group's best singles -- all 12 of which reached the Top 40 of the U.K. chart -- and several covers that were either completely unlikely or just the opposite. While the Hit Parade 1 CD compilation covered January-June and its companion disc took care of the rest of the year, this reissue places the A-sides on one disc and the B-sides on the other. As a result, the first disc makes for a solid follow-up to 1991's Seamonsters; the B-sides disc makes for one of the best all-covers albums ever made. This would've been a good time to make Hit Parade 3 -- a limited six-song disc of more covers -- more widely available. Some things must be left for the 20th anniversary edition, right?
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:21:04
- Main artists: The Wedding Present
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Camden
- Genre: Pop/Rock
This compilation (P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
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