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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, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist - CHRIS NAGLE, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist - CHRIS NAGLE, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist - CHRIS NAGLE, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist - Ian Broudie, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Ian Broudie, Producer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist - Ian Broudie, Producer - Unknown, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Miller, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist - BRIAN PAULSON, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - BRIAN PAULSON, Producer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - BRIAN PAULSON, Producer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - BRIAN PAULSON, Producer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - BRIAN PAULSON, Producer - David Gedge, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
DISC 2
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - CHRIS NAGLE, Producer - Grant McLennan, Composer, Lyricist - Robert Forster, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - CHRIS NAGLE, Producer - Neil Young, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - CHRIS NAGLE, Producer - Anthony McDaid, Composer, Lyricist - Clare Patricia Grogan, Composer, Lyricist - David James Mckinven, Composer, Lyricist - John McElhone, Composer, Lyricist - Michael Anderson, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Ian Broudie, Producer - Angelo Badalamenti, Composer - David Lynch, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Ian Broudie, Producer - Gerald Goffin, Composer - Carole King, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Ian Broudie, Producer - Graeme Wilmington, Composer - Robert Burnett, Composer - Stewart Mcfadyen, Composer - Andrew Burnett, Composer - Thomas Donelly, Composer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Nicky Chinn, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Mike Chapman, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - Isaac Hayes, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Miller, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - David Bowie, Composer, Lyricist - BRIAN PAULSON, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - BRIAN PAULSON, Producer - Matthew Ashman, Composer, Lyricist - Dave Barbarossa, Composer, Lyricist - Leroy Gorman, Composer, Lyricist - Malcolm McLaren, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Associated Performer - BRIAN PAULSON, Producer - Barry Gray, Composer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
The Wedding Present, Main Artist, Producer, Producer - Elton John, Composer - Bernie Taupin, Lyricist - Pat Grogan, Producer
(P) 1992 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Albumbeschreibung
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 Pop
(P) 2003 BMG UK & Ireland Limited
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