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The Lilac Time

Astronauts

£34.99

Released: 29th November 2024. With the shoegaze and baggy movements at their zenith, The Lilac Time's fourth album was released at a moment when the left-field music zeitgeist was shaped by the nascent shoegaze, baggy and grunge movements. Whilst Astronauts conformed to none of those trends, neither was it the record Stephen had in his head when he finally finished working on it. We'll never know how that record would have sounded, but it's hard to imagine a better version of the album he did end up making. The songwriter who brought 'A Taste of Honey' and 'Hats Off, Here Comes the Girl' into the world envisaged the sort of choruses that would jump from the single speaker of your favourite transistor and lodge themselves into the collective memory bank.

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    • Details

      Released:
      29th November 2024
      Category:
      Rock & Pop
      Format:
      CD Album
      Barcode:
      198588235645

    • Description

      With the shoegaze and baggy movements at their zenith, The Lilac Time's fourth album was released at a moment when the left-field music zeitgeist was shaped by the nascent shoegaze, baggy and grunge movements. Whilst Astronauts conformed to none of those trends, neither was it the record Stephen had in his head when he finally finished working on it. We'll never know how that record would have sounded, but it's hard to imagine a better version of the album he did end up making. The songwriter who brought 'A Taste of Honey' and 'Hats Off, Here Comes the Girl' into the world envisaged the sort of choruses that would jump from the single speaker of your favourite transistor and lodge themselves into the collective memory bank.

    • Track listing

      Disc 1

      Track name
      Artist
      1.In Iverna Gardens
      The Lilac Time
      2.Hats Off Here Comes the Girl
      The Lilac Time
      3.Fortunes
      The Lilac Time
      4.A Taste for Honey
      The Lilac Time
      5.Grey Skies and Work Things
      The Lilac Time
      6.Finistere
      The Lilac Time
      7.Dreaming
      The Lilac Time
      8.The Whisper of Your Mind
      The Lilac Time
      9.The Darkness of Her Eyes
      The Lilac Time
      10.Sunshines Daughter
      The Lilac Time
      11.North Kensington
      The Lilac Time
      12.Madresfield
      The Lilac Time

      Disc 2

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Astronauts Meditation
      The Lilac Time
      2.Writing Dreaming
      The Lilac Time
      3.We Came from Anywhere
      The Lilac Time
      4.She Is All Colour
      The Lilac Time
      5.Writing Finistere
      The Lilac Time
      6.This Immortal Promise
      The Lilac Time
      7.In Iverna Dreaming
      The Lilac Time
      8.Hats Off #1
      The Lilac Time
      9.Writing the Whisper
      The Lilac Time
      10.You Come By
      The Lilac Time
      11.North Kensington Idea
      The Lilac Time
      12.Madresfield
      The Lilac Time

      Disc 3

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Fields (Sunday 28th October 1990, Derby College of Higher Education)
      The Lilac Time
      2.The Road to Happiness (Thursday 16th May 1991, London, Underworld)
      The Lilac Time
      3.Black Velvet (Underworld)
      The Lilac Time
      4.Julie Christie (Saturday 18th May 1991, Manchester University)
      The Lilac Time
      5.And On We Go (Derby)
      The Lilac Time
      6.Dreaming (Manchester)
      The Lilac Time
      7.Icing On the Cake (Derby)
      The Lilac Time
      8.Lost Girl in the Midnight Sun (Underworld)
      The Lilac Time
      9.If the Stars Shine Tonight (Manchester)
      The Lilac Time

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