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The Lilac Time

Astronauts

£64.99

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:
    Vinyl 12" Album
    Barcode:
    198391638923

  • 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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