Format Details: Pink Vinyl / Pink Vinyl
Release Date: 09 September 2022
Label: Real Gone Music
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 848064013358
Genres: Rock
Description
The second (1998) release from the British expat group Spacehog, The Chinese Album was originally conceived as the soundtrack for a movie called Mungo City; the movie never got made but thankfully the album retained the glam/power pop song by the same name (which, in a just universe, would have been a big hit)!
This record never really got its due, partly because the band took three years to follow up on the success of their debut album Resident Alien and its hit "In the Meantime." But The Chinese Album, in many ways, is a much more fully-realized work than its predecessor; instead of merely playing at being a glam-rock band, Spacehog here crafts a fully-realized sound and aesthetic, with nods to such artists as Queen, Badfinger, The Kinks, and even R.E.M. (Michael Stipe makes an appearance on the mellow "Almond Kisses"). And the songwriting (e.g. "Lucy's Shoe") is consistently strong, making The Chinese Album one of the late '90s' great lost records. A pink vinyl pressing, nestled next to a 4-page, full-sized, full-color insert holding all the groovy graphics that accompanied the CD release!
Tracklisting
Vincent Price
Rod Mckuen / Heins Hoffman-Ric
Philly Joe Jones Sextet
Lyn Christopher
Dean Gitter
Herb Ellis & Remo Palmier
Deicide
Odyssey
Dust
The Zac Schulze Gang
Tankus
Mickey Jupp
McCoys
Stretch
Jerome Froese
Split Enz
