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Troublegum

Therapy?

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Format: 2LP

Cat No: UMCLP099

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Format Details: Deluxe /

Release Date:  27 September 2024

Label:  Proper Records

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  805520240956

Genres:  Rock  Alternative  

Release Date:  27 September 2024

Label:  Proper Records

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  805520240994

Genres:  Rock  Alternative  

  • Description

    This re-issue of Therapy?'s Troublegum album faithfully replicates the original A&M Records UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180g caramel vinyl.


    By the time Therapy? released Troublegum in 1994 they were already well established, but it was the first time many had encountered the group's intensely melodic blend of hard rock and indie, an arresting combination of old and new, striking in its immediacy





    Formed by schoolfriends in Larne, Northern Ireland, Therapy? consistently pushed the rock trio to its limits, often saying that their use of feedback was their fourth instrument. Singer, guitarist and writer Andy Cairns, bassist Michael McKeegan and drummer Fyfe Ewing had been playing together since 1989, and were signed to indie label Wiiija the following year on the strength of their live reputation. After two albums with Wiiija, they were signed to A&M Records, and their 1992 album, Nurse, reached the UK Top 40. The group paired with Mission producer Chris Sheldon and went to Chipping Norton Studios to record a follow-up. The results were stunning.



    Lead single "Screamager" (on the Shortsharpshock EP) reached the UK Top 10 in March 1993; follow-up "Turn" made the Top 20. By the time Troublegum was released in February 1994, it contained both singles, plus "Nowhere" and "Trigger Inside", further hits from the album. Troublegum is warm and powerful, showing that grunge was not just the preserve of bands from the western seaboard of the US. Mixed without any discernible gaps between tracks, the album offers 45 minutes of attack. Amid the originals, the band's post punk roots are shown by their storming cover of Isolation by Joy Division. Widely acclaimed, Troublegum reached No 5 in the UK charts, went Gold and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. It sounds as fresh today as it did in 1994.

    Description

    To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Therapy?'s "Troublegum" album , this 2LP set contains the original album pressed on 180g Silver Vinyl plus a further 14 tracks rounding up B-sides and bonus tracks of the era pressed on 180g Lavender Coloured Vinyl.

    By the time Therapy? released Troublegum in 1994 they were already well established, but it was the first time many had encountered the group's intensely melodic blend of hard rock and indie, an arresting combination of old and new, striking in its immediacy


    Formed by schoolfriends in Larne, Northern Ireland, Therapy? consistently pushed the rock trio to its limits, often saying that their use of feedback was their fourth instrument. Singer, guitarist and writer Andy Cairns, bassist Michael McKeegan and drummer Fyfe Ewing had been playing together since 1989, and were signed to indie label Wiiija the following year on the strength of their live reputation. After two albums with Wiiija, they were signed to A&M Records, and their 1992 album, Nurse, reached the UK Top 40. The group paired with Mission producer Chris Sheldon and went to Chipping Norton Studios to record a follow-up. The results were stunning.


    Lead single "Screamager" (on the Shortsharpshock EP) reached the UK Top 10 in March 1993; follow-up "Turn" made the Top 20. By the time Troublegum was released in February 1994, it contained both singles, plus "Nowhere" and "Trigger Inside", further hits from the album. Troublegum is warm and powerful, showing that grunge was not just the preserve of bands from the western seaboard of the US. Mixed without any discernible gaps between tracks, the album offers 45 minutes of attack. Amid the originals, the band's post punk roots are shown by their storming cover of Isolation by Joy Division. Widely acclaimed, Troublegum reached No 5 in the UK charts, went Gold and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. It sounds as fresh today as it did in 1994.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Knives
      • 2. Screamager
      • 3. Hellbelly
      • 4. Stop It You're Killing Me
      • 5. Nowhere
      • 6. Die Laughing
      • 7. Unbeliever

      Side 2

      • 1. Trigger Inside
      • 2. Lunacy Booth
      • 3. Isolation
      • 4. Turn
      • 5. Femtex
      • 6. Unrequited
      • 7. Brainsaw

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Knives
      • 2. Screamager
      • 3. Hellbelly
      • 4. Stop It You're Killing Me
      • 5. Nowhere
      • 6. Die Laughing
      • 7. Unbeliever

      Side 2

      • 1. Trigger Inside
      • 2. Lunacy Booth
      • 3. Isolation
      • 4. Turn
      • 5. Femtex
      • 6. Unrequited
      • 7. Brainsaw

      Disc 2

      Side 1

      • 1. Pantopon Rose
      • 2. Breaking The Law
      • 3. C C Rider
      • 4. Evil Elvis (The Lost Demo)
      • 5. Nice 'N' Sleazy
      • 6. Reuters
      • 7. Tatty Seaside Town

      Side 2

      • 1. Auto Surgery
      • 2. Totally Random Man
      • 3. Accelerator
      • 4. Speedball
      • 5. Bloody Blue
      • 6. Neck Freak (New Version)
      • 7. Opal Mantra