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Clearer and other singles, 1991​-​1995

by Blueboy

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Clearer 03:52
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Alison 04:15
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Popkiss 04:17
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Fearon 04:24
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Elle 01:42
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Air France 02:27
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Stephanie 03:06
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River 05:09
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Nimbus 04:20
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Hit 05:08
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Dirty Mags 04:38
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Loony Tunes 03:15
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Toulouse 02:26

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In accordance with label policy, none of the songs on the half dozen singles and EPs Blueboy recorded for Sarah Records were included on the band's two albums. All seventeen are collected here, though, from debut 7” Clearer, whose limpid beauty and whispered vocal belies its lyrical fury at the Tories' homophobic Clause 28 legislation ("Goodbye freedom, goodbye freedom, we've gone back 30 years...") – a fury that also fuels the pent-up explosion of guitars on follow-up Popkiss – to Toulouse, the very last song on the very last single released by Sarah ("I don't want to change the world any more..."). And as the haunting, drumless Air France ("smile me into bed and take my innocence") and summery haze of Try Happiness ("stained-glass windows like my heart, wide open...") expand into River's epic soundscapes and Dirty Mags' provocative take on Britpop's guitary snarl, the extraordinary breadth and subtlety of Blueboy's music is majestically revealed.

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released January 1, 1995

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Blueboy Reading, UK

Originally a duo of Keith Girdler (vocals) and Paul Stewart (guitars), Blueboy rose from the ashes of Reading band Feverfew. Mark Cousens (bass), Gemma Townley (cello, vocals), Lloyd Haggar (drums) and ex-Field Mouse Harvey Williams (guitar) joined the line-up, with Martin Rose later taking over on drums. They released six 7"s and two LPs on Sarah Records, and two 7"s and an album on Shinkansen. ... more

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