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01. The Pooh Sticks - On Tape
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02. The Pooh Sticks - Time To Time
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03. The Pooh Sticks - Heroes And Villains
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04. The Pooh Sticks - Just Another Minute
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05. The Pooh Sticks - Teenage High
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06. The Pooh Sticks - 123 Red Light
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07. The Pooh Sticks - When The Night Falls
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08. The Pooh Sticks - Dying For It
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09. The Pooh Sticks - I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan McGee Quite Well
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10. The Pooh Sticks - Sex Head
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11. The Pooh Sticks - Foxy Boy
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12. The Pooh Sticks - Dare True Kiss Promise
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13. The Pooh Sticks - Do It Again (A Little Bit Slower)
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14. The Pooh Sticks - Indiepop Aint Noise Pollution
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ARTIST
POOH STICKS, THE
TITLE
Straight Up: Noise Pollution C88-90
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
OPTIC NERVE
CATALOG #
OPT4 055LP
OPT4 055LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
8/18/2023
LP version. New band-compiled album of
The Pooh Sticks
hits and misses. "'Mellifluous'... is a word you won't hear much when conversation turns to early Pooh Sticks records. But "noise pollution", sure: that comes up. I've even used it myself. So look away now if you must:
Straight Up: Noise Pollution C88-90
is a selection of some of the most loved/despised/ignored tracks released by The Pooh Sticks on however many records it was before it all went wilfully 'American' sometime around dotted-lining for BMG mega-corp in 1991. The record has highlights and lowlights. You and me, we'd probably agree on most of them. We chose a reasonable cross-section, I think (although there could've been more tambourine), including: -- 'On Tape' -- zeitgeist-nailin' strum and strangle. 'I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Alan McGee Quite Well' -- long title -- 'Teenage High' -- breathy sweetness sneaked onto the depraved Sympathy For The Record Industry label. 'Dying For It' -- the
Vaselines
cover which beat
Nirvana
by a full two years (though theirs sold better)... and more! It's like Christmas (no, blocking up the chimney won't help: we've cut spare keys)..." --
Trudi
xx LP version comes on blue vinyl; gatefold sleeve; includes repro poster for the March '89
Pastels
/Pooh Sticks/Vaselines London gig.
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