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01. Pete Astor - Almost Falling In Love
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02. Pete Astor - She Took The T.V.
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03. Pete Astor - Love, Full-On
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04. Pete Astor - Secret Life
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05. Pete Astor - Guy Fawkes' Night
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06. Pete Astor - Donnelly
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07. Pete Astor - The Hotel At The Edge Of The World
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08. Pete Astor - Sideways And The Golden Egg
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09. Pete Astor - Lost Soul
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10. Pete Astor - Paradise
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ARTIST
ASTOR, PETE
TITLE
Paradise
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
TAPETE RECORDS
CATALOG #
TR 436CD
TR 436CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
11/8/2019
Tapete Records present a reissue of
Pete Astor
's
Paradise
, originally released in 1992 on Danceteria. With the onset of the 1990s and the conclusion of
The Weather Prophets
, Pete Astor was in the mood for some artistic regeneration. To this end, he recruited a new group of musicians and friends, forming
The Holy Road
. The band consisted of erstwhile
Felt
and
Everything But The Girl
guitarist
Neil Scott
, bassist
Chris Clarke
(soon to become a key member of both
The Rockingbirds
and
Danny and the Champions of the World
), and drummer
Russell Lax
(of
The Oyster Band
and
Billy Childish
's
Pop Rivets
). While much of the UK was -- in the words of
Jarvis Cocker
-- "standing in a field, sorted for Es and Whizz," Astor maintained his commitment to his version of an English Chanson tradition. As such, he was adopted by a new French audience, coalescing around the anglophile gospel of the influential magazine Les Inrockuptibles who lionized Astor's work -- whether it be "Why Does The Rain?", courtesy of his first Creation band,
The Loft
, or The Weather Prophets' demi-anthem "Almost Prayed", or his more recent solo work on "Submarine" and "Zoo". And so arrived
Paradise
, becoming for many the album in which Astor, along with The Holy Road, most perfectly expressed his indubitable facility as a singer and songwriter. All his enduring musical references -- from classic British guitar pop to New-York punk via the blues and even jazz -- seem to blend into a fully-formed vision, one which envisions a kind of mythic America whilst always cleaving to European, and specifically British, roots. Twenty-seven years later, with Tapete's re-release,
Paradise
is a vital addition to a body of work which sounds as good now as it did then.
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