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Have to say what a great wee album this was/is. In my opinion completely overlooked on it's release. Dave. A Hold of me, Drag me down.Tonight,Hard times. How this album and the singles that came of it were never hit's I will never understand to this day In my top 3 best of Rats LPs
I think I said before that this is my fave lp it shouldn't have flopped it was the best lp of 1984 by a mile not enough nairplay or promotion though sadly. If I could only have 1 lp Niall the world it would be this one
Tremendous album. Drag me Down should have been the lead single, followed by Dave and then Hard Times. If a fourth single was necessary, Another Sad Story. Was never a great fan of the album cover though.
I have just received the US version on vinyl and transferred it to CD. I cannot get the excellent versions of DMD and Lucky out of my head. Dave sounds daft as Rain however.
Tremendous album. Drag me Down should have been the lead single, followed by Dave and then Hard Times. If a fourth single was necessary, Another Sad Story. Was never a great fan of the album cover though.
I have just received the US version on vinyl and transferred it to CD. I cannot get the excellent versions of DMD and Lucky out of my head. Dave sounds daft as Rain however.
Yeah have this myself on tape only. DMD & Lucky are much better I think I pointed this out b4 somewhere on this form. The song Rain that's just mad. I do have the USA Mondo Bongo on cd along with The fine art & Tonic which has Mary on the forth form & Joey on it All 3 cd's and tape are a much better sound than the UK release's
Pity that Lucky and DMD(USA versions) were not put onto the cds when they were re released.I have always enjoyed ITLG but I have always believed releasing Tonight as the first single was a mistake.Dave I believe would have been the better first single.
loved us version of lucky& drag me down wished they'd released them in uk also wish doing it( mystery song from1983)'had been released on itlg it is a fab song
Personally, I think Lucky should have been released as a single- it's got a powerful intro, great instrumentals, the whole shabang. Lyrical content wouldn't have been too bad of a problem, they changed it for the US version anyway.
