Number Four of An Occasional Series
I was making a mix CD for a few friends the other day, and trying to think of a few interesting things to put on it. While rifling through my record collection, I happened upon a CD that I hadn't listened to in ages, and which contains number four in my series of Best Songs Ever Written. The album is Sulk by the Associates and the song Club Country.
The song is an absolute gem, although it probably isn't quite as well known as their biggest hit "Party Fears Two". It has it all - throbbing bass, fabulous 80s production and a soaring vocal from Billy McKenzie. It is utterly mesmerising. In fact, it needs to be heard rather than described as words don't really do it justice.
The general consensus on the Eighties seems to be that it was a musically barren time, remembered for nothing except a whole load of cheesy pop nonsense. I think songs like this one prove that statement is untrue.
Absolute genius.
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