They Could Have Been Bigger than the Beatles
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They Could Have Been Bigger Than the Beatles is the third album by English punk rock/new wave band Television Personalities.[2][4]
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Released | 1982[1] | |||
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Label | Whaam! Records[2] (original UK release) Dreamworld Records (1986 UK reissue) Fire Records (UK) (1990 & 2002 UK reissues) Velvel (1997 US release) 1972 Records (2011 US reissue) | |||
Producer | Steven Shorter | |||
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In 2011, it was included in NME's "The 100 Greatest Albums You've Never Heard" list.[5] It was chosen by Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT.
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Daniel Treacy; except where indicated
- Side A
- "Three Wishes" - (05:22)
- "David Hockney's Diary" - (02:51)
- "In a Perfumed Garden" - (03:49)
- "Flowers for Abigail" - (03:36)
- "King and Country" - (06:07)
- "The Boy in the Paisley Shirt" - (03:50)
- "Games for Boys" - (02:38)
- Side B
- "Painter Man" (Eddie Phillips, Kenny Pickett) - (02:44)
- "Psychedelic Holiday" - (03:15)
- "14th Floor" - (02:20)
- "Sooty's Disco Party" - (02:22)
- "Makin' Time" (Eddie Phillips, Kenny Pickett) - (02:52)
- "When Emily Cries" - (04:18)
- "The Glittering Prizes" - (03:13)
- "Anxiety Block" - (03:07)
- "Mysterious Ways" - (05:09)
References
edit- ^ "What are you listening to this week?". The A.V. Club. 30 November 2017.
- ^ a b "TrouserPress.com :: Television Personalities". trouserpress.com.
- ^ "They Could Have Been Bigger Than the Beatles - Television Personalities | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ "Television Personalities: Reissues Review". pastemagazine.com. 21 July 2017.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Albums You've Never Heard". NME. Retrieved 11 October 2018.