The Eight Legged Groove Machine

Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed {{safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst-infobox||$params=italic_title,name,type,longtype,artist,cover,border,alt,caption,released,recorded,venue,studio,genre,length,language,label,director,producer,compiler,chronology,prev_title,prev_year,year,next_title,next_year,misc|$extra=italic_title,longtype,border,caption,language,director,compiler,chronology,year,misc|$aliases=italic title>italic_title,Italic title>italic_title,Name>name,Type>type,image>cover,Cover>cover,Border>border,Alt>alt,Caption>caption,Longtype>longtype,Artist>artist,Released>released,Recorded>recorded,Venue>venue,Studio>studio,Genre>genre,Length>length,Language>language,Label>label,Director>director,Producer>producer,Compiler>compiler,Chronology>chronology,Misc>misc|$flags=override|$B={{#ifeq:{{#invoke:Is infobox in lead|main|[Ii]nfobox [Aa]lbum}}|true|{{#if:Template:Has short description | |{{#if: 8 August 1988 | Template:Short description}}}}}}{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Category handlerTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox album with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|italic_title |type |name |image |cover |border |alt |caption |longtype |artist |released |recorded |venue |studio |genre |length |language |label |director |producer |compiler |prev_title|prev_year|next_title|next_year|chronology|year|misc}}{{#if:{{#invoke:String|match|error_category=Music infoboxes with Module:String errors|A|1=Hup1989studioThe Eight Legged Groove MachineThe Eight Legged Groove Machine.jpgthe Wonder Stuff8 August 1988Indie rock36:45PolydorPat Collierx|2=</?t[drh][ >]|nomatch=}}|Template:Main other}}Template:Main other}} The Eight Legged Groove Machine is the debut album by the Wonder Stuff, released in the UK on 8 August 1988.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> NME listed it as the 27th best album of the 1980s.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Critical reception

Template:Album ratings The Washington Post opined that "this is a great debut by a caustic if-we-knew-then '60s-style foursome, an irresistibly catchy recycledelic album that sounds like a world-weary Romantics—or the Flaming Groovies after 20 years in the coffee generation."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Track listing

All tracks composed by the Wonder Stuff

1. "Red Berry Joy Town" 2:48
2. "No, for the 13th Time" 3:02
3. "It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby" 2:48
4. "Rue the Day" 1:56
5. "Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More" 2:49
6. "Like a Merry Go Round" 2:40
7. "The Animals and Me" 3:05
8. "A Wish Away" 2:30
9. "Grin" 2:58
10. "Mother and I" 2:24
11. "Some Sad Someone" 2:47
12. "Ruby Horse" 3:06
13. "Unbearable" 2:28
14. "Poison" 2:58
15. "Times Will Change"(CD bonus track) 0.41

2000 reissue bonus tracks

1. "A Song Without an End" 4.09
2. "Goodbye Fatman" 3.11
3. "Astley in the Noose" 3.30
4. "Ooh, She Said" 2.52

20th Anniversary Edition

Re-recordings of the original album with bonus tracks, October 2008:

1. "Red Berry Joy Town"
2. "No, for the 13th Time"
3. "It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby"
4. "Rue The Day"
5. "Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More"
6. "Like a Merry Go Round"
7. "The Animals and Me"
8. "A Wish Away"
9. "Grin"
10. "Mother and I"
11. "Some Sad Someone"
12. "Ruby Horse"
13. "Unbearable"
14. "Poison"
15. "Who Wants to Be the Disco King?"
16. "Astley in the Noose"
17. "Goodbye Fatman"
18. "Ooh, She Said"
19. "Ten Trenches Deep"
20. "A Song Without an End"
21. "Times Will Change"
22. "Apple of My Eye" - bonus track
23. "Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart" - bonus track
24. "Shit Out of Luck" - bonus track

Personnel

1988 recording:

The Wonder Stuff

• Miles Hunt - vocals, guitars
• Malc Treece - vocals, guitars
• Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones - bass
• Martin Gilks - drums

Technical

• Jessica Corcoran - engineer
• Martyn Strickland - photography

External links

• The Wonder Stuff discography

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