First album, by The Shrieking Violets

First album

by The Shrieking Violets

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1.	Happy Birthday Maria 00:59	info	buy track
2.	Last One Standing 01:23	info	buy track
3.	Grey 03:04		buy track
4.	Going Gone 00:56	lyrics	buy track
Go to bed my little one Going gone Go to bed my little one Going gone Luxuriate in silken bed Going gone I'm not going anywhere I'm remaining by your side I know you're near me I can hear your breathing I'm not going anywhere You're not anywhere
5.	Purple Bay 02:04	info	buy track
6.	Spain is Red 03:01		buy track
7.	Untitled (I See) 04:23	lyrics	buy track
Please don't make me blind So never make me deaf Please just clear my mind So I can think again Don't do for me What I should have done years ago Don't do for me What I should have done years ago Why do I believe In something I can't see Why do I believe In something I can't touch? Don't do for me What I should have done years ago Don't do for me What I should have done years ago
8.	Speedway 00:52		buy track
9.	Untitled (I See) - alt. version 04:18	info	buy track
10.	Questions (I Love You) 03:01	info	buy track
11.	Song for Ridhi 01:38	info	buy track
12.	Ghosts 02:43		buy track
13.	Autumn 02:55		buy track
14.	Piano and guitar 01:32		buy track
15.	Father Figure 00:14		buy track
16.	Buzz 01:02		buy track
17.	Schubert 01:35	info	buy track
18.	Untitled 01:41		buy track
19.	Chip Upon My Shoulder 02:37		buy track
20.	Untitled (I See) - Master version 03:51		buy track
21.	Interlude 00:08		buy track
22.	Surf 01:11		buy track
23.	Instrumental 05:25		buy track

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Recorded in my parents' attic during the long summer holiday after my GCSEs, on a Sony shoebox cassette recorder: www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-TCM939-Shoebox-Cassette-Recorder/dp/B002H9HZH8. A rudimentary system for multitracking was used: I recorded the original track onto cassette, then played that through my stereo as a backing track as I added further tracks (violin, second guitar, slide guitar, piano etc) and recorded that onto my shoebox recorder.

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released October 1, 2003

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The Shrieking Violets Manchester, UK

When I was at school I didn't say very much, but wrote copiously. My ambitions were to be editor of the Times, a rock 'n' roll music journalist or on Top of the Pops. I felt like if you weren't loud you were ignored, but my year 9 English teacher, Mr Hodgkins, noticed that I did have things to say. He once said he knew that I was 'no shrinking violet' so I decided to be a 'Shrieking Violet'. ... more

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