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In The Good Old Country Way

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For a band that only had a cult following in the first place, the decision to steer their earthy post-punk into a country direction could have been a career killer for The Nightingales. In actual fact, it probably was as 'In The Good Old Country Way' proved to be the last album from Robert Lloyd and co. but with the benefit of twenty years' hindsight it sounds like an inspired move as well as a brave one. The key component is Maria Smith whose violin parts are pushed to the forefront of many of the tracks and she provides the perfect foil to Lloyd's deliberately off-key vocals; constructing a doomy yet riveting manifesto. Granted, 'Down In The Dumps' sounds alarmingly like Adam And The Ants teaming up with Dexys Midnight Runners but most of it stands on its own two feet. Shorter songs like the funereal 'Coincidence' and the drunken melancholy of 'Leave It Out' are well matched by the lengthy key tracks 'Comfort And Joy' and 'How To Age'. Without relinquishing any of Lloyd's acerbic wit and aggression, The Nightingales are captured here in their most disciplined and creative form.
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  Track Listing
01 The Headache Collector
02 Down In The Dumps
Standout Track Leave It Out
04 Comfort And Joy
05 Coincidence
06 I Spit In Your Gravy
07 Square Circle
08 Part Time Moral England
09 How To Age
10 No Can Do
11 It's A Cracker
12 Here We Go Now
13 Crafty Fag
14 What A Carry On
15 Carry On Carrying On
16 First My Job
17 Let's Surf
18 At The End Of The Day
19 Down In The Dumps

Standout Track = Standout Track

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