Tuesday Blue - Shibumi (1988)

Big rock. Originally a trio with a drum machine. Barry Warner provided keyboards for an early lineup, Tom Jones (ex Average Contents / Toucandance) (keyboards/rhythm guitar) in later years. Liam Darcy was replaced by Ray Fean who'd played in one of Richie Laurence (AKA Larry Richardson)'s bands. The band spent about a year working on their LP during 1987-88, playing few gigs. This period seemed to cure them of their tendancy to drift in Simple Minds/Genesis and yielded new arrangements of songs like "Tunnel Vision" and "Tell The Boys". The LP was recorded in Montreaux in Switzerland with Bowie producer Dave Richards. It was released at the end of 1988 in the USA and in March 1989 in Europe. Tuesday Blue certainly nailed their sound on their debut album but too many of the songs lack memorable melodies or pop hooks and too often the bands sound favours bombast over subtlety. Most of the band members of the band are still active. Mike Ryan and Ralph Lindheim still perform regularly in Limerick. Dave Keary toured with Riverdance as did Ray Fean, who was later with Coolfin and had done lots of session work.

Shibumi
1988
TUESDAY BLUE
Dave Keary, Liam Darcy, Mike Ryan, Ralph Lindheim

Track listing

1. Tunnel Vision
2. Tell The Boys
3. Love Me Simple
4. Between Smiles And Tears
5. Open Your Eyes
6. Cut And Dry
7. I Believe In You
8. Escape The Escape
9. Something Wrong With Your World.

Videos

"Love Me Simple" (Live at the Des O Dwyer tribute)
"Tunnel Vision" - Official Video
"Tunnel Vision" (Live)

Cactus World News - Urban Beaches (1986 | 2001 Reissue)

Cactus World News wastes no time in making a first impression on its debut album Urban Beaches. The opening track "Worlds Apart" explodes from the speakers with screeching, reverberating guitars, tumbling drums, and fervent vocals. The anthemic chorus and breathtaking energy of "Worlds Apart" will remind listeners of U2's "I Will Follow " in its feel and execution. However, despite similarities to the music of fellow Irish band U2, Urban Beaches is a smart, hypnotically melodic album bristling with youthful exuberance and sparkling musicianship. The impassioned singing of Eoin McEvoy on "Worlds Apart," "In a Whirlpool," "The Promise," and "The Bridge" is contagious; after hearing him bellow "Worlds apart, worlds apart/Closer than I've ever been/To you" a few times, listeners will find themselves mouthing the words or perhaps singing it in the shower. Frank Kearns' driving, electrifying riffs magnify the urgency in McEvoy's voice; nearly every track has thrilling, dramatic guitar playing. Urban Beaches should've been a hit in the U.S.; instead, it became a buried treasure in the cutout bins.

Urban Beaches
1986 | 2001 Reissue
CACTUS WORLD NEWS
Eoin McEvoy, Frank Kearns, Chris McGoldrick(b), John Doyle(b), JJ Collier(d)

Bit rate: 320kbps

Track listing: 1. "Worlds Apart" - 3:39 2. "In A Whirlpool" - 3:42 3. "The Promise" - 4:59 4. "The Bridge" - 4:16 5. "State Of Emergency" - 7:15 6. "Years Later" - 4:10 7. "Church Of The Cold" - 3:51 8. "Pilots Of Beka" - 5:15 9. "Jigsaw Street" - 3:14 10. "Maybe This Time" - 7:12 11. "Cashen Bay Strand" - 5:08 nWu BONUS "Worlds Apart" (Extended Version)

2001 Bonus: 12. "The Bridge" (Original version) 13."The Other Extreme" 14. "Frontiers" 15. "Go Dti An Tra" 16. "Tables Overturn" 17. "State Of Emergency" (Radio Session) Videos "Worlds Apart" (Live at Self Aid - Dublin 1986) "The Bridge" (Live)

Best Of The Boomtown Rats (2004)

The Best of the Boomtown Rats features 19 of The Boomtown Rats greatest hits. The Boomtown Rats were an Irish punk rock band that had a series of Irish and UK hits between 1977 and 1985. They were led by vocalist Bob Geldof.

All six members were originally from Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. Formed under the name "The Nightlife Thugs," the group agreed on the name change to the "Boomtown Rats" after a gang that Geldof read about in Woody Guthrie's autobiography, Bound for Glory. They became a notable band, but one whose accomplishments were overshadowed by the charity work of frontman Bob Geldof, a former journalist with the NME magazine. [wiki]

Best Of The Boomtown Rats 2004 THE BOOMTOWN RATS Bob Geldof (v), Garry Roberts (g), Johnnie Moylett (k), Patrick Cusack, Simon Crowe (b),Gerry Cott (g) Bit rate: 320kbps Track listing 1."She's So Modern" 2."Mary of the 4th Form" 3."Rat Trap" 4."Looking After No. 1" 5."When the Night Comes" 6."Someone's Looking at You" 7."Joey's on the Street Again" 8."Banana Republic" 9."Dave" 10."I Don't Like Mondays" 11."Like Clockwork" 12."(I Never Loved) Eva Braun" 13."Neon Heart" 14."Never in a Million Years" 15."Diamond Smiles" 16."Drag Me Down" 17."I Can Make It (If You Can)" 18."The Elephant's Graveyard" 19."Fall Down" DVD Version: Promo Videos 1."Lookin' After No. 1" 2."She's So Modern" 3."Like Clockwork" 4."Rat Trap" 5."I Don't Like Mondays" 6."Diamond Smiles" 7."Someone's Looking at You" 8."Banana Republic" 9."The Elephant's Graveyard" 10."Never in a Million Years" 11."House on Fire" 12."Dave" 13."Tonight" 14."Drag Me Down" 15."A Hold on Me" Live Hammersmith Apollo 1984 1."Intro" 2."The Elephant's Graveyard" 3."Charmed Lives" 4."Lucky" 5."Neon Heart" 6."Someone's Looking at You" 7."Dave" 8."A Hold of Me" 9."I Don't Like Mondays" 10."Talk in Code" 11."Rat Trap" 12."Drag Me Down" 13."Lookin' After No. 1" Bonus Materials: 1."The Music Machine" (1977) 2."Lookin' After No. 1" (1977) 3."Mary of the 4th Form" (Top of the Pops 1977) 4."Arnold Lane" (6.55 special 1982) 5."Do They Know it's Christmas?" (The Tube 1985) 6."News Flash" (1980) 7."Keep It Up" (Live) 8."Like Clockwork" (Live) 9."Self Aid" (1986 - "Joey on Streets Again")

Album Inlays

A House - On Our Big Fat Merry-Go Round (1988)

On Our Big Fat Merry-Go-Round is the debut album of Irish rock band A House. Released in 1988, the album reveals a taste for driving, catchy guitar rock somewhat in the style of U2. The lyrics are full of attitude, including attacks on journalists ("That's Not the Truth") and production team Stock, Aitken & Waterman ("Stone the Crows"). The lyrics evoke violent imagery as well; song titles include "I Want to Kill Something," "Watch Out You're Dead," and "Violent Love."

The album contains the raving "Call Me Blue," which reached number nine on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in December 1988.

On Our Big Fat Merry-Go Round

1988
A HOUSE
Dave Couse

Track listing:

1. "Call Me Blue" – 2:11
2. "I Want to Kill Something" – 2:24
3. "I'll Always Be Grateful" - 2:42
4. "My Little Lighthouse" - 4:02
5. "Watch Out You're Dead" - 3:00
6. "Don't Ever Think You're Different" - 2:10
7. "That's Not the Truth" - 2:33
8. "Love of the Eighties" - 2:51
9. "Violent Love" - 2:06
10. "Love Quarry" - 2:32
11. "Clump of Trees" - 3:27
12. "Stone the Crows" - 3:13
13. "Hay When the Sun Shines" - 2:50
14. "Freak Out" - 2:40 *Extra track on CD versions of the album; originally a B-side on the Call Me Blue single.

I'll Always Be Grateful (Lyrics)

Nine long months you've spent thinking of me
And all the following years
Spent between the laughter and tears
Self-denial you gave, too good to shout it out loud
There's a second love, but blood is thicker than skin

I'll always be grateful
I'll always be grateful
I'll always be grateful
For you

And the man's done his best with those old-fashioned ways
And I know you've tried hard, I can see it in your face
If I had of known then what I could have known now
I hate to patronize and even more I hate to criticize

(chorus)

I must be painfully dull to do what I have done
By not showing love to those people that I love
But, still you accept what I've done proving time and time again
That someday I realize, but by then it's all too late

(chorus)

And I'll never be hateful

The Adventures - Theodore and Friends (1985 | 2009 Re-mastered)

Theodore and Friends is the debut album from the Irish rock band The Adventures, released in 1985.The album contained four minor UK chart hits; "Another Silent Day" (UK #71), "Feel The Raindrops" (UK #58), Two Rivers" (UK #96), and "Send My Heart" (UK #62) which was a hit in Germany and also featured on the soundtrack to the horror movie Demoni the same year. The album reached #65 in Germany, but did not chart in the UK.

Lead vocalist Terry Sharpe and guitarist Pat Gribben first worked together when in 1978 they joined punk band The Starjets. The band experienced limited success and disbanded in the early 1980s. Sharpe and Gribben then formed The Adventures in early 1984 with Gribben's wife, Eileen, Gerard Murphy, Tony Ayre and Paul Crowder

The album was reissued on compact disc in the UK in July 2009 under the Lemon imprint of Cherry Red Records. The reissue includes the original album with several bonus tracks.


Theodore and Friends
2009 Re-mastered
THE ADVENTURES
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Track listing Side one 1. "Always" 2. "Feel the Raindrops" 3. "Send My Heart" 4. "Two Rivers" 5. "Don't Tell Me" Side two 1. "Another Silent Day" 2. "When the World Turns Upside Down" 3. "Love in Chains" 4. "Lost in Hollywood" 5. "These Children" Extra tracks on 2009 reissue: 1. "Feel The Raindrops" (Extended Remix) 2. "Happy Depression" (B-Side) 3. "Life During Wartime" (Live) 4. "Nowhere Near Me" (B-Side) 5. "Send My Heart" (Extended Remix) 6. "These Children" (Live) 7. "Tristesse En Vitesse" (B-Side)

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