Solo Album

GENRE: New Wave, Post Punk.NB this is not a compilation album. 20 tracks by the band that confused the hell out of record reviewers everywhere.SOLO ALBUM originally released in 1980, and now re-released in 2012 rides again with a 6-page booklet entitled 'The true story behind the most confusingly named band of all time' In 2012 the members of THE VARIOUS ARTISTS may have bought a Band Name Generator App to ensure a name that guaranteed the correct allocation of royalties and an indexing in record shops to aid discovery. Then again, if you made one mistake, you might not add to it by calling your album SOLO ALBUM. But then again, if you've been in Bristol for a few years Bristolian irony may just have rubbed off. We have to take some credit because this lot weren't born and bred.The Key brothers Jonjo (Vocals/Guitars) and Robin (Guitars/Vocals/Keyboard), were originally from Birmingham which perhaps explains a certain TWO TONE reference here and there. They were joined by John Langley a drummer of some distinction, with Christian Clarke providing Bass.3/4s of THE VARIOUS ARTISTS were simultaneously THE ART OBJECTS, (with original Various Artists member Bill Stair on Bass Guitar) and it was from this 'school' that emerged THE BLUE AEROPLANES. Not that the bands were taking the same subjects and this isn't an album that traces that evolution. Nor do we have to find echoes of the 'Bristol Sound' because it isn't there.

1: Money Matters - The Various Artists
2: Unlucky in Love - The Various Artists
3: Hard Luck Stories - The Various Artists
4: Paradise Lost - The Various Artists
5: Anaesthetic - The Various Artists
6: Weekends - The Various Artists
7: Stephen's Body - The Various Artists
8: Time of My Life - The Various Artists
9: Other People's Parties - The Various Artists
10: Upmarkette - The Various Artists
11: She's a Machine - The Various Artists
12: Questionaire? - The Various Artists
13: Original Mixed Up Kid - The Various Artists
14: Unofficial Secrets - The Various Artists
15: Own Up - The Various Artists
16: I Believe in the Ant - The Various Artists
17: Straight Sex - The Various Artists
18: Questionaire? - The Various Artists
19: Unlucky in Love - The Various Artists
20: Upmarkette - The Various Artists

Number of Discs: 1

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