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The Way We Were (Album By A House)
''The Way We Were'', fully titled ''The Way We Were: The Best Of A House 04.85-02.97'', is a compilation album released by Irish band A House in 2002. It was released in regular and limited-edition versions; the limited edition, which ran to 3,000 copies and was released only in Ireland, includes a bonus disc of b-sides and rarities. ''The Way We Were'' entered the Irish music charts in July 2002 and remained on the chart for four weeks, peaking at number 10. Track listing # "I'll Always Be Grateful" # "Love Is" # " Endless Art" # "Why Me?" # "The Comedy Is Over" # "13 Wonderful Love Songs" # "I Want Too Much" # "Here Come the Good Times" # "You're Too Young" # "I Can't Change" # "Kick Me again Jesus" # "Call Me Blue" # "Small Talk" # "I Am Afraid" # "Just Because" # "Spinster" # "Take It Easy On Me" # "Our Love Is Good Enough" # "No More Apologies" * All songs written by A House. * Produced by Edwyn Collins, tracks 3, 9, 14, 16-18. * Produced by Mike Hedges, tracks 6, 7, 13. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A House
A House were an Irish rock band that where active in Dublin from 1985 to 1997, and recognized for the clever, "often bitter or irony laden lyrics of frontman Dave Couse ... bolstered by the and'sseemingly effortless musicality". The single " Endless Art" is one of their best known charting successes. Career Beginnings Formed in Dublin in 1985 by former members of the band Last Chance, vocalist Dave Couse, guitarist Fergal Bunbury, Drummer Dermot Wylie were joined by bassist Martin Healy (who had all been schoolfriends at Templeogue College), came together as A House.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , pp. 195–6 The band honed their live skills in the pubs of Dublin, performing in McGonagle's club (best known internationally as the venue where U2 cut their teeth in the late seventies), at free gigs in the Phoenix Park, and turns on RTÉ's TV GaGa and Dave Fanning's radio sessions. The earliest recorded appearance for the band was on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie (music)
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels. Indie music describes a number of related styles, but generally describes guitar-oriented music straying away from mainstream conventions. There are a number of subgenres of independent music which combine its characteristics with other genres, such as indie pop, indie rock, indie folk, and indie electronic. Additionally, in certain circles, the term indie has taken a definition entirely defined by the "typical" sound of independent music in the 1980s, losing the meaning connected with the style of production. The origins of independent music lie in British independent record labels, such as Rough Trade and Mute. In the 1970s, these labels contributed to the emergence of a distinct sound, influenced by post-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setanta Records
Setanta Records was a British independent record label led by founder Keith Cullen. Setanta published UK and Irish indie music in the late 1980s and in the 1990s. History Setanta Records was started in a Camberwell, London squat by former bicycle courier Keith Cullen. Their first success came when Dublin band Into Paradise received positive reviews from the British music press for their Setanta debut titled ''Under the Water''. Major label interest followed and Into Paradise subsequently signed to Ensign Records retaining Cullen as band manager. Shortly thereafter, Cullen signed the Cork trio the Frank and Walters, who wore orange shirts and purple flared trousers. As with Into Paradise, the band signed to Go! Discs retaining Cullen as band manager. The Frank and Walters achieved minor commercial success when their song "After All" peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. Commercial success followed Cullen's signing of the Divine Comedy whose first three albums '' Liber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live In Concert
Live in Concert may refer to: Albums * ''Live in Concert'' (2 Live Crew album), 1990 * ''Live in Concert'' (Freda Payne album), 1999 * ''Live in Concert'' (Kim Burrell album), 2001 * ''Live in Concert'' (Gin Blossoms album), 2009 * ''Live in Concert'' (The Jesus and Mary Chain album), 2003 * ''Live in Concert'' (Lou Reed album), originally ''Live in Italy'', 1984 * ''Live in Concert'' (Manafest album), 2011 * ''Live in Concert'' (Martina McBride album), 2008 * ''Live in Concert'' (Melbourne Welsh Male Choir album), 2002 * ''Live in Concert'' (Najwa Karam album), 2001 * ''Live in Concert'' (Natalie Merchant album), 1999 * ''Live in Concert'' (Ray Charles album), 1965 * ''Live in Concert'' (Sad Café album), 1981 *'' Live in Concert 1972/73'', by Deep Purple, 2005 *'' Live in Concert 1977 & 1979'', by Bad Company, 2016 *'' Live in Concert 1979'', by Amanda Lear, 1980 *'' Live in Concert 1998'', by Bootsy Collins, 1998 *'' Live in Concert 2006'', by Barbra Streisand, 2007 *'' Live in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genes (album)
''Genes'', from 2003, is the first album released by Dave Couse since the breakup of A House in 1997. ''Genes'' Couse released ''Genes'' on his own record label, Beep Beep. It is very much a solo affair, with all songs but one written by Couse, and mostly performed by Couse, although he enlisted old friend Edwyn Collins as producer. Many of the songs are also very personal, with Couse himself referring to it as "somewhat introspective affair". An important theme is that of family, as represented by the title and also the artwork (which seems to include old family photos), and specifically of Couse's relationship to his father who had only recently died when the record was being made. The song that Couse didn't write is John Cale's " (I Keep a) Close Watch" (listed as "Close Watch" on ''Genes''), which addresses the fear of loss associated with love. This song is for many the highlight of the record, perhaps because the indirection of a cover performance helped Couse in the face o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Couse
Dave Couse (born 1965) is an Irish musician, producer, and radio presenter best known for being the lead singer and main songwriter with the band A House. Couse has also released three albums as a solo artist. Early career and A House Couse was born in Perrystown, Dublin in 1965. He met some of his future bandmates while attending school in Templeogue College and formed the band Last Chance. The disintegration of Last Chance gave birth to A House which consisted of Couse on vocals and guitar, Martin Healy on bass, Dermot Wylie on drums, and Fergal Bunbury on guitar. A House's earliest appearance on record appears on ''Live at the Underground'' (UK, 1986) alongside other up and coming bands such as Something Happens and The Stars of Heaven, while their first single release was "Kick Me Again Jesus" in 1987. The band would endure for over a decade, during all of which time Couse, Healy, and Bunbury remained as core members. Bunbury still frequently collaborates with Couse. A Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs ( ; short for " discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''The New York Times'' as "Wikipedia-like". While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats. By 2015, it had a new goal: that of "cataloging every single piece of physical music ever created." As of 2025, its database contains over 18 million user-submitted album listings. History Discogs was started in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski who worked as a programmer at Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo .... It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endless Art
"Endless Art" is a song by Irish indie rock band A House, released initially as the lead track on the ''Bingo'' EP (1991), and then as a single from their 1991 album '' I Am the Greatest''. It was later included on the greatest hits album ''The Way We Were''. After the commercial failure of their 1990 album ''I Want Too Much'', A House had been dropped from their label Blanco y Negro Records, to be picked up by the indie label Setanta Records. They quickly released the EPs ''Doodle'' and ''Bingo'' at the end of 1990 and in 1991. The latter included the first appearance of "Endless Art", which A House recorded with Edwyn Collins as producer. Collins went on to work with them on ''I Am the Greatest'' from which "Endless Art" was re-released as a single, accompanied by a video. Although the song did not enjoy huge chart success, it reached number 46 in the UK - an achievement by A House's standards - and it gained a certain amount of airplay on MTV Europe. The lyrics to "Endless Art" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here Come The Good Times
"Here Come the Good Times" is a song by Irish indie rock band A House, released as a single from their 1994 album '' Wide-Eyed and Ignorant''. It is the only single by A House to chart in the UK top 40, reaching number 37. The song was included on A House's 2002 greatest hits album, ''The Way We Were''. Track listings "Here Come the Good Times" was released in two parts. Part 1 came in a 2-CD fold-out digipak, with space to contain Part 2. CD1 Here Come the Good Times (Part 1) # "Here Come the Good Times" # " Children of the Revolution" ( T.Rex) # "I Feel Love" (Donna Summer) # "Love Song" ( The Damned) CD2 Here Come the Good Times (Part 2) # "Here Come the Good Times" # "Everybody Needs Something" # "Soon" # "All We Need" Charts 2002 version "Here Come the Good Times" was re-recorded by members of the Irish soccer squad, and various Irish celebrities and boy band members for use as the official Irish 2002 World Cup anthem. Proceeds went to charity, and €40,000 was rais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwyn Collins
Edwyn Stephen Collins (born 23 August 1959) is a Scottish musician, producer and record label owner. Collins was the lead singer for the 1980s post-punk band Orange Juice, which he co-founded. After the group split in 1985, Collins started a solo career. His 1994 single " A Girl Like You" was a worldwide hit. In February 2005, Collins was hospitalised after two cerebral haemorrhages which resulted in aphasia, and he needed months to recover. He resumed his musical career in 2007. A documentary film on his recovery, ''The Possibilities Are Endless'', was released in 2014. Collins was the co-founder of the indie record label Postcard Records and co-founded a second label, Analogue Enhanced Digital, in 2011. Collins has also worked as an illustrator, television actor, television producer and record producer. He won an Ivor Novello Award, the Ivor Inspiration Award, in 2009. Early life Collins was born in Edinburgh. He lived in Dundee from the age of six to 14 after his father go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Hedges
Mike Hedges (born 1954) is a British audio producer/engineer best known for his work with the Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Manic Street Preachers. During his career, Hedges has worked with an eclectic roster of artists ranging from rock and pop acts such as U2, Dido, Travis, Texas, the Beautiful South, and Everything but the Girl, to cult-indie band the Cooper Temple Clause and classically oriented projects, the Priests and Sarah Brightman. His creative input and influence dramatically impacted the trajectories of bands such as the Cure, the Associates, Manic Street Preachers, and Travis. Early life Hedges was born in Nottingham, England in 1954 and grew up in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), where he attended a Jesuit school. He comes from a Catholic family. Career Hedges returned to the UK in 1969 and was working in Haywards Heath as a squash coach when he was offered a job as a tape op at London's Morgan Studios. His first engineer credit came in the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Power
Steve Power (born in Liverpool) is an English record producer best known for his work with Robbie Williams. He has produced and mixed for a wide variety of artists over the years, including Blur, Busted, Andrea Bocelli, Feeder, Joe Cocker,Percival, Ian (2000)Eagle Records' Joe Cocker has New Label, New Set, New Tour, ''Billboard'', 29 July 2000, p. 14, retrieved 2011-01-01 Diana Ross, Babybird, Babylon Zoo, Stephen Duffy, Black, the Bangles, Billy Ocean, Samantha Fox, James, Julian Cope, McFly, Ray LaMontagne and Kylie Minogue. Recently, he has worked with artists as diverse as Beth Rowley, Stephen Duffy, Julian Velard, David Ford, Laura Critchley, Nerina Pallot, and Wonderland. Biography Power got his start in the music industry as a member of new wave band Hambi and the Dance, signed to Virgin Records in 1981. With the advance from the deal, Hambi built the Pink Recording Studios in Liverpool where they recorded their debut album. While the band were away touring, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
