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, released on Rialto Records in the UK on 10 July 1981. The Korgis recorded ''Sticky George'' after they returned to England from a promotional tour in the United States. A number of tracks intended for the album had been written before the end of 1980. The album includes the singles "That Was My Big Mistake", "All the Love in the World", "Don't Say That It's Over" and "Sticky George" - some were released as The Korgis and others under the name James Warren & The Korgis. ''Sticky George'' was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999. The album was followed by the non-album single " Don't Look Back" (produced by

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)/"Xenophobia", released on

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in June 1982. Both tracks are included on the 2003 compilation '' Don't Look Back - The Very Best of The Korgis''.

Critical reception

Upon its release, '' Record Business'' wrote, "Lush harmonies and quirky west country ideas are the trademarks of the Korgis, who can always be relied upon to make beautifully produced records. The carefully textured layers of guitar and synthesizer that underpin the saccharine sweet vocals of James Warren are well controlled, making sure the songs stay the right side of bland." Greg McMillan of the Canadian newspaper '' The Hamilton Spectator'' commented that the Korgis are "to pop music in the 80s what

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was to the 70s" whereby they "sit back and observe, then create billowy and layered pop songs". He added that the album is "no-frills electro-pop that is inoffensive and lacking in brashness" and "well-crafted alternative rock where any kind of flaw at all is hard to locate".

Track listing

Side A: #"Sticky George" (Harrison, Warren) - 3:36 #"Can't We Be Friends Now" (Warren) - 4:01 #"Foolishness of Love" (Harrison) - 3:31 #"Domestic Bliss" (Gordon, Harrison, Warren) - 3:15 #"That Was My Big Mistake" (Davis, Warren) - 4:37 Side B: #"Nowhere to Run" (Davis, Warren) - 4:15 #* N.B. 1999 CD: Alternate version - 5:17. Original version available on compilations '' Archive Series'' and ''

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''. #"Contraband" (Warren) - 3:18 #"All the Love in the World" (Davis, Warren) - 4:12 #"Don't Say That It's Over" (Warren) - 2:50 #"Living on the Rocks" (Warren) - 3:32

Personnel

The Korgis * James Warren -

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* Stuart Gordon -

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* Phil Harrison -

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, keyboards,

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s Additional personnel * David Lord - keyboards * Manny Elias - drums *

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- drums * The Korgettes (Sheena Power & Jo Mullet) - backing vocals on tracks A5 and B5 * Steve Buck -

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on track B2 * Dave Pegler -

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on track B2 * Chantelle Samuel -

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on track B2 * Stephanie Nunn -

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on track B2 * Huw Pegler -

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on track B2 Production * James Warren - producer * David Lord - producer,

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and strings

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* Nick Heath - direction * Jeffrey Edwards - cover painting * Peter Ashworth -

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* Nick Heath, George Rowbottom -

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* Recorded December 1980 - February 1981, at Crescent Studios,

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Release history

* 1981 LP Rialto Records TENOR 103 (UK) * 1999 CD Edsel Records EDCD 623

Single releases

* "That Was My Big Mistake" (Edit) - 4:01 / "Can't We Be Friends Now" ('James Warren & The Korgis', Rialto TREB 134, April 1981) * "All The Love In The World" (Edit) - 3:38 / "Intimate" (The Korgis, TREB 138, June 1981) * "Don't Say That It's Over" (Single Version) - 2:47 / "Drawn And Quartered" (The Korgis/'James Warren & The Korgis', TREB 142, September 1981) * "Sticky George" / "Nowhere To Run" ('James Warren & The Korgis', Rialto 101 470 France, 1981)

Charts

References

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