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UPC :
| 803680548752 |
Title :
| Whole Wide World 4 England |
Genre :
| Rock 'n' Roll |
Description :
| ** Link arms, wave scarves and kiss the Three Lions badge on your replica shirt people because here comes a football song for football fans. Released on June 12th, slap bang in between England’s first two World Cup matches against Paraguay and Trinidad & Tobago, ‘Whole Wide World 4 England’ sees New Wave neo-legend Wreckless Eric reactivate his own classic tune with spectacular results. <p> **Originally released on Stiff Records in 1977 (catalogue number BUY 16) the words ‘Whole Wide World’ instantly transport a certain generation back to a time of punk rock gigs, youthful indiscretions and homemade piercings. Many artists have covered the song since then – even fierce panda themselves released one such version by deadpan New Yorker Laptop in the late ‘90s – but it’s fair to say that none have managed it with as much aplomb as Wreckless Eric himself on this 2006 version. Other so-called ‘official’ World Cup songs can barely even bring themselves to mention the beautiful game, but ‘Whole Wide World 4 England’ makes no such apologies, bulging as it is with name checks for England soccer heroes past and present and the uproarious sound of the soccer crowd. Those of you aware of a certain Master Rooney’s metatarsal predicament will no doubt be comforted by the b-side, ‘Wayne Rooney’s Foot’, which is an R&B dub instrumental workout with voodoo undertones to facilitate the mending of the bone.<p> **This is no mere nostalgia trip, either: Wreckless Eric is still to be found on the live circuit both here and in North America, a tribute album is being recorded which will see a slew of leftfield talents cover his tunes and his presence will surely be felt as Stiff Records celebrate their 30th anniversary later this year. It doesn’t stop there: in 2004 he released the ‘Bungalow Hi’ album on his own Southern Domestic label; he wrote a book called ‘The Dysfunctional Success’ which detailed his career highs and lows, including alcoholism, a nervous breakdown and life in the bands Captains Of Industry and The Len Bright Combo; and his brutal, funny – nay, brutally funny – typings at www.wrecklesseric.com capture a man who is ferociously ill at ease with many, many things but is very much still here fighting the good fight.<p> **To celebrate the release of ‘Whole Wide World 4 England’ Wreckless Eric plays the following special live dates: <br> May 25th: LONDON KENTISH TOWN BULL & GATE Club Fandango<br> June 20th: LONDON CAMDEN DUBLIN CASTLE Club Fandango |
Record Label :
| Fierce Panda Records |
Artist :
| Wreckless Eric |
Date-issued :
| 2006-06-28 |
Type : | Sound |
Entity Type :
| album |
playing time medium :
| 00:03:49
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Source :
| The Orchard |
Language :
| English
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Rights :
| 2006 Fierce Panda Records |
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