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Abba Are the Enemy

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Released
  
September 2004

Length
  
35:53

Release date
  
September 2004

Recorded
  
2002 – 2004

Abba Are the Enemy (2004)
  
Highlights (2008)

Label
  
New Memorabilia

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Producer
  
John Robb Julian Gaskell

Artist
  
Tom Hingley and the Lovers

Genres
  
Punk rock, Independent music

Abba are the enemy is the debut album by Tom Hingley and the Lovers, which features Inspiral Carpets singer Tom Hingley, Steve Hanley and Paul Hanley from Manchester punk band The Fall. It was released in 2004.

Contents

Track listing

All Songs written by Tom Hingley, Steve Hanley, Paul Hanley, Kelly Wood, James Brown, except "Hole" written by Tom Hingley. Lyrics on "No Way Out" by Kelly Wood.

The band

  • Tom Hingley: Vocals, Guitar
  • Steve Hanley: Bass, backing vocals
  • Paul Hanley: Drums, backing vocals
  • Jason Brown: Guitar, backing vocals
  • Kelly Wood: Farfisa Keyboard, Melodica, Synthesiser, Vibraphone, backing vocals

    • Guest musicians

  • Julian Gaskell: Piano strings on "Tattyfalarious"

    • Reception

    The album was given a six out of ten rating by PopMatters, with reviewer John Bergstrom, calling "Online Pharmacy" a "Hendrix redux", and stating that Hingley sounds "like the bastard child of Paul Weller and Roger Daltrey".

    Songs

    1Temeramental Jimmy2:25
    2Online Pharmacy2:52
    3Yeah3:01

    References

    Abba Are the Enemy Wikipedia
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