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Madchester Rave On

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Released
  
1989

Release date
  
November 1989

Label
  
Factory Records

Artist
  
Happy Mondays

Producer
  
Martin Hannett

Genres
  
Madchester, House music

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Madchester Rave On is the second EP by the Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1989 on Factory Records. The EP was heavily influenced by the Acid House, Rave and club scenes at the time. Also the track Halleluhwah by Krautrock band Can. It became the band's breakthrough release, reaching the top twenty in the UK and leading to the band's first Top of the Pops appearance.

Contents

Shortly afterwards, the Happy Mondays released Madchester Rave On – The Remixes, a three-track EP of club DJ remixes. In the US, three of the EP tracks and two of the subsequent remixes were compiled into the seven-track EP Hallelujah.

Track listing

Madchester Rave On E.P.
  • Limited 7"/12"/CD/Cassette
    1. "Hallelujah"
    2. "Holy Ghost"
    3. "Clap Your Hands"
    4. "Rave On"
  • 7"
    1. "Hallelujah (The MacColl Mix)"
    2. "Hallelujah (In Out Mix)"
    Madchester – Rave On (Remixes)
  • CD/Cassette
    1. "Hallelujah (Club Mix)" - Mix by Paul Oakenfold and Andy Wetherall (sic) (misspelled on the tape credits)
    2. "Rave On (Club Mix)" - Mix by Paul Oakenfold and Terry Farley
    3. "Hallelujah (In Out Mix)" - Mix by Steve Lillywhite
  • 12"
    1. "Hallelujah (Club Mix)"
    2. "Rave On (Club Mix)"

    Songs

    1Hallelujah6:23
    2Holy Ghost2:51
    3Clap Your Hands3:29

    References

    Madchester Rave On Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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