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On Our Big Fat Merry Go Round

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Released
  
1988

Genre
  
Indie rock

On Our Big Fat Merry-Go-Round (1988)
  
I Want Too Much (1990)

Release date
  
1988

Recorded
  
1988

Length
  
38:42

Artist
  
A House

Label
  
Sire Records

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Producer
  
Steve Lovell, Steve Power

Similar
  
I Want Too Much, I Am the Greatest, The Way We Were, A House: Live in Concert

A house call me blue


On Our Big Fat Merry-Go-Round is the debut album by Irish rock band A House. Released in 1988, the album reveals a taste for driving, catchy guitar rock somewhat in the style of U2. The lyrics are full of attitude, including attacks on journalists ("That's Not the Truth") and production team Stock, Aitken & Waterman ("Stone the Crows"). The lyrics evoke violent imagery as well; song titles include "I Want to Kill Something", "Watch Out You're Dead", and "Violent Love".

Contents

The album contains the single, "Call Me Blue", which reached number nine on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in December 1988.

Track listing

  1. "Call Me Blue" – 2:11
  2. "I Want to Kill Something" – 2:24
  3. "I'll Always Be Grateful" – 2:42
  4. "My Little Lighthouse" – 4:02
  5. "Watch Out You're Dead" – 3:00
  6. "Don't Ever Think You're Different" – 2:10
  7. "That's Not the Truth" – 2:33
  8. "Love of the Eighties" – 2:51
  9. "Violent Love" – 2:06
  10. "Love Quarry" – 2:32
  11. "Clump of Trees" – 3:27
  12. "Stone the Crows" – 3:13
  13. "Hay When the Sun Shines" – 2:50
  14. "Freak Out" [*] – 2:40
  15. Extra track on CD versions of the album; originally a B-side on the Call Me Blue single.

Songs

1Call Me Blue2:13
2I Want to Kill Something2:26
3I’ll Always Be Grateful2:44

References

On Our Big Fat Merry-Go-Round Wikipedia
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