These Charming Men

One Thousand Violins - One Thousand Violins [IMMAC LP1 UK 1988 24-Bit FLAC]

If like me you were an avid Peel listener during the eighties, then you will know One Thousand Violins. Known best for their classic indie hit Halcyon Days in 1985, they lost their lead singer a few years later and before this their final album. 

Not many bands survive a change of lead singer, but the Violins did thanks to the strong songwriting partnership of Colin Gregory and David Walmsley ..even though they were only to last another year before splitting. Vince Keenan's voice didn't quite have the range of the departed John Wood, and this is quite evident on his cover of Halcyon Days as well as a few of the other reworked tracks. He does however come into his own on the splendid If Only Words which was to be the band's swansong single.

A1 All Aboard The Love-Mobile
A2 A Place To Surf
A3 Hey Man That's Beautiful
A4 Halycon Days
A5 Thanks For Nothing
B1 Locked Out Of The Love-In
B2 Let Me Charm The Pants Off Your World
B3 If Only Words
B4 Start Digging My Grave Sugar
B5 No-One Was Saving The World