The Eight Legged Groove Machine

The Eight Legged Groove Machine
Studio album by
the Wonder Stuff
Released8 August 1988
GenreIndie rock
Length36:45
LabelPolydor
ProducerPat Collier
The Wonder Stuff chronology
The Eight Legged Groove Machine
(1988) 		Hup
(1989)
Singles from The Eight Legged Groove Machine
  1. "Unbearable"
    Released: 1987
  2. "Give Give Give Me More More More"
    Released: 1988
  3. "A Wish Away"
    Released: 1988
  4. "It's Yer Money I'm After Baby"
    Released: 1988

The Eight Legged Groove Machine is the debut album by the Wonder Stuff, released in the UK on 8 August 1988.[1] NME listed it as the 27th best album of the 1980s.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The Washington Post opined that "this is a great debut by a caustic if-we-knew-then '60s-style foursome, an irresistibly catchy recycledelic album that sounds like a world-weary Romantics—or the Flaming Groovies after 20 years in the coffee generation."[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by the Wonder Stuff

  1. "Red Berry Joy Town" 2:48
  2. "No, for the 13th Time" 3:02
  3. "It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby" 2:48
  4. "Rue the Day" 1:56
  5. "Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More" 2:49
  6. "Like a Merry Go Round" 2:40
  7. "The Animals and Me" 3:05
  8. "A Wish Away" 2:30
  9. "Grin" 2:58
  10. "Mother and I" 2:24
  11. "Some Sad Someone" 2:47
  12. "Ruby Horse" 3:06
  13. "Unbearable" 2:28
  14. "Poison" 2:58
  15. "Times Will Change"(CD bonus track) 0.41

2000 reissue bonus tracks

  1. "A Song Without an End" 4.09
  2. "Goodbye Fatman" 3.11
  3. "Astley in the Noose" 3.30
  4. "Ooh, She Said" 2.52

20th Anniversary Edition

Re-recordings of the original album with bonus tracks, October 2008:

  1. "Red Berry Joy Town"
  2. "No, for the 13th Time"
  3. "It's Yer Money I'm After, Baby"
  4. "Rue The Day"
  5. "Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More"
  6. "Like a Merry Go Round"
  7. "The Animals and Me"
  8. "A Wish Away"
  9. "Grin"
  10. "Mother and I"
  11. "Some Sad Someone"
  12. "Ruby Horse"
  13. "Unbearable"
  14. "Poison"
  15. "Who Wants to Be the Disco King?"
  16. "Astley in the Noose"
  17. "Goodbye Fatman"
  18. "Ooh, She Said"
  19. "Ten Trenches Deep"
  20. "A Song Without an End"
  21. "Times Will Change"
  22. "Apple of My Eye" - bonus track
  23. "Safety Pin Stuck in My Heart" - bonus track
  24. "Shit Out of Luck" - bonus track

Personnel

1988 recording:

The Wonder Stuff
Technical
  • Jessica Corcoran - engineer
  • Martyn Strickland - photography

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[5] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Smith, Robin, ed. (6 August 1988). "News". Record Mirror. Vol. 35, no. 32. London, England, U.K.: Spotlight Publications, Ltd. p. 4. ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 16 December 2024. The Wonder Stuff unleash their debut album, The Eight Legged Groove Machine', on August 8.
  2. ^ Fonarow, Wendy (2006). Empire of Dirt: The Aesthetics and Rituals of British Indie Music. Wesleyan University Press. p. 255.
  3. ^ "The Eight Legged Groove Machine Review by Stewart Mason". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ^ Zibart, Eve (24 March 1989). "Soporific Brit-Pop: Bring on the Frowns". The Washington Post. p. N25.
  5. ^ "British album certifications – The Wonder Stuff – The Eight Legged Groove Machine". British Phonographic Industry.


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