grow up
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One of the most talented and prolific bands on cult Manchester label Object Music, precocious avant-pop group Grow Up released a pair of great lost albums, drawing comparisons with XTC, Beefheart and even Weimar cabaret, but ultimately sounding like no-one else. To read Grow Up biography click here. To purchase CDs click here.


THE BEST THING / WITHOUT WINGS (BOUCD 6617) £12 (2xCD)
Digitally remastered, this 42 track double CD set features Grow Up's entire recorded output between 1979 and 1981 (including all non-album singles and compilation tracks), as well as two previously unreleased demos. The booklet features archive images and a detailed band biography, with contribitions from John Bisset-Smith. Full tracklist: disc one: Instrumental, The Best Thing, Missing, She's Always There, Dear Isobel, Do You Want To Dance, Her Song, Too Much Love, Spilt Tea, Autumn Movie, Golden Promises, No Mirror, The Peak, David, Stay Awake, 10 Mins, Photo, Lake, River, So Long, You Are The One, Night Rally; disc two: What You Want, Desperation, Becoming, Serious Joy, Sorry, See That Girl, Flying Fish, The Boy, The Hypnotist, The Double Act, Angel Fabled Luxury, Punishment, Forgive, Joanne, Affirmation of Existence, Reaffirmation of Existence, Swept Away, GGGDADGADADAD, Do Choose, Black Cat Is Back

Reviews: 'Grow Up's LP is not only extremely commercial, it's a record of mellow, sublime magic that extends the terse sound of the EP to a brilliant, luxurious level. Their sound is a sort of ingenious, sax-propelled chamber pop, of the Ayers/XTC English eccentric line, but it also holds the melancholy depth and sauce of Brechtian cabaret, the twists of Beefheart, the ambiguous tension of Lou Reed… Grow Up have invented a whole new delirious pop world. They fracture tradition, push out and bend into spaces but keep it light, snappy and appealing. The Best Thing is not only Object's greatest release, but a record that is up there with the obvious Mancunian biggies' (NME (Paul Morley), 10/1979)


AUTEUR LABELS: OBJECT MUSIC (LTMCD 2527) £10
This 26 track, 76 minute Object Music overview features tracks by Grow Up as well as material by Spherical Objects, Steve Miro, The Passage, Contact, IQ Zero, The Noyes Brothers, Alternomen Unlimited, Warriors and Manchester Mekon. To read Object label history click here.

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