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Year | 1980s |
1. Favourite Shirts 2. Love Plus One 3. Fantastic Day 4. Nobody's Fool 5. Whistle Down the Wind 6. Take That Situation 7. Blue Hat for a Blue Day 8. On a Sunday | 9. Love All Day (And Night) 10. Warning Sign 11. Over the Weekend 12. Laura 13. Kick of Love 14. Calling Captain Autumn 15. Goodbye Yesterday 16. Day It Rained Forever |
written by Weezasqueeza on 12/04/2007
Nick became such a pin-up from his brief stint as Haircut 100 frontman, he could've quit the business for good following the breakup of the band and still be well-remembered today. The band's sole album, Pelican West, was a massive success in the UK and hits like "Love Plus One" and "Fantastic Day," two of five Haircut 100 tracks featured here, show exactly why with their bittersweet jangle and lyrics sang with a cheeky smile. Their mixing of tropical rhythms, celebratory horns and 60's guitar pop was cute enough for girls and in a goofy kind of way, funky enough for boys, topped with some schmaltzy introspective lyrics and a wink in the adults' direction. The HH100 material holds up surprisingly well today as does Nick's solo material which was a logical progression from styles explored on Pelican West, jumping between American funk tracks such as the shockingly good "Warning Sign" and more sombre, distinctly English guitar pop, Nick's blue-eyed, boyish croon never sounded sweeter than on "Blue Hat for a Blue Day" and his biggest solo hit "Whistle Down the Wind," both included here along with other criminally underrated, underplayed pop gems that any fan of 80s pop needs to uncover.
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