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In December 1985 the quartet, now officially the Mighty Lemon Drops, released their first independent single "Like an Angel", on Daniel Treacy of Television Personalities' Dreamworld Records label which went to the top of the UK Indie Chart and sold 14,000 copies. They also recorded a session for John Peel around the same time.
Goodbye to Your Standards is an album by the English band the Mighty Lemon Drops, released in 1991. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The album's first single was "Unkind", which peaked at No. 28 on Billboard' s Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Happy Head is the debut album by the English band the Mighty Lemon Drops, released in 1986. [1] [2] It peaked at No. 58 on the UK Albums Chart and was a hit on American college radio. [3] [4] The band supported the album with a UK tour and by opening for the Chameleons on a North American tour. [5] [6] The title track appeared on NME ' s C86. [7]
AllMusic wrote that the album "is one of the finest British post-punk albums of the '80s. Its parts may be borrowed, but it runs like a well-oiled machine." [3] The Washington Post called it "galloping power-pop, tuneful and fresh," yet also, like all of the band's previous albums, overly indebted to the work of The Teardrop Explodes. [8]
It has also been covered by Bongwater and The Mighty Lemon Drops. The song's lyrics reflect a mystical connection between the singer and a woman, inspired by a meeting with Janis Joplin. The 13th Floor Elevators were pioneers of the psychedelic rock genre, and "Splash 1" is a great example of their innovative sound.
The Lemon Drop Kid, 1951 comedy film based on the short story of the same name by Damon Runyon Lemon Drop Kid (born 1996), racehorse The Mighty Lemon Drops , an English rock band
There are now more than 80 versions of the song with new recordings all the time. In some ways it has come full circle. In recent years it was recorded by Dion DiMucci who is from the Bronx, the first by a New York singer since 1965; it was recently performed at Brooklyn College in New York by the Mighty Sparrow, a few blocks from where the song was first written.
Laughter is the third studio album by English rock group The Mighty Lemon Drops.Released on Chrysalis/Sire in 1989, the album was the band's first to feature David Newton as the primary songwriter, as co-writer and bassist Tony Linehan quit early during the recording sessions.