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HMS Fable - Sealed (National Album Day 2024)

SHACK HMS Fable (National Album Day 2024 UK/EU limited edition remastered 12-track CD album - one of the most iconic albums to hail from Merseyside, HMS Fable is a collection ofmajestic storytelling in guitar form, written by twoextraordinarily talented brothers, Michael and John Head. Originally released in 1999 this edition has been remastered for its 25th anniversary. Digistyle card picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended)

Price Info
$13.96, £10.99  
Product Availability In stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 25th November
Release Date 19th Oct 2024
Release Year 2024
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format CD album (CDLP)
Record Label London / Shack Songs
Complete Stock List Go to Shack
Product Catalogue No SHACKCD1
Music Genre NME Indie/Alternative Artists, Indie
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
Tracklisting & More Information

Originally released on Laurel Records/London Records in 1999, the band at that time comprised of MICHAEL HEAD - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar JOHN HEAD - Electric Guitar, Vocals REN PARRY- Bass Guitar IAIN TEMPLETON - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals.

The album was voted #2 in both NME and Uncut’s critics album of the year polls, only missing out to The Flaming Lips’ ‘The Soft Bulletin’ in both.

Now released on the band’s newly-formed label Shack Songs, ‘H.M.S. Fable’ encompasses many musical styles, from orchestral guitar pop to psychedelic-tinged folk and even elements of Britpop, nicely summed up by the editor of NME Steve Sutherland in a 9/10 review, in June 1999:

‘’Not since Liam Gallagher howled his early indolent disdain has this music sounded so alive. 'Pull Together' is an anthem easily the equal of Oasis at their most loved-up and huge. ‘Comedy' tender and uplifting, like the missing track from 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', 'Daniella' a haunted and exhausted homage to Head's hero Arthur Lee, and 'Lend Some Dough' a rollicking Scouse Play For Today with a chorus that goes, "I've got a sore back and I'm itching’’ ”

The Shack story is one of music’s greatest legends. It incorporates hardship, bereavement and chaotic misadventure, but above all it tells the tale of beautiful music triumphing over trouble and tragedy.

In the 80s, the two brothers from the notorious Kensington estate in north Liverpool were singer and guitarist with The Pale Fountains, an effervescent pop group which imploded under the weight of two albums in 1986. The Heads returned in ‘88 as Shack and a debut album ‘Zilch’. In 1991, Shack made ‘Waterpistol’, an inspirational guitar jewel that would have proved just as influential as any British album in that era had the studio not burned down, taking the master tapes with it. Four more years passed, but by the time it was finally released on Marina it had developed ‘lost classic’ status.

The Heads battled on. They toured as their hero Arthur Lee (RIP) of Love’s backing band. In ‘97, they created a new group called The Strands and recorded the delicate, dreamy masterpiece ‘The Magical World Of The Strands’. They spent a long time making another classic ‘H.M.S. Fable’...

1. Natalie's Party
2. Comedy
3. Pull Together
4. Beautiful
5. Lend's Some Dough
6. Captain's Table
7. Streets of Kenny
8. Reinstated
9. I Want You
10. Cornish Town
11. Since I Met You
12. Daniella

CD ALBUM  
Recording Artist Shack
Product Title HMS Fable - Sealed (National Album Day 2024)
Product Information Shack HMS Fable - Sealed (National Album Day 2024) UK CD album (CDLP).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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Artists Related To Michael Head, The Pale Fountains
Product Barcode 5051142062147
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