Bummed (Collector's Edition) (2CD)
£14.99
Description:
Happy Mondays first essayed their fusion of dance-club beats, hip-hop, funk, and rock 'n' roll on Bummed. A considerable improvement from their debut album, the unfocused Squirrel and G-Man, by Bummed the group's sound was beginning to gel.
In particular, Shaun Ryder's incoherent bluster of non sequiturs, surreal imagery, and verbal threats is coming into its own, and it adds a sense of menace to dark grooves like “Lazy Itis,” “Mad Cyril,” and “Wrote for Luck.” The latter was remixed by Vince Clarke after the album's release, and the new version, which was included on later pressings, was the hardest dance tune Happy Mondays had yet attempted, suggesting the direction they would follow on their next album. The Collector's edition features the original album, now re-mastered and expanded on CD one with the “Rave On” E.P. plus a clutch of bonus 'B'-sides and mixes, and adding an entire second disc of extended mixes such as the Vince Clarke remix of “W.F.L.”and the rare promo-only “Deadstock” mix of “Hallelujah”.