And Here Is 'Music for the Fireside'

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And Here Is 'Music for the Fireside'
Musicforthefiresidecover.jpg
EP by
The Bats
Released1985 (1985)
RecordedJanuary, February, April 1985
StudioNightshift Studios (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Genre Dunedin sound, indie pop, alternative rock
Label Flying Nun
The Bats chronology
By Night
(1984)		And Here Is 'Music for the Fireside'
(1985)		 Made Up in Blue
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 7/10 [3]

And Here Is 'Music for the Fireside' is a 1985 EP by New Zealand indie rock group The Bats. [4] [5]

Contents

Flying Nun released the first three Bats EPs as Compiletely Bats. [6]

Critical reception

AllMusic called the EP "another classic, flawless piece of the stunning mid-'80s Flying Nun pop puzzle." [1] Trouser Press wrote that it spans "from lackadaisical laments to sweeping, enticing rushes of pure pop satisfaction, each made all the more appealing by Scott’s nasal, high register vocals." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robert Scott

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Earwig" 
2."Chicken Bird Run" 
3."Blindfold" 
4."Joes Again" 
Side 2
No.TitleLength
5."Offside" 
6."Claudine" 
7."Neighbours" 

Personnel

Also credited:

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References

  1. 1 2 "And Here Is "Music for the Fireside"! - The Bats | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 465.
  3. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 31.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Dave (12 August 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "The Bats - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz.
  6. 1 2 "Bats". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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