Here Comes the Groom | ||||
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Released | January 5, 1990 | |||
Recorded | July 1989 | |||
Studio | Eden Studios, Chiswick | |||
Length | 64:31 | |||
Label | Sire [1] | |||
Producer | Andy Paley [2] John Wesley Harding Tom Robinson | |||
John Wesley Harding chronology | ||||
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Here Comes the Groom is an album by folk-rock singer John Wesley Harding, released in 1990. [3] Harding called the backing band the Good Liars. It included Pete Thomas and Bruce Thomas of the Attractions. [4] Not surprisingly, Here Comes the Groom has a feel similar to classic Elvis Costello. Harding's articulate and biting vocal delivery, also reminiscent of Costello, retains a good dark sense of humor. [5]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Chicago Tribune | [7] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
Select | 2/5 [9] |
The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Possessed of an appealing, folky sensibility, Harding takes a musical approach that falls somewhere between folk and rock and manages to be lyrically offbeat enough of the time to make him one of the more interesting new talents around." [7] Trouser Press called the album "a fine modern realization of the same honest singing and playing that typified England’s pub-rock graduates." [10]
All songs were written by John Wesley Harding; except as noted
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