Here Comes the Groom (album)

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Here Comes the Groom
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Studio album by
John Wesley Harding
ReleasedJanuary 5, 1990
RecordedJuly 1989
Studio Eden Studios, Chiswick
Length64:31
Label Sire [1]
Producer Andy Paley [2]
John Wesley Harding
Tom Robinson
John Wesley Harding chronology
God Made Me Do It: The Christmas EP
(1989)		Here Comes the Groom
(1990)		 The Name Above the Title
(1991)

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]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

All songs were written by John Wesley Harding; except as noted

  1. "Here Comes the Groom"
  2. "Cathy's New Clown"
  3. "Spaced Cowgirl"
  4. "Scared of Guns"
  5. "You're No Good"
  6. "When the Sun Comes Up"
  7. "The Devil in Me"
  8. "An Audience with You"
  9. "Dark Dark Heart"
  10. "Same Thing Twice"
  11. "Affairs of the Heart"
  12. "Nothing I'd Rather Do" (Andy White, David Lewis, Harding)
  13. "Things Snowball" (with Peter Case) (Peter Case, Harding)
  14. "The Red Rose and the Briar" (David Lewis, Harding)
  15. "Bastard Son"

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 129.
  2. ↑ "A 'GROOM' TO CALL HIS OWN". Tampa Bay Times.
  3. ↑ "NIGHT LIFE : THE CLUB SCENE : A Folk Vision : John Wesley Harding is on a tour, peddling his songs, humor and tall tales". Los Angeles Times. 31 May 1990.
  4. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 526.
  5. ↑ Allmusic review: Here Comes the Groom at AllMusic
  6. ↑ Allmusic review
  7. 1 2 Matre, Lynn Van (15 March 1990). "John Wesley Harding Here Comes the Groom..." chicagotribune.com.
  8. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 307.
  9. ↑ Barnes, Mark (August 1990). "John Wesley Harding: Here Comes The Groom". Select . p. 95.
  10. ↑ "John Wesley Harding". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 October 2020.


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