Homegrown (Dodgy album)

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Homegrown
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Studio album by
Released24 October 1994
Genre Pop punk, [1] Britpop
Length42:01
Label A&M [2]
Producer Hugh Jones, Ian Broudie
Dodgy chronology
The Dodgy Album
(1993)
Homegrown
(1994)
Free Peace Sweet
(1996)

Homegrown is the second album by the British indie group Dodgy, released in 1994. [3] [4] The band's record company marketed the album by including cannabis seeds with some promotional copies. [5]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 28 on the UK Albums Chart. [6] The first single was "Staying Out for the Summer". [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Guardian stated that "this London guitar trio's main accomplishment is to sound like a synthesis of nearly every band of the early sixties." [10] The Age wrote: "Brits in Beatlesque '60s retro mode, in consciously jolly celebration of good weather, freedom and smoking naughty things." [11]

Track listing

All songs: music by Nigel Clark/Andy Miller, lyrics by Nigel Clark/Mathew Priest

  1. "Staying Out for the Summer" – 3:13
  2. "Melodies Haunt You" – 3:40
  3. "So Let Me Go Far" – 4:05
  4. "Crossroads" – 4:05
  5. "One Day" – 3:09
  6. "We Are Together" – 4:23
  7. "Whole Lot Easier" – 2:46
  8. "Making the Most Of" – 4:03
  9. "Waiting for the Day" – 3:35
  10. "What Have I Done Wrong?" – 1:53
  11. "Grassman" – 7:05

Personnel

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