Hup (album)

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Hup
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Studio album by The Wonder Stuff
Released 2 October 1989
Genre Indie rock
Length39:35
Label Polydor
Producer Pat Collier
The Wonder Stuff chronology
The Eight Legged Groove Machine
(1988)		Hup
(1989)		 Never Loved Elvis
(1991)
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Hup is the second album by The Wonder Stuff, released in 1989.

The Wonder Stuff British alternative rock band

The Wonder Stuff are a British alternative rock band. Originally based in Stourbridge in the Black Country, West Midlands, England, the band's first iteration released four albums and nearly 20 singles and EPs, enjoying considerable chart and live success in the UK. The band has continued to tour and record since 2000.

Contents

Song information

"Piece of Sky" was originally planned to be the next single after "Golden Green", but this plan was abandoned when Rob Jones left the band in December 1989. The promotional video originally filmed for "Piece Of Sky" was re-worked (notably with all shots of Rob Jones being removed) and ultimately used for their next single, "Circlesquare", which was written on the same day as "Can't Shape Up"; May 9, 1989.

"Can't Shape Up" was originally much slower and played on acoustic guitar with harmonica. One version featured references to Rick Astley. The slower version was released on the Welcome to the Cheap Seats EP.

Harmonica free reed wind instrument

The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, rock. There are many types of harmonica, including diatonic, chromatic, tremolo, octave, orchestral, and bass versions. A harmonica is played by using the mouth to direct air into or out of one or more holes along a mouthpiece. Behind each hole is a chamber containing at least one reed. A harmonica reed is a flat elongated spring typically made of brass, stainless steel, or bronze, which is secured at one end over a slot that serves as an airway. When the free end is made to vibrate by the player's air, it alternately blocks and unblocks the airway to produce sound.

Rick Astley British singer and songwriter

Richard Paul Astley is an English singer, songwriter and radio personality. His 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up" was a number 1 hit single in 25 countries and won the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Single. By the time of his retirement in 1993, Astley had sold approximately 40 million records worldwide.

"Welcome to the Cheap Seats" was a single by The Wonder Stuff, from the 1991 album Never Loved Elvis. It was released as a single in 1992, and peaked at #8 on the pop charts in the United Kingdom. It features backing vocals by Kirsty MacColl. The EP's cover of the country standard "Will the Circle Be Unbroken", recorded during a jam session with Canadian rock group Spirit of the West, was also a popular radio single in Canada.

"Unfaithful" is the folksy ballad on the album, and does not feature percussion, only strings and acoustic guitar. "Golden Green" was originally a purely electric guitar and percussion song which had Martin Bell's fiddle and banjo added. There was an alternate chorus to "Golden Green" which was not included in the version on Hup.

Track listing

All songs written and performed by The Wonder Stuff except where noted

  1. "30 Years in the Bathroom"
  2. "Radio Ass Kiss"
  3. "Golden Green"
  4. "Let's Be Other People"
  5. "Piece of Sky"
  6. "Can't Shape Up"
  7. "Don't Let Me Down, Gently"
  8. "Cartoon Boyfriend"
  9. "Good Night Though"
  10. "Unfaithful"
  11. "Them, Big Oak Trees"
  12. "Room 410"

2000 Reissue bonus tracks

  1. "It Was Me"
  2. "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon)
  3. "Get Together" (Chet Powers)
  4. "Inside You" (Veston Pance)

21st Anniversary Edition

Re-recordings of the original album together with contemporary non-album tracks, 2010.

  1. "30 Years in the Bathroom"
  2. "Radio Ass Kiss"
  3. "Them, Big Oak Trees"
  4. "Golden Green"
  5. "Cartoon Boyfriend"
  6. "Unfaithful"
  7. "Piece of Sky"
  8. "Let's Be Other People"
  9. "Don't Let Me Down, Gently"
  10. "Can't Shape Up"
  11. "Room 410"
  12. "Good Night Though"
  13. "Circlesquare"
  14. "Inside You" (Veston Pance)
  15. "Get Together" (Chet Powers)
  16. "It Was Me"
  17. "Our New Song"
  18. "Gimme Some Truth" (Lennon)

Personnel

Miles Hunt English musician

Miles Hunt is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He fronts the alternative rock band The Wonder Stuff.

Martin Richard Gilks was an English musician. He was a founder member and original drummer for The Wonder Stuff, based in Stourbridge.

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