Sticky George

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Sticky George
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Studio album by
The Korgis
Released10 July 1981
RecordedDecember 1980 – February 1981
Genre Pop
Length38:27 (CD 39:29)
Label Rialto Records (UK)
Producer
The Korgis chronology
Dumb Waiters
(1980)		Sticky George
(1981)		 The Best of The Korgis
(1983)

Sticky George is the third studio album by English pop band, The Korgis, released on Rialto Records in the UK on 10 July 1981. [1]

Contents

The Korgis recorded Sticky George after they returned to England from a promotional tour in the United States. A number of tracks intended for the album had been written before the end of 1980. [2]

The album includes the singles "That Was My Big Mistake", "All the Love in the World", "Don't Say That It's Over" and "Sticky George" - some were released as The Korgis and others under the name James Warren & The Korgis.

Sticky George was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999.

The album was followed by the non-album single "Don't Look Back" (produced by Trevor Horn)/"Xenophobia", released on London Records in June 1982. Both tracks are included on the 2003 compilation Don't Look Back - The Very Best of The Korgis .

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Upon its release, Record Business wrote, "Lush harmonies and quirky west country ideas are the trademarks of the Korgis, who can always be relied upon to make beautifully produced records. The carefully textured layers of guitar and synthesizer that underpin the saccharine sweet vocals of James Warren are well controlled, making sure the songs stay the right side of bland." [4] Greg McMillan of the Canadian newspaper The Hamilton Spectator commented that the Korgis are "to pop music in the 80s what 10cc was to the 70s" whereby they "sit back and observe, then create billowy and layered pop songs". He added that the album is "no-frills electro-pop that is inoffensive and lacking in brashness" and "well-crafted alternative rock where any kind of flaw at all is hard to locate". [5]

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Sticky George" (Harrison, Warren) - 3:36
  2. "Can't We Be Friends Now" (Warren) - 4:01
  3. "Foolishness of Love" (Harrison) - 3:31
  4. "Domestic Bliss" (Gordon, Harrison, Warren) - 3:15
  5. "That Was My Big Mistake" (Davis, Warren) - 4:37

Side B:

  1. "Nowhere to Run" (Davis, Warren) - 4:15
  2. "Contraband" (Warren) - 3:18
  3. "All the Love in the World" (Davis, Warren) - 4:12
  4. "Don't Say That It's Over" (Warren) - 2:50
  5. "Living on the Rocks" (Warren) - 3:32

Personnel

The Korgis

Additional personnel

Production

Release history

Single releases

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References

  1. ↑ "New Albums". Music & Video Week . 11 July 1981. p. 27. ISSN   0265-1548.
  2. ↑ "New Faces to Watch: The Korgis". Cash Box . Vol. 42, no. 29. 29 November 1980. p. 8. ISSN   0008-7289.
  3. ↑ Sticky George at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Album Reviews". Record Business. Vol. 4, no. 23. 24 August 1981. p. 12.
  5. ↑ McMillan, Greg (2 October 1981). "Records: Raucous Seger hits right note" . The Hamilton Spectator . p. 22. Retrieved 24 May 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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