Day 006: The La's - The La's
Released in November 1990, this is an album that sounds like it's straight out of the British Invasion of 1964, but manages to sound like it also comes out of the hey-day of Britpop in the mid-90s. It is a perfect pop album. Fantastic melodies, catchy songs, the kind of stuff you can bob your head to. The album is short (35 minutes), but packs a punch in its acoustic driven arrangements. The La's best known song is a tune that you probably know better from cover versions and I can tell you what a shame that is. The song is "There She Goes" and is quite possibly (in my opinion) the greatest pop song of all time. This is an album that inspired the likes of Noel Gallagher, Damon Albarn, Alex Turner, Peter Doherty and on and on and on. If you've never heard anything from Lee Mavers and The La's, YouTube it as soon as you can. You won't be disappointed.
Favorite tracks:
1. Son of a Gun, 2. I Can't Sleep, 5. There She Goes, 6. Doledrum, 11. Failure