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Lyceum

by The Orchids

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Carrole-Anne 04:03
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Hold On 03:03
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Blue Light 03:24
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"I whispered 'Hi' as you walked away..." The Orchids (not very) long-playing debut for Sarah Records featured eight exquisite three-minute pop miniatures on two sides of a 10" LP, and was almost a definition of perfection: two guitars, a bass, some drums, a splash of keyboard, and James Hackett's voice, an intimate whisper on A Place Called Home, soaring on the euphoric choruses of It's Only Obvious and The York Song, or raw and yearning on the sparse, acoustic Blue Light. "This could be for the rest of our lives..."

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released August 1, 1989

1989, Sarah Records

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The Orchids Glasgow, UK

The Orchids – John Scally, Chris Quinn, James Hackett, Matthew Drummond and James Moody –formed in Penilee, a south-western suburb of Glasgow, in 1985. Their first release, From This Day, was a flexidisc on the Sha-la-la label; this was followed by 6 singles and 3 albums on Sarah Records. The band reformed in 2004 and went on to release albums on the Siesta, Pebble and Acuarela labels. ... more

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