Striving For The Lazy Perfection

by The Orchids

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1.	Obsession No 1 03:57	buy track
2.	Striving For The Lazy Perfection 03:56	buy track
3.	The Searching 03:25	buy track
4.	Welcome To My Curious Heart 04:40	buy track
5.	Avignon 03:02	buy track
6.	A Living Ken And Barbie 06:36	buy track
7.	Beautiful Liar 03:46	buy track
8.	A Kind Of Eden 04:15	buy track
9.	Prayers To St. Jude 02:52	buy track
10.	Lovechild 04:51	buy track
11.	Give A Little Honey 04:31	buy track
12.	I've Got To Wake Up To Tell You My Dreams 03:38	buy track
13.	The Perfect Reprise 01:32	buy track

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The Orchids' third and final album for Sarah Records picks up where Unholy Soul left off, adding to the gorgeous guitar-led lyricism of their early releases myriad new ideas dreamt up in the studio or out on the dancefloor. James Hackett murmurs softly amid the electronic babble of Avignon and A LIving Ken And Barbie's kaleidoscopic samples, while guest vocalist Pauline Hynds, taking lead for once, turns A Kind Of Eden into a glorious piece of languid summery pop that in another world would've topped any number of hit parades. The beautiful Prayers To St Jude, meanwhile, returns James's voice exquisitely to centre stage, buoyed this time by a simple acoustic guitar, while Obsession No 1 and Beautiful Liar see John Scally's amps turned back up to 10.

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released January 17, 1994

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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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