TELEVISION PERSON-ALITIES - I WAS A MOD BEFORE YOU WAS A MOD [Pink LP Vinyl]

Format: Pink LP Vinyl
Catalogue No.: RRS249
Barcode: 8055515235326
Release Date: 19 Apr 2024
Genre: Rock

ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1995 THIS WAS THEIR FIRST ALBUM FOR THREE YEARS AND THEIR FIRST ALBUM OF NEW TVPS MATERIAL ON OVERGROUND RECORDS, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TWO LIVE ALBUMS, AND REISSUED NINE OF THEIR SINGLES.

London-based singer/guitarist Dan Treacy took the Mod sound of the mid-1960s and channelled it in other directions through the Television Personalities, the oddball, on-off group he founded with two friends in 1977. The 1995 solo Treacy effort I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod veers between the humour of ‘As John Belushi Said’ and ‘Little Woody Allen’ to the angst and self-loathing of ‘A Long Time Gone’ and ‘I Can See My Whole World Crashing Down,’ and there’s the catchy Mod homage of the title track. Tragic, spastic, and wildly fearless, this is one of Treacy’s most personal, vulnerable, and sought-after releases.
This was the last TVPs album of original material. Albums since have been either compilations or consisted of cover versions, and as such I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod remains a remarkable testament to an extraordinary talent.

SIDE A
As John Belushi Said
I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod
A Stranger To Myself
Little Woody Allen
A Long Time Gone
Evan Doesn’t Ring Me Anymore
SIDE B
Things Have Changed Since I Was A Girl
Haunted
I Can See My Whole World Crushing Down
Something Just Flew Over My Head
Everything She Touches Turns Into Gold