Various Artists - Sensitive: an indie pop anthology [2 x 12" Vinyl]

Format: 2 x 12" Vinyl 
Catalogue No.: NEMYLP018
Barcode: 198846287331
Release Date: 14 Feb 2025
Genre: Indie Pop

Needle Mythology, the label founded by music writer, author and broadcaster Pete Paphides, is thrilled to announce the release of SENSITIVE the first ever vinyl anthology to cover the indiepop scene of the 1980s. SENSITIVE features 30 songs in total by artists who defined the indiepop aesthetic, among them The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Sea Urchins, Primal Scream, The Pastels, Talulah Gosh, Orange Juice, The Field Mice, The Primitives, The Wedding Present, Miaow, Razorcuts, Dolly Mixture, The Bodines, Shop Assistants, The Soup Dragons, The Loft, The Chills, That Petrol Emotion and The Railway Children. SENSITIVE takes its name from the single released by The Field Mice, and marks the first time that The Field Mice have allowed one of their songs to be used on a compilation released by any label other than Sarah Records, who released all their records at the time. Also features on SENSITIVE is Dying Day from Orange Juice’s hugely influential debut album You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever – marking the only time that Edwyn Collins and his wife and manager Grace Maxwell have given permission for an Orange Juice song to be featured on an anthology. Many of the records featured on SENSITIVE have become highly sought-after collectors’ items since their original release. The Sea Urchins’ Pristine Christine changes hands for up to £400. Original mint copies of April Showers’ only single Abandon Ship command up to £380. If you were to try and individually buy all the records featuring the songs on SENSITIVE, you can expect to pay something around £1150. SENSITIVE features 10,000 words of extensive track-by-track notes and an essay by Pete Paphides, who was and remains an avid proponent of the indiepop scene that this collection chronicles. All the songs on SENSITIVE have been newly mastered at Abbey Road by Miles Showell. SENSITIVE will be released on double LP and double CD Needle Mythology Records.
Tracklisting

Disc: 1
1. Pristine Christine
2. Get Out Of My Dream
3. Truck Train Tractor
4. Once More
5. Almost Prayed
6. If She Doesn’t Smile (It’ll Rain)
7. Talulah Gosh
8. Crash
9. It’s A Good Thing
10. Hang-Ten!
11. When It All Comes Down
12. Kaleidoscope World
13. Somewhere In China
14. I’ll Still Be There
15. Abandon Ship

Disc: 2
1. Someone Stole My Wheels
2. Dying Day
3. Hammering Heart
4. Why Does The Rain
5. Yesterday
6. Ten Miles
7. Sensitive
8. Brighter
9. Adam’s Song (Pour Fenella)
10. She Looks Right Through Me
11. Therese
12. Velocity Girl
13. Will He Kiss Me Tonight
14. Some Candy Talking
15. Candydiosis