Artist	Song
The Darling Buds	Hit The Ground
The Darling Buds	Burst
The Darling Buds	Uptight
The Darling Buds	The Other Night
The Darling Buds	Big Head
The Darling Buds	She's Not Crying
The Darling Buds	Shame On You
The Darling Buds	You've Got To Choose
The Darling Buds	Spin
The Darling Buds	Things We Do For Love
The Darling Buds	It Makes No Difference
The Darling Buds	Tiny Machine
The Darling Buds	Crystal Clear
The Darling Buds	Do You Have To Break My Heart
The Darling Buds	Fall
The Darling Buds	A Little Bit Of Heaven
The Darling Buds	Honeysuckle
The Darling Buds	One Thing Leads To Another
The Darling Buds	Sure Thing
The Darling Buds	Off My Mind
The Darling Buds	Please Yourself
The Darling Buds	Long Day In The Universe
The Darling Buds	If

Comment:

Part of the intermittent "making single artist mixes of the bands I rarely listen to any more so I can box up the cd's and make some room on the shelves" series. The 'Buds were part of the late '80's boomlet in UK blonde-girl-fronted pop bands, with their '88 debut Pop Said remaining a fine entry in the field. Simple, crunchy, riff-happy, 3-chord girl-meets-boy power pop, a bouncy blend of the Go-Go's and the Buzzcocks. Wall-to-wall hooks (with 10 of the 12 songs making the cut here). The 2 follow-up albums found them trading the pure pop for a trendier shoegazing sound, with dance-worthy beats and layered walls of guitars, but retaining enough catchiness to stand out from the likes of, say, Lush or Curve. Still plenty of near-perfect radio-friendly ditties. Then they broke up. None of this is exactly timeless, but it's 80 minutes of nostalgic fun. Alas, I never bothered tracking down their b-sides, so nothing unusual here.

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