Like Del Amitri, Wolverhampton’s Wild Flowers became tired of a disinterested UK pop scene and looked to America for inspiration and appreciation, chiefly being inspired by New York punk rock, especially Television and the Ramones. The ‘Flowers mate the breakneck speed of the Ramones’, and Television’s guitar interplay with Echo and the Bunnymen’s intensity and attack. The band's original membership included guitarist/vocalist Neil Cook, guitarist Dave Newton, bassist Mark Alexander, and drummer Dave Fisher. This line-up recorded two singles, ‘Melt Like Ice’ and ‘Things Have Changed’, and an LP titled The Joy of It All. Poorly recorded for the small Reflex label in 1984 the album disappeared quickly as, so it seemed, did the band when founding guitarist-songwriter Dave Newton left to start the Mighty Lemon Drops.
Ripped from the vinyl by
Frankie Teardrop over @ Systems Of Romance to MP3 @ 320kbps
A1. Melt Like Ice
A2. Beggar Man
A3. The Promised Land
A4. After All These Years
A5. Dark Times
B1. The Joy Of It All
B2. Bamboo
B3. Hold The Torch
B4. Things Have Changed
B5. From The Sky
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