Serious Drugs: The Creation Anthology [Import]

BMX Bandits | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Castle Music UK
• ASIN: B0009F9O9Y
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #576,896 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Serious Drugs

2. Little Hands

3. Scar

4. Space Girl

5. Cast a Shadow

6. It Hasn't Ended

7. Kylie's Got a Crush on Us

8. The Next Girl

9. Little Pony

10. Gettin' Dirty

11. Hello Again

12. Love Come to Me

13. Waiting for Baby

14. Come Out of the Shadows

15. Rays of Golden

16. That Summer Feeling

17. It Doesn't Matter Anymore

18. Evil Knievel

19. (We're Gonna) Shake You Down

20. Girl Nextdoor

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

First ever anthology of the late 80’s forerunners to Teenage Fanclub & the Soup Dragons. UK 23-track CD album compiled by BMX Bandits Douglas Bandit and Francis McDonald brings together their best loved tracks from the two albums they recorded for Creation Records: Gettin’ Dirty (1995) and Theme Park (1996). Picture booklet with extensive sleeve notes written by the band and featuring photos from the period is included. Castle Music. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bandits are GO!, September 29, 2005

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Chinosan "C.C." (London. U.K.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Serious Drugs: The Creation Anthology (Audio CD)

BMX Bandits are one of the most important and underrated indie pop acts of the last 20 years. Ex-members have went on to success with Teenage Fanclub, The Soup Dragons, Future Pilot and Belle & Sebastian. This collection features a selection of the band's work while on Creation records (home of Oasis, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine). The 24 tracks selected by core members Duglas T Stewart an Francis Macdonald range from the power pop of Little Hands and Scar, to Little Pony and Little River of Spring sounding like wonderful outtakes from Brian Wilson's SMILE, to country rock Hello Again and sentimental well crafted Brill Building styled tune-smithery of Come Out of The Shadows. If all this isn't enough to persuade you to purchase a copy then the opening title track Serious Drug would justify your spend on its own. Serious Drugs is harmony soaked heart breaking classic pop and it seems to me to have influenced a whole generation of UK and American indie pop that followed it.
If you love Teenage Fanclub, The Beach Boys, The Lovin' Spoonful, Belle & Sebastian and have somehow missed out on the Bandits's unique magic this is your chance to catch up. A wonderful collection.