William Dart investigates the issue of optimism in recent releases from The Long Ryders and Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott.
The Long Ryders Photo: The Long Ryders
Music Details
ARTIST: Aretha Franklin
TITLE: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
ALBUM: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
COMPOSER: Arlen, Mercer
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Steve Bernstein, Mary Margaret O'Hara
TITLE: Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
ALBUM: Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen
COMPOSER: Arlen, Mercer
LABEL: Sony
The Long Ryders' album 'September November' cover image Photo: The Long Ryders
ARTIST: The Long Ryders
TITLE: Ivory Tower
ALBUM: Native Sons
COMPOSER: Shank
LABEL: Cherry Red
ARTIST: The Long Ryders
TITLE: All Aboard
ALBUM: Psychedelic Country Soul
COMPOSER: Griffin, Stevens
LABEL: Cherry Red
ARTIST: The Long Ryders
TITLE: Tom Tom
ALBUM: September November
COMPOSER: Griffin et al
LABEL: Cherry Red
ARTIST: The Long Ryders
TITLE: That's What They Say About Love
ALBUM: September November
COMPOSER: Griffin, Stevens
LABEL: Cherry Red
ARTIST: The Beautiful South
TITLE: Have You Ever Been Away?
ALBUM: Welcome to the Beautiful South
COMPOSER: Heaton, Rotheray
LABEL: London
Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, N.K-Pop cover image Photo: Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
ARTIST: Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
TITLE: Moulding of a Fool
ALBUM: What Have We Become
COMPOSER: Heaton, Abbott
LABEL: Virgin EMI
ARTIST: Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
TITLE: Sunny Side Up
ALBUM: N.K-Pop
COMPOSER: Heaton, Abbott
LABEL: Virgin EMI
