Classic or Dud - That Petrol Emotion?

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'can't stop' is probably my favourite thing on it - those guitars cutting it up right at the start!

john peel session version of 'cant stop'= ear shredding guitar perfection

mark e, Friday, 11 January 2013 00:28 (eleven years ago) link

two years pass...

ok, due to old school love grooves, i was somewhat skeptical about the post TPE band, the everlasting yeah, however, the album they have self released is fucking awesome.

http://thequietus.com/articles/14401-that-petrol-emotion-interview

there are times the vocals clearly need some extra love a la steve, but, the tunes and sheer excess of guitar fueled vibrancy makes up for the deficiencies.

after all, when there is a track of 8 minutes of krautrock grooves vs TPE guitars : who can complain re such perfection !?

mark e, Thursday, 16 April 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link

never heard of the everlasting yeah before, will give it a whirl based on your enthusiasm

was thinking the other day that john o'neill probably still makes an okayish living off teenage kicks royalties

yeovil knievel (NickB), Thursday, 16 April 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link

another day, another dose of love.
for TPE fans (Fireproof era), this album really is that good.
holla nickb if you need a taster.

mark e, Friday, 17 April 2015 17:39 (nine years ago) link

seven years pass...

seems like someone believes there is a demand for their roli mossiman produced noise filled follow up to their debut, BABBLE.

https://shop.lastnightfromglasgow.com/products/that-petrol-emotion-babble-35th-annversary-vinyl-lp-coming-soon

mark e, Thursday, 16 June 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link

I remember liking that one, not sure if I will pick up this vinyl reissue.

Jimmy Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne Mary-Anne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 June 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link

just the fact that its back out there with their cover version of 'dance you ass off' is good enough for me.

mark e, Thursday, 16 June 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link

Soul Deep is an underrated B-Side too iirc

Maresn3st, Thursday, 16 June 2022 20:36 (one year ago) link

marks e & g otm, 'natural kind of joy' is great.

bulb after bulb, Thursday, 16 June 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link

re 'soul deep' : absolutely.

had never heard it until this evening.
so so good.
TPE vs b-sides was always a thing.
so many gems were hidden away on their cd singles.

mark e, Thursday, 16 June 2022 20:41 (one year ago) link

what ya gotta do in this day and age / ya gotta reissue, repackage, add bonus tracks

j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Thursday, 16 June 2022 21:21 (one year ago) link

Are there any plans to re-release Manic Pop Thrill?

Portsmouth Bubblejet, Friday, 17 June 2022 03:41 (one year ago) link

three months pass...

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81V3giLEDBL.jpg

That Petrol Emotion: Every Beginning Has a Future – An Anthology 1984 – 1994 (7CD)

Release date: 25/11/2022

Perhaps the most extraordinary fact about That Petrol Emotion is no one has seen fit to compile all or some of their works – that is until now. With full co-operation from the band, this comprehensive 121 track 7 CD collection brings together all five of their studio albums plus a typically energy-packed live recording from May 1994. It celebrates a body of work that has stood the test of time and – all these years later – undoubtedly still deserves a wider audience.

121 original tracks across a 7 CD set, featuring all five studio albums and one live album. Includes non-album B-sides, bonus tracks, remixes, live recordings and fan club only releases. Curated by the band, who also supplied rare images and memorabilia for inclusion in the book
52-page colour book with new sleeve notes from respected author John Harris. The first ever compilation celebrating ten years of this influential and creative tour-de-force.

https://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/catalogue/releases/that-petrol-emotion-every-beginning-has-a-future-an-anthology-1984-1994-7cd/

Portsmouth Bubblejet, Tuesday, 27 September 2022 22:09 (one year ago) link

Be still my beating heart.

Ride On Proserpina (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 September 2022 22:22 (one year ago) link

debut album on cd,
a chunk of remixes and b-sides that i dont have,
and a live album.
this has just become the ultimate xmas present to myself.

mark e, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link

They released "Manic Pop Thrill" on double 10" a while back, I got one. Three sides the original LP, one side for the b-sides.

I liked it, but couldn't sing you any of them apart from "Natural kind of joy". Oh and that live version of 'Non Alignment Pact' which was the first version of that song I knew...

Mark G, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link

yeah, i actually have it on orig vinyl.
but still, i have love for vinyl,
so, will be great to have the album on cd at long bloody last.
along with various extras.

mark e, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 22:23 (one year ago) link

but still, i have love for vinyl,

.. no love for vinyl ..

mark e, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 22:24 (one year ago) link

actually listened to TPE tonight for the first time in ages, didn't even see this thread get bumped. 'natural kind of joy' into 'it's a good thing' still gives me so much pleasure, god they were great back then

o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 23:57 (one year ago) link

so did i but was totally due to this thread.

'natural kind of joy' into 'it's a good thing' still gives me so much pleasure, god they were great back then

100%!

stirmonster, Thursday, 29 September 2022 00:03 (one year ago) link

one month passes...

looks like i got one of the editions with signed postcards by each band member.
for me its all about the cd edition of their debut.
i have never seen it out in the wild.
not heard the debut album in a very long time.
still sounds wonderful.
and yeah, shivers all over during 'natural kind of joy' ...

mark e, Saturday, 26 November 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link

Ah, I bought the double 10” album, so yeah…

Mark G, Saturday, 26 November 2022 22:48 (one year ago) link

I was going to say something about "Umbrella Academy," but that was My Chemical Romance.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 26 November 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link

ok, the live album is brilliant.
this is not a bootleg recording on a dodgy handheld device that bands of this era add to flesh out a boxset.

mark e, Saturday, 26 November 2022 23:23 (one year ago) link


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