Hit Parade 1

Hit Parade 1
Compilation album by
The Wedding Present
Released8 June 1992
RecordedJanuary–May 1992
Length41:22
LabelRCA
ProducerChris Nagle, Ian Broudie
The Wedding Present chronology
Seamonsters
(1991) 		Hit Parade 1
(1992) 		Hit Parade 2
(1993)

In 1992, The Wedding Present decided to release a limited edition single every month, each featuring an original track on the A side and a cover on the B side. The tracks were compiled as two LPs called Hit Parade 1 and Hit Parade 2 and re-released as a double CD in 2003 called The Hit Parade.

The plan to release 12 singles in a year was an attempt to match Elvis Presley's record of 12 top 40 singles in a year[1] which he had achieved in 1957.[2] The singles, each in an edition of 10,000, were deleted soon after release.[3] They were critically acclaimed and each charted in the top 40.[2]

Revisiting the album in 2013, the band played all the songs on their UK and European tour.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Blue Eyes"
  2. "Go Go Dancer"
  3. "Three"
  4. "Silver Shorts"
  5. "Come Play With Me"
  6. "California"
  7. "Cattle and Cane" (The Go-Betweens)
  8. "Don't Cry No Tears" (Neil Young and Crazy Horse)
  9. "Think That it Might" (Altered Images)
  10. "Falling" (Julee Cruise)
  11. "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (The Monkees)
  12. "Let's Make Some Plans" (Close Lobsters)

References

  1. ^ Mark Beaumont (19 September 2013). "Repeat to Fade bands: the Present that keeps on giving". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "THE WEDDING PRESENT 'LIVE 1992'". Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Hit Parade Singles, 1992 – The Wedding Present". 9 May 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. ^ Hayley Scott (29 August 2013). ""It's probably a mild form of mental illness" - DiS meets The Wedding Present". Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2011.