The Peel Sessions Album (Microdisney album)

The Peel Sessions Album
Compilation album by Microdisney
Released	1989 (1989)
Recorded	1983–1986
Studio	Maida Vale, studios 4 and 5[1]
Length	45:33 (vinyl)
Label	Strange Fruit
Producer	Barry Andrews Dale Griffin Mark Radcliffe Phil Ward-Large
Microdisney chronology
39 Minutes (1988) The Peel Sessions Album (1989)

The Peel Sessions Album is a compilation of tracks recorded by the Irish pop group Microdisney for the Peel Sessions on radio DJ John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. Peel championed the band describing them as "an iron fist in a velvet glove",[2] and Microdisney recorded six sessions for his show,[3] amounting to 24 songs, gathered from their first three studio albums and earlier self released tracks.[1]

The vinyl LP edition collected 12 songs from these sessions,[4] the CD versions and later compact cassette reissues added two additional tracks.[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan.[4][5]

Side one

1. "Sun" (2:40)
2. "Moon" (2:12)
3. "Everybody Is Dead" (3:10)
4. "A Friend with a Big Mouth" (3:50)
5. "Teddy Dogs" (2:48)
6. "Before Famine" (3:10)
7. "464" (5:32)

Side two

1. "Loftholdingswood" (5:10)
2. "Horse Overboard" (4:06)
3. "Town to Town" (3:37)
4. "Bullwhip Road" (3:36)
5. "Begging Bowl" (5:42)

The CD version and later cassette reissues added the tracks "Dreaming Drains" (2:35) and "Genius" (4:01).[5]

References

1. ""BBC Peels Sessions - Microdisney". bbc.co.uk.
2. Sherwin, A. ""80s cult indie group Microdisney return – the band The Smiths could have been"". inews.
3. Power, Ed (1 June 2018). "Cork band Microdisney turning back the clock". The Irish Examiner.
4. "Microdisney – The Peel Sessions Album – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1989".
5. "Microdisney – The Peel Sessions Album – CD (PDO, Album), 1989".