The Chesterfields' debut long player Kettle arrived in 1987 after a trio of singles released on the Subway Organisation (two of which, Completely and Utterly and Ask Johnny Dee, were included amongst the dozen tracks on this album). Favourites of Janice Long and John Peel followers, their debut was a sprightly pop confection with mostly uptempo songs that followed a similar musical style to the likes of many other mid-80s jangle-pop bands of the era, and also drew comparisons with the then commercially successful Housemartins. Never the sort of band whose songs outstayed their welcome, their knack for the two- or three-minute perfect pop song was all too evident on this well-received debut with the two previously issued singles practically bookending the running order. All but one of the tracks were written by the band (Dave Goldsworthy - guitar/vocals; Simon Barber - bass/vocals; Brendan Holden - guitar; Dominic 'Dom' Manns - drums) and sung by either Dave or Simon. Accusations of tweeness surfaced from the usual detractors who also viewed with disdain the whole C-86 'indie/anorak/shamble/jangle-pop' scene that was being championed by the NME music paper at the time, and obviously, glancing at the inner sleeve on this album and seeing the legend "lyrics by Davey and Simon in their best joined-up handwriting" hardly helped to dispel this impression..... Nevertheless, 'cute' is what this album - in hindsight - now sounds like and some of the tracks remain remarkably fres