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The Eight Legged Groove Machine

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1988indie rock80srockindie

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The Stuffies first full studio album, The Eight Legged Groove Machine was chock full of 3 minute pop gems. 'Hup Hup Hup's and choruses that go straight to the brain litter the 14 tracks from opener Red Berry Joy Town to the closer Poison. It's since been re-released with added tracks. The Wonder Stuff were a terrific singles band and had B-sides to burn during their initial phase. Some of which from this era are on the reissued 20th anniversary edition. Their UK Indie peers Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Carter USM and The Levellers helped the band get labelled as part of the post C-86 pre Britpop movement, Grebo (sometimes also known as Crustie) but underneath the baggy shorts and messy hair was keen pop music with biting satirical wit akin to The Jam, The Smiths and The Kinks. Just a bit messier. This album features the original line up of the band including the unusually named The Bass Thing, who died very early in the bands history. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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# The Eight Legged Groove Machine This debut reveals a band with genuine pop instinct trapped inside an indie framework. The fourteen tracks function as self-contained three-minute arguments for melody and momentum—each one designed to lodge itself in your thinking rather than fade politely. What distinguishes it is the obvious craft beneath the apparent simplicity: the "hup hup hups" and hook-laden choruses emerge from careful construction, not accident. The album captures a particular moment when indie bands possessed both underground credibility and genuine ambition to write songs that mattered. The expanded reissue adds dimension to this picture, including B-sides that demonstrate the band's prolific songwriting. It's an album worth

tracks

1

Red Berry Joy Town

The Wonder Stuff

2:51
2

No For The 13th Time

The Wonder Stuff

3:00
3

It's Yer Money (I'm After Baby)

The Wonder Stuff

2:51
4

Rue The Day

The Wonder Stuff

1:55
5

Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More

The Wonder Stuff

2:50
6

(Like a) Merry Go Round

The Wonder Stuff

2:43
7

The Animals And Me

The Wonder Stuff

3:03
8

A Wish Away

The Wonder Stuff

2:31
9

Grin

The Wonder Stuff

2:59
10

Mother And I

The Wonder Stuff

2:24
11

Some Sad Someone

The Wonder Stuff

2:46
12

Ruby Horse

The Wonder Stuff

3:06
13

Unbearable

The Wonder Stuff

2:27
14

Poison

The Wonder Stuff

2:58
15

Times Will Change

The Wonder Stuff

0:41

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