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Chrysanthemums
12+ albums
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The very definition of “cult favorites,” the Chrysanthemums (known since the mid-’90s as Chrys&themums) are the sort of group who inspire loyalty among a small band of admirers while remaining entirely below the radar of the public at large. Their music, a mixture of British Invasion-inspired pop, experimental eccentricity, and psychedelic flourishes, is just slightly too odd for wide mainstream acceptance, but few bands walk the knife’s edge between accessibility and impenetrability so well. The Chrysanthemums started in 1986, when the British fanzine Outlet printed articles on guitarist/songwriter Alan Jenkins’ lo-fi psychedelic pop band the Deep Freeze Mice and classically-trained keyboardist/indie label owner Terry Burrows in the same issue. Jenkins and Burrows swapped records and quickly found themselves in the studio together. Over two weekends, the duo recorded enough material for a single, “Another Sacred Day,” and a debut album, Is That a Fish on Your Shoulder or Are You Just Happy to See Me? Although Jenkins and Burrows recorded all the instruments themselves, the pair made up three other members for the credits. (Burrows also adopted the name Yukio Yung around this time; like the band name, the pseudonym came from Burrows’ fondness for Japanese culture.) Released on their own Eggplant label, both the single and the album did well enough for the Chrysanthemums to become a full-time venture. Adding Burrows’ friend Martin Howells (who adopted the identity of one of t
top songs
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The Cheeping Of The Robot Bees
2292Dream String
1863God and the Dave Clark Five
1644The Overseer of the Indigo Farm
1635Raymond Chandler
1546And Your Dog Can Sing
1527Irreversible Syntax Errors
1418I am a Hen (Lucinda Lambton)
1419gloucestershire is just an illusion
13910(They must have made it with their) Hats
137albums
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Little Flecks Of Foam Around Barking (1988)
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Is That A Fish On Your Shoulder Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me?
Little Flecks Of Foam Around Barking
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Insekt Insekt (1991)
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Odessey & Oracle (Zombies Cover Album)
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Odessey And Oracle
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Insekt Insekt
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Is That A Fish On Your Shoulder Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me? (1987)
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The Baby's Head
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Another Sacred Day
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1987 Is That A Fish On Your Shoulder Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me?
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The Ba-Ba Box Set, Vol. 2: Hey, Let's Try This Again...