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Made Up in Blue

A three-song EP, FN060, and their first Flying Nun UK release.
The Bats, 1986

The Chills and Flying Nun UK manager Craig Taylor arranged the session to make a single, and the band turned it into three songs: "Made Up in Blue" (4:00), "Trouble in This Town" and "Mad on You". Johnny Milton produced and engineered on 24 tracks. NME made it Single of the Week on December 6, 1986, the band's and label's first. The UK sleeve was designed by Scott and the New Zealand sleeve, a distorted face, by Grant. It reached 41 in New Zealand. Trouser Press said it lacks some of the alluring immediacy of its predecessors, while Toppermost praised bubbly, percolating basslines and ridiculously infectious hooks.

Track listing

  1. Made Up in Blue4:00
  2. Trouble in This Town2:25
  3. Mad on You2:30

More from The Bats

Daddy's Highway (1987), The Law Of Things (1990), Fear Of God (1991), Silverbeet (1993), Couchmaster (1995), At The National Grid (2006), The Guilty Office (2008), Free All The Monsters (2011), The Deep Set (2017), Foothills (2020), Corner Coming Up (2025)

Sources

  1. Made Up in Blue, Wikipedia
  2. Bats fly the nest, Flying Nun