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Giant

Their debut album, UK 35 and indie 2.
The Woodentops, 1986

Chucho Merchan played double bass, Jack Emblow accordion, Steve Sidwell trumpet, Danny Schogger strings and Sargeant marimba. AllMusic's David Cleary gave it 4.5 stars and called it the band's best, and Trouser Press called it an incredible first album; it placed 36th in NME's and 16th in Melody Maker's 1986 year-end lists. The singles were "Good Thing" (indie 7), "Everyday Living" (UK 72, indie 1) and, in 1987 in the US, "Give It Time". "Why Why Why" is not on it. Toppermost places the song on Live Hypnobeat Live, with the studio "Why" as the B-side of "Everyday Living".

Track listing

  1. Get It On
  2. Good Thing
  3. Give It Time
  4. Love Train
  5. Hear Me James
  6. Love Affair with Everyday Living
  7. So Good Today
  8. Shout
  9. History
  10. Travelling Man
  11. Last Time
  12. Everything Breaks

More from The Woodentops

Wooden Foot Cops On The Highway (1988), Granular Tales (2014)

Sources

  1. Giant (The Woodentops album), Wikipedia
  2. Woodentops reviews, Trouser Press