View basket “The Ever Decreasing Circle” has been added to your basket. No Sad Songs Lilac Time, The SKU: TR310LP Barcode: 4015698000382 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Folk Label: Tapete Released Date: 2nd April 2015 Buying Format: 1LP Includes CD Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info A prose-poem, which Stephen Duffy composed especially for the release of the new and ninth album by his band The Lilac Time, contains the lines: “I was a flower child, now I’m a flower man.” It took a long time before one became the other. When viewed from space, Stephen Duffy’s path may well appear labyrinthine, filled with loopholes and trapdoors. Yet a sober perspective reveals path of a musician and poet who is independent in the very best sense of the word. Nevertheless: A lot has happened since the young boy kept his Praktica camera trained on street scenes in the Birmingham of the Cold War. Back in 1979, an 18-year-old Stephen Duffy was founding member of Duran Duran. Yet he did not board the train to superstardom. The visionary instinct of the young artist had other intentions. He might have had Bob Dylan, Nick Drake and The Incredible String Band in mind, but he himself was not allergic to success. He quickly understood that a songwriter with an acoustic guitar had little access to the merry-go-round of the charts in the early eighties. Instead, he emerged as Stephen “Tintin” Duffy, trading his guitar for a synthesizer and making chic, clever and sparkling POP music in capital letters. The young man with the melancholy expression even landed two international hits with Kiss Me and Icing on the Cake. But before the record company was able to put their plan into action and turn Duffy into the next Rick Astley, he took flight. He mothballed his pop persona and founded a band with his brother: The Lilac Time. On their debut in 1987, they made what Stephen had long dreamed of: Flower Music. The single Return to Yesterday conjured visions of Simon & Garfunkel. In an era of slapping basses and smacking snares, the instrumentation was exceptional: mainly acoustic, with guitars, banjos, fiddles and accordions, all beautifully arranged by Nick Duffy, who was also responsible for composing the instrumental pieces on the record. Keep in mind that the New Acoustic Movement, which brought forth bands like Belle And Sebastian and The Kings Of Convenience, was still more than ten years away. Often in diametrical contrast with this melancholy folk pop were Stephen Duffy’s lyrics, with descriptions of suburban tristesse placed seamlessly alongside biting commentary on the issues of the times and courageous reports of the singer’s moments of excess and aventures amoureuses. Artist Lilac Time, The Genre Folk Label Tapete Buying Options 1LP Includes CD Format 1LP , Includes CD Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 01 The First Song of Spring 02 She Writes a Symphony 03 The Wedding Song 04 Babylon Revisited 05 No Sad Songs 06 The Dream That Woke Me 07 Prussian Blue 08 The Western Greyhound 09 Rag Tag & Bobtail 10 A Cat on the Long Wave Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Lilac Time, The and more from Folk View Product Quick View Lilac Time, The Dance Till All The Stars Come Down Rock And Pop | Poetica | 1LP Released 21st July 2023 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lilac Time, The Dance Till All The Stars Come Down £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Poetica SKU: POETICTW1 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 21st July 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lilac Time, The Return To Us Rock And Pop | Absolute | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th October 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lilac Time, The Return To Us £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Absolute SKU: 538530171 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th October 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lilac Time, The Prussian Blue E.P. 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