The Painted Word

Television Personalities

SKU: FIRELP229

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Released in 1984, ‘The Painted Word’ is Television Personalities fourth studio album. Breaking up two years prior, they returned with this dark and stunning comeback which shares the same name as the Tom Wolfe novel. With the formidable Daniel Treacy at its core, Television Personalities remain one of new wave’s longest serving and seminal artists with a career spanning over three decades. The indie visionaries directly influenced virtually every major pop uprising of the period including artists as diverse as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pavement and Creation’s Alan McGee. ‘The Painted Word’ is reissued for Record Store Day 2017 and will be available on black and white marbled vinyl alongside ‘And Don’t The Kids Just Love It’, ‘Mummy You’re Not Watching Me’ and ‘They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles’. “a stark, unforgiving look at the despair of a man lost in his own world.” Alan McGee, Creation Records. “There’s still no album quite like it” Exclaim.

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Track Listings

1 Stop and Smell the Roses
2 The Painted Word
3 A Life of Her Own
4 Bright Sunny Smiles
5 Mentioned In Dispatches
6 A Sense of Belonging
7 Say You Won't Cry
8 Someone to Share my Life With
9 You'll Have to Scream Louder
10 Happy All the Time
11 The Girl Who Had Everything
12 Paradise Estate
13 Back To Vietnam

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And Don’t The Kids Just Love It (30th Anniversary Edition)

Rock And Pop | Fire Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code
Released 6th August 2021
£21.00
  • Genre: Rock And Pop
  • Label: Fire Records
  • SKU: FIRELP289R
  • Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code
  • Released Date: 6th August 2021

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