Radio Stars hurtled around the UK in 1977 and 78, performing their greatest hit and accompanied by the frankly unclad Kelly St John, as they are on the cover. Some people thought this sexist, but some people would think that, wouldn't they...

Track Listing

1. Box 29
2. The Beast of Barnsley
3. Is It Really Necessary?
4. Elvis is Dead Boring
5. Johnny Mekon
6. No Russians in Russia
7. Nervous Wreck
8. Dirty Pictures
9. From a Rabbit
10. Macaroni'n'Mice
11. Eric
12. Good Personality
13. Shakin' All OverBonus tracks
14. Throwaway (studio)
15. My Mother Said
16. Two Minutes Mr Smith (studio)

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #167573 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-03
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Popular 1 / Spain (8/10 stars)
Formed in 1976, the British band Radio Stars never really belonged to the punk scene Punk of that era. They had irreverent attitudes aplenty, and songs that rarely went over three minutes in length, but this was more explosive power pop than anything else. And the fact that the band had two thinking heads showed that these people had nothing in common with much of the anarchic sloganeering of the rest of the punks. Led by vocalist Andy Ellison (from those glammies JohnÄs children) and the ex-Spark Martin Gordon, Radio Stars made a point of exquisite shamelessness, surrealistic humour and compositions as sticky as chewing gum on the carpet. Something For The Weekend compiles the best moments of the band across a series of recordings from 1977 and 1978, and includes such memorable anthems as Nervous Wreck, Johnny Mekon, Good Personality, Dirty Pictures, Macaroni’n’Mice and No Russians in Russia.. With their hi-energy, direct and irresistible rock, Radio Stars Radio Stars made a point of exquisite shamelessness, surrealistic humour and compositions as sticky as chewing gum on the carpet.

Alberto Dias

Record Collector (UK) April 2008
Unreconstructed and proud of it. There's an inherent likability throughout these classic-sounding tracks. 'Elvis Is Dead (Boring)'& 'No Russians in Russia' are instant singalongs. Good, occasionally dirty, fun.

All Music Guide
If you never saw Radio Stars at the peak of their 1977-78 powers, Something For The Weekend is the album that proves that everything you ever heard about them was true. They really were that good. Recorded at a handful of stops across the UK, Something For The Weekend is the best of Radio Stars - "Elvis is Dead (Boring)" restores the familiar album version to its original lyrical thrust, "Johnny Mekon" still sounds like the best Mott The Hoople song that never existed.