Track Listing

1. Back In Denim
2. Fish And Chips
3. Bubblehead
4. Middle Of The Road
5. Osmonds
6. I Saw The Glitter On Your Face
7. American Rock
8. Livin' On The Streets
9. Here Is My Song For Europe
10. I'm Against The Eighties

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81325 in Music
• Released on: 2006-05-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Album Description
Denim was the brainchild of Lawrence who had spent the previous decade as the singer, songwriter and mastermind behind that ultimate independent rock band, Felt. Having achieved his goal of releasing 10 albums and 10 singles in 10 years during the course of the 80s, Lawrence disbanded Felt and relocated to New York. It was there that Lawrence translated his homesick thoughts from abroad into the series of songs that made up "Back In Denim". Over in New York he wrote as he reminisced about his West Midlands childhood, flares, chopper bikes, tower blocks, stringy beards, hippies and skinheads. He set this to a musical backdrop of Mickey Most and Mike Leander productions, Lee Perry and the Glitter Band.

Back In Denim was recorded and mixed across a two year period on Lawrence’s return to London. It was finally completed in July 1992 and, for the first time in his career, Lawrence found himself signed to a major label via Boys Own, a dance label operating through London Records. Back In Denim kick starts with the pounding Glitter beat of ‘Back In Denim’. The Glitter Band’s drummer Pete Phipps is featured on the record. The album maintains a powerful mix of Glam and pop hooks and references throughout with one foot in the 70s past and the other very firmly in the technology of the 90s. As such, ‘Back In Denim’ was an undoubted pre-cursor to Britpop, Blur and Pulp, in particular.

"Back In Denim" should now get its just desserts just as Lawrence, a true wild card, completes a brand new album from what was once a Denim side project, Go Kart Mozart. He’s back…

Customer Reviews

Better than a pair of Sass & Bides
I'll be honest. I first heard Back in Denim when I was drunk. Played through a degenerate layabout student friend's tinny laptop speakers, I thought it was worse than a matching stonewash jacket/jeans combination.

However, I have now passed through the period of banging my head against a cold stone wall whenever I hear those funky drums, and have come to recognise that this is a true work of art. From the driving pop beats to the lyrical genius of the enigmatic "Lawrence", this glam rock masterpiece has something for even the most socially challenged oxford graduate.

And for those true afficionados out there, I strongly advise you to track down the B-side single mixed by Lawrence's uberslick associate, DJ B-Well (aka famous aristo psychologist Lord Blackwell). The snappily titled "Back in the Daubeny Common Room" is one of the lost gems of the pre-Brit Pop years, and something I only stumbled across by accident in a small record shop in Ljubljiana staffed by a kindly Slovenian man named Scjulli (yes, I had to ask him how to spell it too).

In summary: BUY. IT. NOW.