Bummed
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| Studio album by Happy Mondays | ||||
| Released | November 1988 | |||
| Recorded | August 1988 | |||
| Genre | Madchester | |||
| Length | 45:49 | |||
| Label | Factory - FACT 220 | |||
| Producer | Martin Hannett | |||
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| NME | 9/10 |
| Q | |
Bummed was the second album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1988.
Warner later released a double album collector's edition on 5 November 2007. This release collected the original 1988 album with a second disc of remixes from the era.
Bummed was recorded in six weeks at the Slaughterhouse studio in Driffield. The album's sound is noticeably different from any preceding or succeeding albums in the Madchester genre. This can be explained by the producer, Martin Hannett, who was notable for pioneering use of electronics in music. What is most noticeable production-wise on this album is the use of echo and reverb on the drum sound.
"Martin worked like we worked," Shaun Ryder told Select. "He didn't give a fuck about anything and neither did we. We wouldn't start work till two in the morning when we was all pissed enough and stoned enough to go in and do half an hour".
"Bummed", said drummer Gary Whelan, "was a saying at the time. Shaun used to say he was out all night and he bummed her all night long, a slang word for sex. I didn't even know what the album was called until it came out."
Several of the songs on this album were later remixed. These included "Mad Cyril", "Wrote For Luck" and "Lazyitis". "Mad Cyril" was remixed into "Mad Cyril (Hello Girls Mix)", "Wrote For Luck" was remixed twice, firstly into "WFL" and then "Wrote For Luck (Think About The Future Mix)"; Vince Clarke remixed the former, Paul Oakenfold the latter. "Lazyitis" was remixed into "Lazyitis (One-Armed Boxer Remix)" which featured Country legend Karl Denver on guest vocals. Paul Oakenfold would become vastly important to Happy Mondays when he produced their 1990 opus Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches. These remixes are significant as they were a sign that Happy Mondays were beginning to embrace the burgeoning rave scene, then taking place in the UK.
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