Blow Monkeys the Masters
Blow Monkeys
The Masters is a compilation album from British new wave band
The Blow Monkeys, released in 1997 by the Eagle label, for its well- known" Eagle Series", presenting many UK group's master collections.
The second greatest hits album, following" Choices- The Singles Collection", it was released in 1989, and contained all their most popular singles( including all four singles taken from the band's best- selling album," She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter", which also featured their best- selling single, the UK# 5 hit" It Does n't Have to Be This Way", and" Wicked Ways", and The Blow Monkeys' first hit single," Digging Your Scene").
Also on the album is the three most popular singles from their debut album," Limping for a Generation", the two previously unreleased tracks on the previous collection, that is the duets with Sylvia Tella( the big hit" Choice?" and the minor hit" Slaves No More"), and the last single released by the band before they split up," La Passionara".
On" Blow Monkeys The Masters" was the hard to find cover version of" Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield, whom vocalist and leader Dr. Robert has always pointed to as his main musical inspiration.
The song was originally a B-side of the 1986 single," Do n't Be Scared of Me".
From their 1988 album" Whoops!
There Goes the Neighbourhood" was the only two songs here which never appeared in single format," No Woman Is An Island" and" Squaresville".
The album did not feature the second best- charting single from the band," Wait", which got to# 7 in early 1989.
She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter is the third album from British band, The Blow Monkeys, originally released in 1987.
The album title was a reference to the then- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, whose Conservative government was unpopular with left wing, pro-Labour Party music acts of the 1980s( including The Blow Monkeys), some of whom joined the Red Wedge movement as part of their political activism.
Some titles and lyrics on this album reflected the dissatisfaction of Dr Robert and The Blow Monkeys with the then political situation in the UK.
After a gradual shift towards a slicker, pop- oriented style, The Blow Monkeys also introduced a dance beat, which became a defining feature of the band's later releases.
It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
" It Does n't Have to Be this Way" is a single released by British band
The Blow Monkeys in early 1987.
It is one of the band's best known singles, and hit the top 5 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song was featured in the 1987 comedy film.
Sydney City
Sydney City or Sydney city may refer to:
Sylvia Tella
Sylvia Tella( born Silifatu Mornii Wehabie Tella in 1961) is a British lovers rock singer, who after working as a vocalist for Boney M embarked on a successful solo career, releasing her first album in 1981.
She had a top 40 hit in 1989 in collaboration with the Blow Monkeys and again in 1990/ 1991 with Pop Will Eat Itself.
Digging Your Scene: The Best of The Blow Monkeys
Digging Your Scene:
The Best of The Blow Monkeys is a double greatest hits album, released on 4 February 2008 by British band The Blow Monkeys.
Led by singer, guitarist, piano and keyboard player Dr. Robert, the group formed in the early 1980s and disbanded in 1990.
After that, Dr. Robert went on to pursue a solo career.
The Blow Monkeys recently reformed, with the aim of touring and releasing a brand new album.
The 36 tracks included on this double compilation were originally featured on the band's fifth studio albums, and most of them were also released as singles, the most successful ones including" It Does n't Have to Be This Way"( which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1987, their highest position ever), and" Digging Your Scene"( climbing to Number 12 in 1986, this song represented their first British, American and worldwide hit, also making it to Number 14 in the US" Billboard" Hot 100, Number 7 in the US Hot Dance Club Play, and Number 25 in Germany).
Another Top
Ten track was the smash hit" Wait", a duet which got to Number 7, and was only credited to the leader Dr. Robert, as Robert Howard( his real name), and Chicago house diva Kym Mazelle, though it was actually played by the whole group and featured on their fourth studio album" Whoops! There Goes the Neighbourhood".
Five more duets are contained in the 2008 double greatest hits album, including the politically censored" Celebrate( The Day After You)", sung with Curtis Mayfield( it came out at the time of 1987 re-election, when then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was being attacked by many British musical acts, including The Blow Monkeys)," Be Not Afraid", a heartfelt interpretation of Robert with Arabian singer Cheb Khaled( the description of how this song actually came into being is one of the few things Howard wrote in the booklet to a less recent double compilation)," Choice?", a house stomper played by the band with young vocalist Sylvia Tella( one of their last hits, before splitting up in the early 1990s), who also co-performed" Slaves No More", a less successful single which also features here, and, last but not least," Sweet Murder", one of the band's earlier interpretations, realised with toaster Eek- A- Mouse( never released as a single, this popular album track was contained in their second long playing work, namely" Animal Magic", which also included their first hit" Digging Your Scene").
This greatest hits collection comprises many other stand- out tracks which were never taken out their respective albums, among which the fifth LP's title track" Springtime for the World", the instrumental medley" Vibe Alive/ Reflections' 89 Squaresville", and many more.
The Blow
The Blow is an American electro pop band, comprising Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne.
Maricich and Dyne write, compose, produce and perform all the music.
It was formed as a solo project by Maricich in 2002, and she was joined by Jona Bechtolt, from Yacht, from 2004 to 2007.
Melissa Dyne became part of the project in 2007.
The live shows often incorporate monologues and other performance elements.
Melissa Dyne began collaborating with Maricich on the live Blow shows starting in 2007, gradually incorporating her background in installation, sound, and conceptual art into the live show.
Dyne performs live from a location off stage.
Maricich and Dyne composed and produced an eponymous album for The Blow, released in 2013.
They have given a series of artist talks discussing The Blow as a mode of performance art.
Limping for a Generation
Limping for a Generation was the 1984 debut album by the British band The Blow Monkeys.
In the booklet to 1999" Atomic Lullabies – Very Best of the Blow Monkeys", lead singer Dr. Robert( born Robert Howard) stated that, even if it was" Digging Your Scene", from the band's second album," Animal Magicthat opened the door.
From being a glam jazz obscurity we were on the TV, in the papers, getting thrown out of clubs and playing Wembley with Rod Stewart the first album," Limping for a Generation", has some of our best stuff on it".
The singer and guitarist also billed the record as" jazz- punk", and defined
The Blow Monkeys' early production by simply stating, in the same source:" Our early music was raw".
Formed in 1981, the group, after a one- off indie single, signed to RCA, and released" Limping for a Generation", an album that in retrospect is considered a masterpiece but which did not attract commercial success at the time.
This strange work was at times sensual and sinister, skronky and soulful, dreary and delirious; its tunes are solid, but lacked many singalong hooks.
The album is hard to categorise, then, although comparisons might be drawn with contemporaries such as ABC and The Style Council; or Paul Weller during late period Jam, matched to the confused sexual lyrics of Morrissey( from The Smiths).
Indeed, some of Robert's couplets are reminiscent of those of Morrissey:" Says he wants to be an anti-Christ/ But God knows, that boy is too nice"( from the title- track," Limping for a Generation") or" You can bury me alive and jump on my head/ But I'm a real Wildflower, chained to your bed"( from" Wildflower", the last single to be issued from the album), or" I see a boy/ He must be a prince/ Who is he I desire?/
Who am I to be shy?".
Dressed in impeccable suits on the sleeve, The Blow Monkeys had only one external helper for this album: Pete Wilson, for production, string arrangements and additional keyboards).
Three of the four singles taken from their debut album," Man from RussiaAtomic Lullaby" and" Wildflower", can be found on their compilation album" Choices- The Singles Collection", released in 1989.
The later 1999 collection contains instead five B-sides from the 1984 album.
As Dr. Robert writes,"[ they] show us at our most relaxed and spontaneous ... and give a more rounded picture of what was really the most important thing to us ... the music".
In the wake of The Blow Monkeys' later success, RCA reissued" Limping for a Generation" in 1986 with a new sleeve design.
In 2012, Cherry Red announced the release of a 2- CD deluxe edition with a whole bonus disc of previously unissued demos and B-sides.
The Blow Monkeys
The Blow Monkeys are a British new wave/sophisti-pop band that formed in 1981.
The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982.
They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s.
Their first hit song was "Digging Your Scene", which hit #12 on the UK Singles Chart and #14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in August 1986.
They had four albums and eleven singles in the UK charts from 1986 and 1990.
In late 2007, the original band members reunited.
They have subsequently released five albums (one of them a live recording).
Sydney City Trash
Sydney City Trash is a Sydney- based Country/ Punk band consisting of Mitch Hell( vocals, lyrics), Matty" Browny" Brown( lead guitar), Paddy Finn McHugh( rhythm guitar), Jamie" Jim Mongrel" Skjeme( bass), James Eric Bones( fiddle, mandolin) and Austin Ringo Citizen( drums).
Three of its six members grew up in the small town of Tamworth in rural New South Wales, which is also Australia's Country Music Capital and their country roots are frequently reflected in the band's lyrics.
The band has been described as the saviours of Australian Country, and is widely respected for its bitingly satirical and dense storytelling lyrics.
To date, the band has released three studio albums: Classic Country Hits( 2004), Once Upon A Time in Australia( 2006) and Terror Australis( 2009).

Question: Are The Blow Monkeys and Sydney City Trash from the same country?
Answer: no