Track List:
- On The Road To Beaconsfield
- As I lay dying
- Grace Darling
- Hello Hannah Hello
- Walk Away Boy
- Farewell My Lido
- The Fool
- House Of Sarah
- She Won't Come Back
- Crying
- She's Lost Everything
- So This Is London
For many years, little known and almost extinct pop group named The Hit Parade have been slowly and quietly pushing back the boundaries of popular music. Armed only with bare essentials - talent and taste - they have made three long players to date, all of them recorded in a matter of minutes utilising all the gimmicks and gadgetry that DIY home recording kits have to offer.
This new CD is entitled 'The Sound Of The Hit Parade' and is inspired by going on holiday, watching black and white films and owning old books by dead people. Quite unusually for a modern beat outfit, The Hit Parade aren't very good musicians, they have no career plan and don't have a clue about what will happen next.
Instead we have a pop group who bare the historic motto 'Semper Eadem'. The Hit Parade remain proudly celibate and unwilling to move beyond the boundaries of a three-minute song that they grew up with. By looking backwards they stride forward, and by making this new CD The Hit Parade re-define the concept of listening enjoyment.
It is not surprising that when encountering The Hit Parade for the first time, some people scratch their heads, frown, and then walk off to do something else. This response confirms a lack of interest in life, nature and art. Many of these unfortunate individuals work at advertising agencies and seem to think that bands like Dire Straits are "OK'.
The Hit Parade are aware that having an image is an important factor when it comes to making records. Indeed many listeners of a religious persuasion have been offended at the bands modern attitudes; they wear jeans, they smoke cigarettes and they sometimes forget to brush their hair in the mornings. And so it is that The Hit Parade know what it is like to live on the edge.
'The Sound Of The Hit Parade' has been produced on new compact disc and it contains twelve songs. Listeners are advised to plug in both ears when settling down to enjoy these wistful ballads, upbeat rock numbers and finger-clicking jazz workouts.