Good to Be a Stranger
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Good to be a Stranger is an album by The Orchids
, released in 2007. It was recorded by the group when they reunited in 2006 with new members Ronnie Borland and Keith Sharp.
"Good to Be a Stranger is buttoned-down guitar pop at its most shuffling, but when you consider where these lads have been (and just as important, where they're from), it takes this release beyond your standard reunion fare. However, their fans will notice that creative dotage and standard rust hasn't eroded the Orchids' ability to craft toothsome pop delightfully belying their gritty background. "The Last Thing (On Your Mind)" tingles with its bits of flute, while the opening horns on "I Need You to Believe in Me" and the silvery strings on the choruses of "Do It for Yourself" add requisite passion. "Xylophone Song" and "You Could Do Something to Me" feature softhearted, circular melodies reminiscent of anything the band ever released on Sarah." Ryan Foley, 2007-04-09, http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-orchids/good-to-be-a-stranger.htm
This was the group's fourth album. Remixes of "Another Saturday Night" and "I need you to believe in me" by Ian Carmichael
, who produced the earlier albums, were released later.
The Orchids
The Orchids are a Scottish twee pop band that achieved success with Sarah Records. Formed near Glasgow in 1986, the Orchids released a series of underground singles on the influential Sarah Records . The group's line-up comprised James Hackett , John Scally , Chris Quinn , Matthew Drummond and...
, released in 2007. It was recorded by the group when they reunited in 2006 with new members Ronnie Borland and Keith Sharp.
"Good to Be a Stranger is buttoned-down guitar pop at its most shuffling, but when you consider where these lads have been (and just as important, where they're from), it takes this release beyond your standard reunion fare. However, their fans will notice that creative dotage and standard rust hasn't eroded the Orchids' ability to craft toothsome pop delightfully belying their gritty background. "The Last Thing (On Your Mind)" tingles with its bits of flute, while the opening horns on "I Need You to Believe in Me" and the silvery strings on the choruses of "Do It for Yourself" add requisite passion. "Xylophone Song" and "You Could Do Something to Me" feature softhearted, circular melodies reminiscent of anything the band ever released on Sarah." Ryan Foley, 2007-04-09, http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-orchids/good-to-be-a-stranger.htm
This was the group's fourth album. Remixes of "Another Saturday Night" and "I need you to believe in me" by Ian Carmichael
Ian Carmichael
Ian Gillett Carmichael, OBE was an English film, stage, television and radio actor.-Early life:Carmichael was born in Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The son of an optician, he was educated at Scarborough College and Bromsgrove School, before training as an actor at RADA...
, who produced the earlier albums, were released later.
Track listing
- "Good to be a Stranger"
- "Take my Hand"
- "Xylophone Song"
- "I need you to believe in me"
- "The Last Thing (on your mind)"
- "Another Saturday Night"
- "Down to the Ocean"
- "Feel the Magic"
- "Do it for yourself"
- "You could do something to me"