Wedding Present, The - 24 Songs 3LP + DVD

David Gedge has now re-curated full-length versions of all twenty-four tracks for a new compilation album that will also comprise five bonus recordings including one featuring The Wedding Present's first guitarist, Peter Solowka. '24 Songs' was a doff of the cap to The Wedding Present's 'Hit Parade' project of 30 years previous. That series proved to be a real milestone for the band with them becoming only the second-ever artist to achieve twelve Official UK Top 40 hits in a calendar year - at the time something that only Elvis had achieved! David Gedge says: When it came to compiling the '24 Songs' album, I decided not to sequence the tracks in chronological order. With six sides of vinyl, you have six 'beginnings' and six 'ends' to play with, and I felt that the opportunity to build some kind of a musical journey was too good to miss! Listening back to this collection, I have to say that I genuinely believe that, for this project, The Wedding Present have recorded some of the best tracks in our history. I loved releasing the singles, but it's satisfying to have them all rounded up together.

Tracklist:
1. I Am Not Going To Fall In Love With You 06:37
2. Memento Mori 04:14
3. That Would Only Happen In A Movie 03:41
4. We Interrupt Our Programme 05:42
5. We Should Be Together 03:38
6. Strike! 02:16
7. Science Fiction 04:48
8. Summer 04:15
9. Each Time You Open Your Eyes 06:17
10. We All Came From The Sea 04:33
11. Monochrome 05:23
12. Kerplunk! 04:01
13. Don't Give Up Without A Fight 02:56
14. X Marks The Spot 03:51
15. You're Just A Habit That I Am Trying To Break 03:49
16. Plot Twist 03:46
17. Whodunnit 05:09
18. A Song From Under The Floorboards 03:28
19. Telemark 05:01
20. Astronomic 04:17
21. Go Go Go 04:01
22. Once Bitten 03:44
23. La La La 03:35
24. The Loneliest Time Of The Year 05:50
25. White Riot 02:08
26. Panama 04:05
27. Jump In, The Water's Fine (Japanese Edit) 04:29
28. We All Came From The Sea (Utah Saints Remix) 05:23
29. Teper My Hovorymo 03:38