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Track List
01) Worried About Ray
02) Worst Case Scenario
03) Run Rabbit Run
04) Goodbye Mr A
05) A Sadness Runs Through Him
06) Clinging on for Life
07) Cops and Robbers
08) Everything Goes Dark
09) Killer
10) The Trick to Life
11) Money to Be Made
12) The Feeling You Get When
01) Worried About Ray
02) Worst Case Scenario
03) Run Rabbit Run
04) Goodbye Mr A
05) A Sadness Runs Through Him
06) Clinging on for Life
07) Cops and Robbers
08) Everything Goes Dark
09) Killer
10) The Trick to Life
11) Money to Be Made
12) The Feeling You Get When
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First Released
2007
Pop-Rock
Gritty
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95,900 copies
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The Trick to Life is the debut album by London indie pop band The Hoosiers. It was released in the UK on 22 October 2007. Four singles were released from the album - "Worried About Ray", "Goodbye Mr A", "Worst Case Scenario" and "Cops and Robbers". The album was released with four different colours to the front cover. A special version of the album including two bonus tracks was released on the iTunes Store with a purple cover and the 2008 Japanese release contained two bonus tracks and had a multicoloured cover. The album reached #1 on the UK Charts. The album charted at #98 in the UK end of year album chart, selling around 95,900 copies in 2007.
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Why is it that when a band of mediocre credentials rocks up, the record label blurb has to invent a whole new genre? As if the label of 'oddpop' is going to polish this same old rock dropping... Why not just label it 'bargain basement'? Oh yeah, that's right you wouldn’t be able to sell any records.
As it is, The Hoosiers are doing alright on that front, with first upbeat stomper single, ''Worried About Ray'', being catchy enough to linger, like a stinking cod behind the radiator, in the Top 10 for eight consecutive weeks. ''…Ray'' and ''Goodbye Mr A'' both contain the trademark Hoosier sound of choral harmonies, upbeat drums and resounding organ, which in some ways harks back to ELO and their ilk. And the swatchbook of references don’t end there. ''Worst Case Scenario'' is reminiscent of The Cure with vocalist Irwin Sparkes' Robert Smith-like vocals. This is not a bad record, but it’s all so very safe, fairly non-offensive stuff (think Keane and The Feeling), but it's funny how that, in itself, can wear thin three tracks in. With ''Run Rabbit Run'' unfortunately the band overstep the mark and try their hand at taking off Radiohead – not a chance lads, sorry.
Frontman Sparkes just loves to exercise his impressive falsetto at any opportunity and the one trick pony really begins to grate. The record keeps up its assault of semi-nauseating dad-pop just taking a breath long enough to change the pace for the love-struck ''Clinging On For Life'' but by then it's too late. There’s even a hidden track on the album to finish you off if you haven’t had enough already. In a word; ordinary.
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The Trick to Life is the debut album by London indie pop band The Hoosiers. It was released in the UK on 22 October 2007. Four singles were released from the album - "Worried About Ray", "Goodbye Mr A", "Worst Case Scenario" and "Cops and Robbers". The album was released with four different colours to the front cover. A special version of the album including two bonus tracks was released on the iTunes Store with a purple cover and the 2008 Japanese release contained two bonus tracks and had a multicoloured cover. The album reached #1 on the UK Charts. The album charted at #98 in the UK end of year album chart, selling around 95,900 copies in 2007.
User Album Review
Why is it that when a band of mediocre credentials rocks up, the record label blurb has to invent a whole new genre? As if the label of 'oddpop' is going to polish this same old rock dropping... Why not just label it 'bargain basement'? Oh yeah, that's right you wouldn’t be able to sell any records.
As it is, The Hoosiers are doing alright on that front, with first upbeat stomper single, ''Worried About Ray'', being catchy enough to linger, like a stinking cod behind the radiator, in the Top 10 for eight consecutive weeks. ''…Ray'' and ''Goodbye Mr A'' both contain the trademark Hoosier sound of choral harmonies, upbeat drums and resounding organ, which in some ways harks back to ELO and their ilk. And the swatchbook of references don’t end there. ''Worst Case Scenario'' is reminiscent of The Cure with vocalist Irwin Sparkes' Robert Smith-like vocals. This is not a bad record, but it’s all so very safe, fairly non-offensive stuff (think Keane and The Feeling), but it's funny how that, in itself, can wear thin three tracks in. With ''Run Rabbit Run'' unfortunately the band overstep the mark and try their hand at taking off Radiohead – not a chance lads, sorry.
Frontman Sparkes just loves to exercise his impressive falsetto at any opportunity and the one trick pony really begins to grate. The record keeps up its assault of semi-nauseating dad-pop just taking a breath long enough to change the pace for the love-struck ''Clinging On For Life'' but by then it's too late. There’s even a hidden track on the album to finish you off if you haven’t had enough already. In a word; ordinary.
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