Abba are the enemy is the debut album by Tom Hingley and the Lovers

Tom Hingley and the Lovers

The Lovers are a British punk rock band formed by singer Tom Hingley and brothers Steve Hanley and Paul Hanley - both former members of The Fall - with guitarist Jason Brown and keyboardist Kelly Wood....

, who feature Inspiral Carpets

Inspiral Carpets

Inspiral Carpets are an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1983. The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate...

 singer Tom Hingley

Tom Hingley

Tom Hingley is a musician best known as the lead vocalist of the English rock band Inspiral Carpets.-Life:...

, Steve Hanley

Steve Hanley (musician)

Steve Hanley is an Irish-born English musician, based in Manchester. He is best known for playing bass guitar in The Fall from 1979 to 1998, and afterwards in The Lovers....

 and Paul Hanley

Paul Hanley (musician)

Paul Hanley is an English musician, based in Manchester. He is best known for playing drums in The Fall and The Lovers.-Career:...

 from Manchester

Manchester

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 punk

Punk rock

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 band The Fall. It was released in 2004.

Track listing

All Songs written by Tom Hingley, Steve Hanley, Paul Hanley, Kelly Wood, James Brown, except "Hole" written by Tom Hingley. Lyrics on "No Way Out" by Kelly Wood.

1. "Temperamental Jimmy" (2:22)
2. "Online Pharmacy" (2:49)
3. "Yeah" (2:56)
4. "Hole" (2:32)
5. "Tattyfalarious" (2:38)
6. "No Way Out" (4:08)
7. "Boyband" (2:35)
8. "Big Mistake" (3:34)
9. "3145" (3:12)
10. "Third Cumming" (1:11)
11. "I Feel Old" (3:23)
12. "Perfect Body" (3:49)
13. Video for "Online Pharmacy"

The band

• Tom Hingley
  Tom Hingley
  Tom Hingley is a musician best known as the lead vocalist of the English rock band Inspiral Carpets.-Life:...
  
  : Vocals, Guitar
• Steve Hanley
  Steve Hanley (musician)
  Steve Hanley is an Irish-born English musician, based in Manchester. He is best known for playing bass guitar in The Fall from 1979 to 1998, and afterwards in The Lovers....
  
  : Bass, backing vocals
• Paul Hanley
  Paul Hanley (musician)
  Paul Hanley is an English musician, based in Manchester. He is best known for playing drums in The Fall and The Lovers.-Career:...
  
  : Drums, backing vocals
• Jason Brown: Guitar, backing vocals
• Kelly Wood: Farfisa Keyboard, Melodica, Synthesiser, Vibraphone, backing vocals

Reception

The album was given a six out of ten rating by PopMatters

PopMatters

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, with reviewer John Bergstrom, calling "Online Pharmacy" a "Hendrix redux", and stating that Hingley sounds "like the bastard child of Paul Weller and Roger Daltrey".

External links

• The Lovers Official site
• The Lovers German site
• The Lovers at Myspace
• Online Pharmacy- Video
• The Lovers at Discogs
  Discogs
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