Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine
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Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine is a collection of songs by Cosmic Rough Riders
, featuring tracks from their first two self-financed albums as well as three new tracks. The album was put together by Alan McGee
's Poptones
label as a starting point for mainstream listeners (as they would later do for The Hives
with Your New Favourite Band
). The album spawned four singles including the UK Top 40
hits "Revolution (In the Summertime?)
" and "The Pain Inside".
's Castlemilk
housing scheme and released on two self-financed albums; Deliverance (1999) and Panorama (2000). These albums were critically well received and sold out their initial pressings but the limited distribution and lack of promotion meant they did not cross over to a wide audience. On hearing Panorama, Alan McGee signed the band to a one album deal. The album would take the best of the first two albums as well as some new tracks.
status (sales of 60,000) in the UK
and it was named by Q magazine
as one of the 50 best albums of the year. It would go on to achieve sales of over 100,000.
Four singles were released on Poptones in 2001 starting with "Melanie" in February (UK #111) and "Baby, You're So Free" in April (UK #76). Their next single, "Revolution (In the Summertime?)
" released in July, became their first Top 40 hit
, reaching #35 and gave them their debut on BBC Television
's Top of the Pops
. The final single "The Pain Inside" also broke the Top 40, reaching #36 in September.
Cosmic Rough Riders
The Cosmic Rough Riders are a pop/rock band from Glasgow, United Kingdom. They were originally formed in 1998 by Daniel Wylie and Stephen Fleming, and later they were joined by Mark Brown and James Clifford...
, featuring tracks from their first two self-financed albums as well as three new tracks. The album was put together by Alan McGee
Alan McGee
Alan McGee has been a record label owner, musician, manager, and music blogger for The Guardian.McGee is best-known for co-forming and running the independent Creation Records label from 1983–1999, and then Poptones from 1999-2007...
's Poptones
Poptones
Poptones is a record label launched by Alan McGee after the demise of Creation Records in 1999. Named after a Public Image Limited song, it is seen as something of a return to the staunchly independent roots of Creation...
label as a starting point for mainstream listeners (as they would later do for The Hives
The Hives
The Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told...
with Your New Favourite Band
Your New Favourite Band
Your New Favourite Band is a collection by The Hives released in 2001, featuring tracks from their first two albums and the A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T EP. The decision to release such a compilation after only two albums were made with the intention of achieving mainstream success in the UK and the US...
). The album spawned four singles including the UK Top 40
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
hits "Revolution (In the Summertime?)
Revolution (In the Summertime?)
"Revolution " is a song by the Scottish rock band Cosmic Rough Riders. Released in 2001, it was one of two Top 40 hits for the band that year, along with "The Pain Inside".-Track listing:# "Revolution "# "Move Along"...
" and "The Pain Inside".
History
Most of the tracks on the album were recorded by Wylie and Flemming in a community funded recording studio in GlasgowGlasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
's Castlemilk
Castlemilk
Castlemilk is a district of Glasgow, Scotland. It lies to the south of the city adjacent to Rutherglen, Croftfoot, Simshill and the separate village of Carmunnock...
housing scheme and released on two self-financed albums; Deliverance (1999) and Panorama (2000). These albums were critically well received and sold out their initial pressings but the limited distribution and lack of promotion meant they did not cross over to a wide audience. On hearing Panorama, Alan McGee signed the band to a one album deal. The album would take the best of the first two albums as well as some new tracks.
Track listing
The album is mostly made up with ten of the fourteen tracks from Panorama with two tracks from Deliverance ("Glastonbury Revisited" and "Emily Darling") and three new tracks ("Sometime", "Morning Sun" and "Baby, You're So Free" - itself a reworked version of Deliverance track "Baby").- "Brothers Gather Round" - 1:12
- "The Gun Isn't Loaded" - 2:51
- "Glastonbury Revisited" - 2:46
- "Baby, You're So Free" - 3:45
- "Value of Life" - 2:38
- "Revolution (In the Summertime?)Revolution (In the Summertime?)"Revolution " is a song by the Scottish rock band Cosmic Rough Riders. Released in 2001, it was one of two Top 40 hits for the band that year, along with "The Pain Inside".-Track listing:# "Revolution "# "Move Along"...
" - 3:20 - "Have You Heard the News Today?" - 2:51
- "Sometime" - 3:31
- "Melanie" - 3:23
- "The Pain Inside" - 3:22
- "The Charm" - 2:03
- "The Loser" - 2:24
- "You've Got Me" - 3:10
- "Emily Darling" - 2:47
- "Morning Sun" - 0:56
Singles and chart performance
Although never reaching the UK Top 50, the album spent 17 weeks on the Top 200 in 2001, peaking at #82. Steady sales meant that by the end of 2001, the album had achieved silverMusic recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
status (sales of 60,000) in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and it was named by Q magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
as one of the 50 best albums of the year. It would go on to achieve sales of over 100,000.
Four singles were released on Poptones in 2001 starting with "Melanie" in February (UK #111) and "Baby, You're So Free" in April (UK #76). Their next single, "Revolution (In the Summertime?)
Revolution (In the Summertime?)
"Revolution " is a song by the Scottish rock band Cosmic Rough Riders. Released in 2001, it was one of two Top 40 hits for the band that year, along with "The Pain Inside".-Track listing:# "Revolution "# "Move Along"...
" released in July, became their first Top 40 hit
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
, reaching #35 and gave them their debut on BBC Television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
's Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
. The final single "The Pain Inside" also broke the Top 40, reaching #36 in September.