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Happy Mondays

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Happy Mondays are a British alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s...

 band from Salford, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.56 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and...

. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder
Shaun Ryder
Shaun William Ryder is an English vocalist and songwriter and an ex-postman who became famous in the Madchester era.-Happy Mondays era:...

 on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass
Bass guitar
The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....

, lead guitarist Mark Day (aka "Moose" or "Cowhead"), keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan. Mark "Bez" Berry would later join the band onstage during a live performance after befriending Shaun Ryder (known to him as "X") and served as a dancer/percussionist.
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Happy Mondays are a British alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s...

 band from Salford, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.56 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and...

. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder
Shaun Ryder
Shaun William Ryder is an English vocalist and songwriter and an ex-postman who became famous in the Madchester era.-Happy Mondays era:...

 on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass
Bass guitar
The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....

, lead guitarist Mark Day (aka "Moose" or "Cowhead"), keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan. Mark "Bez" Berry would later join the band onstage during a live performance after befriending Shaun Ryder (known to him as "X") and served as a dancer/percussionist. Rowetta Satchell joined the band to provide backing vocals in the early 1990s.

First incarnation


The first official release from Happy Mondays was the "Forty Five E.P.
Forty Five E.P.
Forty Five E.P. is the debut E.P. from Madchester band the Happy Mondays, often incorrectly called the Delightful E.P. after its first track. It was released on Factory Records in 1985....

", often incorrectly called the "Delightful E.P." after its first track. It was released on Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and James and Orchestral...

 in 1985.

Manchester pop impresario
Impresario
Impresario Impresario Impresario (from the Italian impresa, an enterprise or undertaking   Origin: mid 18th century, from Italian impresa, ‘undertaking.’ New Oxford American Dictionary.
  Impresa: enterprise; deed; company...

 Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson
Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC....

 discovered the Mondays (then managed by Phil Saxe) at a battle of the bands contest held at his Haçienda nightclub
Nightclub
A nightclub is a drinking, dancing and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. People who frequent nightclubs are known as clubbers...

. Their first album, Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile was the first album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1987 and produced by John Cale....

, debuted in 1987 and was produced by John Cale
John Cale
John Davies Cale is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....

. This was followed by Bummed
Bummed
Bummed was the second album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1988.Warner later released a 2CD Collector's Edition on . This release collected the original 1988 album with a second disc of remixes from the era.-Production:...

in 1988, produced by Martin Hannett
Martin Hannett
Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer who helped develop Joy Division and was an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...

, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London....

in 1990 produced by Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold is an English record producer and a trance DJ.-Early career :Paul Oakenfold's career was set to be a chef, after having hopes of becoming part of a band. He describes his early life as a "bedroom deejay" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's 24 Hours, stating he grew up...

 and Yes Please!
Yes Please!
Yes Please! was the last studio album that the British band Happy Mondays recorded before leaving Factory Records. Generally seen as their poorest work, it was released in 1992 and was produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads...

in 1992, produced by Chris Frantz
Chris Frantz
Chris Frantz is an American musician and producer. He was the drummer for both Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club.- Career :...

 and Tina Weymouth
Tina Weymouth
Martina Michèle "Tina" Weymouth is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the influential New Wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club .-Profile:Weymouth is of French heritage on her mother's side...

. By the late 1980s, the Happy Mondays were an important part of the Manchester music scene and personified rave
Rave
Rave or rave party is a term first used in the 1980s and 90s to describe dance parties with fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties DJs and other performers play Electronic Dance Music...

 culture. Shaun Ryder
Shaun Ryder
Shaun William Ryder is an English vocalist and songwriter and an ex-postman who became famous in the Madchester era.-Happy Mondays era:...

 fought against a serious drug problem which typified the scene and the era, except for the fighting part.

Musically, the band fused indie pop guitars with a rhythmic style that owed much to house music
House music
House is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American and Latino American communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City, New Jersey, Detroit and Miami...

, funk
Funk
Funk is an American music genre that originated in the late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

, and northern soul
Northern soul
Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged from the British mod scene, initially in northern England in the late 1960s. Northern soul mainly consists of a particular style of black American soul music based on the heavy beat and fast tempo of the mid-1960s Tamla Motown sound...

. Much of their music was remixed by popular DJs, emphasizing the dance influences even further. In terms of style and dress, they crossed hippy fashion and ideals with 1970s glamour. Sartorially and musically, the band helped to encourage the psychedelic
Psychedelic
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλείν , translating to "mind-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly ordinary fetters...

 revival associated with acid house
Acid house
Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed by mid-1980s DJs from Chicago who experimented with the Roland TB-303...

. One of their most popular songs was "Lazyitis (One Armed Boxer)", featuring a surreal duet between Ryder and Karl Denver
Karl Denver
Karl Denver , was a Scottish singer, who, with his trio {Kevin Neil ; Gerry Cottrell } had a series of UK hit...

.

Second incarnation


The Mondays disbanded in 1992, and Shaun Ryder and Bez formed Black Grape
Black Grape
Black Grape were a rock band from England.Black Grape's music is funky and eclectic, using varied instrumentation and samples. Ryder's lyrics seemed to derive mainly from nonsense rhymes and humorous catch phrases.- History :...

 with ex-Paris Angels guitarist "Wags" (who would later go on to serve in the 1999-2000 reincarnation of the Mondays) and ex-Ruthless Rap Assassins star Kermit. Seven years passed, but in 1999 Happy Mondays reformed, minus Paul Davis and Mark Day. In their place were Wags and a number of other musicians close to Shaun Ryder. However, the reunion with a world tour and the release of a new single, "The Boys Are Back in Town," was to be short-lived. The single reached number 24 in the UK Singles Chart
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 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...

. In 2000 the band called it a day after providing support for Oasis on their "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants" tour. Ben Leach
Ben Leach
Ben Leach was the keyboard and synthesizer player in the Liverpool-based pop band, The Farm. He joined in 1986, and was the band's youngest member. He later went on to become keyboard player for the second incarnation of Happy Mondays in the early to mid 1990s....

, former member of the Farm, joined in the late 1990s. He was the band's keyboard player and programmer.

The band is featured in the 2002 movie 24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People
24 Hour Party People is a 2002 film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom....

, with Danny Cunningham as Shaun Ryder and Paul Popplewell
Paul Popplewell
Paul Popplewell was born in 1977 and raised in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.He became a professional Actor aged 16 when he dropped out of college after gaining the lead role of Simon in multi award winning BBC Television Drama ‘Criminal’ for which he won Best Actor at the Golden Chest Film...

 as Paul Ryder. Paul Ryder himself had a cameo role in the film as a gangster
Gangster
A Gangster is a criminal who is a member of a crime organization, such as a gang. The terms are most commonly used in reference to members of the criminal organizations associated with American prohibition and the American offshoot of the Italian Mafia, such as the Chicago Outfit, the Philadelphia...

 and Rowetta
Rowetta
Rowetta Satchell, simply known as Rowetta is an English singer, best known for her appearance on series 1 of The X Factor, in which she came fourth after Tabby Callaghan, G4 and Steve Brookstein and was the last female in the competition.-Early Years:Rowetta was born to a Jewish mother and a...

 (who sang for the band on Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London....

 and Yes Please!
Yes Please!
Yes Please! was the last studio album that the British band Happy Mondays recorded before leaving Factory Records. Generally seen as their poorest work, it was released in 1992 and was produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads...

) appeared in the film as herself.

Third incarnation


2004 saw another reformation, comprising Bez, Gary Whelan and Shaun Ryder, following the latter's unsuccessful solo career. (Paul Ryder was not present, having sworn to never perform with his brother again following the 2000 break-up and also having gone on to have success with his new band Big Arm.) The trio of original members were joined by new guitarist Kav Sandhu
Kav Sandhu
Kav Sandhu is a British artist from Leicester. He launched his new self titled project "KAV" in February 2008 with his band comprising Sandhu , Jim Portas , Dan Gulino and Bobby Angels he has recently been joined by new members Gren Spencer and Rich Nightingale...

, with the rest of his band Sonic Audio serving as members of the Mondays live line-up (bassist Mikey Shine, keyboard player Dave Parkinson
Dave Parkinson
Dave Parkinson is the director and co-founder of the Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty. Parkinson's work with the coalition resulted in Governor George W Bush being invited to the execution of Shaka Sankofa in 2000....

, guitarist Jonn Dunn and Poss on decks). This new version of the group released a live DVD that year of a show in Barcelona, and rumours abounded that the band was recording a new album. The Mondays played a variety of festival dates in 2005 (including Global Gathering
Global Gathering
GlobalGathering is an annual dance music festival by Angel Music Group, the company behind Godskitchen, and is a key player in the international festival market...

, capping it off with a concert at the Manchester Evening News Arena
Manchester Evening News Arena
The Manchester Evening News Arena or M.E.N. Arena is a large indoor arena in Manchester, England...

 in their hometown. Backing singers on the tour included Angie Brown
Angie Brown
Angie Brown is a female singer/songwriter from Brixton, in South London.Brown, whose vocals have been featured on tracks of diverse acts ranging from Fatboy Slim to Lisa Stansfield & The Wah Brothers, is more famous as the featured vocalist on Bizarre Inc's two #1 Hot Dance Music/Club Play hits ...

 and Ron Carroll
Ron Carroll
Ron Carroll is an American DJ, singer, songwriter and producer. He is primarily known in the house music circuit. Carroll has worked with many of house's most famous producers, including E-Smoove, Maurice Joshua and Bob Sinclar. He has also produced, usually with partner Spero Pagos, for other...

.

In June 2006, the Mondays performed another gig in Liverpool, and on Sunday 30 July 2006 they were special guests at The Fuji Rock Festival, a 3 day festival held at the Naeba Ski Resort in Japan. They performed a 60 minute set, starting with "Loose Fit" and ending with "24 Hour Party People".

In early August 2006, the band announced that they had completed their first album in 14 years with producers Sunny Levine and Howie B, and have recently signed to Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records is a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world. It was also the world's largest independent owners of...

. A new single "Playground Superstar", from the soundtrack for the football film Goal!
Goal! (film)
Goal! is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon.This is the first installment of a trilogy named Goal!. This film was made with full cooperation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual teams and players are used throughout the movie...

was released a few months prior to completion of the new album, titled Uncle Dysfunktional
Uncle Dysfunktional
Uncle Dysfunktional is a studio album from Happy Mondays. Their first album since Yes Please! in 1992. The album has a hidden track which is the second of the two untitled tracks...

and released in Summer 2007.

Happy Mondays performed before another reformed act, Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine , is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1991...

, to put the finishing touches at the 2007 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California
Indio, California
Indio is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, located in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's desert region. It lies east of Palm Springs, east of Riverside, east of San Bernardino, and east of Los Angeles. The population was 49,116 at the 2000 census...

 on April 27, 2007. They were introduced that night by Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson
Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC....

. Bez missed the show because he could not get into the U.S. due to "passport" issues. The band then toured medium-sized venues in England in May 2007, playing old and new material. Various festival dates in the UK and New York City were performed throughout Summer 2007. The Happy Mondays have been announced to play Splendour in the Grass in Australia in July 2009.Additionally, they will play the V Festival in the UK in August 2009

Happy Mondays will tour the U.S. with the Psychedelic Furs in the Fall of 2009.

Sound Files

Year Song title Album Label
1988
1988 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.
- Events :
*January 3 - The Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, California, USA, is...

:
Bummed
Bummed
Bummed was the second album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1988.Warner later released a 2CD Collector's Edition on . This release collected the original 1988 album with a second disc of remixes from the era.-Production:...

Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and James and Orchestral...

1989
1989 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:
*January 14 - Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...

:
Madchester Rave On E.P.
Madchester Rave On E.P.
The Happy Mondays' Madchester Rave On E.P. was released in the November of 1989 on Factory Records and was seen to be one of the key releases from the Madchester music scene. Also this E.P. has been heavily influenced by the Acid House and Rave or club scenes at the time.Shortly afterwards, the...

Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and James and Orchestral...

1990
1990 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:
*January 21 - MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical pie, Squeeze...

:
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London....

Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and James and Orchestral...


Studio albums

  • Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
    Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
    Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile was the first album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1987 and produced by John Cale....

    (1987, FACT 170)
  • Bummed
    Bummed
    Bummed was the second album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1988.Warner later released a 2CD Collector's Edition on . This release collected the original 1988 album with a second disc of remixes from the era.-Production:...

    (1988, FACT 220)
  • Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
    Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
    Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London....

    (1990, FACT 320) #4 UK, #89 US
  • Yes Please!
    Yes Please!
    Yes Please! was the last studio album that the British band Happy Mondays recorded before leaving Factory Records. Generally seen as their poorest work, it was released in 1992 and was produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads...

    (1992, FACT 420) #14 UK
  • Uncle Dysfunktional
    Uncle Dysfunktional
    Uncle Dysfunktional is a studio album from Happy Mondays. Their first album since Yes Please! in 1992. The album has a hidden track which is the second of the two untitled tracks...

    (2007) #73 UK

Live albums

  • Live
    Live (Happy Mondays album)
    Live was the first official live, and overall sixth, album by the British band Happy Mondays, recorded live at Elland Road stadium, Leeds, England on June 1, 1991. The album is viewed with disdain by many, who see it as an attempt to cash in on the proliferation of live bootleg recordings of the...

    (1991, FACT 322) #21 UK
  • Step On - Live In Barcelona
    Step On - Live in Barcelona
    Step On - Live In Barcelona is Happy Mondays second official live album. It was recorded in Barcelona in 2004.- Track listing :#Kinky Afro#Loose Fit#Reverend Black Grape#Bob's Yer Uncle#Step On#Donovan#Hallelujah#Mad Cyril#WFL...

    (2005) #194 UK

Compilation/remix/rare albums

  • Hallelujah
    Hallelujah (Happy Mondays album)
    Hallelujah was a 7-track EP by Madchester band Happy Mondays released in 1989 and featuring a number of remixes by Paul Oakenfold.- Track listing :#Hallelujah #Clap Your Hands#Holy Ghost#Rave On#Hallelujah...

    (1989, FACT 260)
  • The Peel Sessions 1989
    The Peel Sessions 1989
    - Track listing :#Tart Tart#Mad Cyril#Do It Better...

    (1990) #79 UK
  • The Peel Sessions 1991
    The Peel Sessions 1991
    - Track listing :#Kuff Dam#Freaky Dancing#Olive Oil#Cob 20...

    (1991)
  • Double Easy - The U.S. Singles
    Double Easy - The U.S. Singles
    Double Easy is a U.S. only singles compilation by Happy Mondays. It was released in September 1993.-Track listing:All tracks by Happy Mondays#"24 Hour Party People" – 4:37#"Wrote For Luck" – 3:43#"Lazyitis" – 2:46...

    (1993)
  • Loads
    Loads (album)
    Loads is the title of a 1995 compilation of the British pop group Happy Mondays. It was released both in a single-disc edition and as a limited edition 2-CD set...

    (1995) #41 UK
  • Greatest Hits (1999) #11 UK
  • The Platinum Collection
    The Platinum Collection (Happy Mondays album)
    The Platinum Collection is a compilation album by Madchester band the Happy Mondays. It is the bands fourth compilation. No new material was included on the release- Track listing :#Step On#Judge Fudge#The Boys Are Back in Town#Lazyitis#WFL...

    (2005) #19 UK
  • Bummed - Collector's Edition
    Bummed
    Bummed was the second album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1988.Warner later released a 2CD Collector's Edition on . This release collected the original 1988 album with a second disc of remixes from the era.-Production:...

    (2007)
  • Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches - Collector's Edition
    Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
    Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London....

    (2007)

Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
UK Singles Chart
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 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...

 
U.S. Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

U.S. Modern Rock
Modern Rock Tracks
Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...

U.S. Dance
Hot Dance Club Play
Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

1985 Forty Five E.P.
Forty Five E.P.
Forty Five E.P. is the debut E.P. from Madchester band the Happy Mondays, often incorrectly called the Delightful E.P. after its first track. It was released on Factory Records in 1985....

- - - - -
1986 "Freaky Dancing" - - - - -
1987 "Tart tart
Tart tart
"Tart Tart" is a 1987 single by the Madchester band Happy Mondays. It was the first single to be released from their album Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile in March 1987...

"
- - - - Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party
People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile was the first album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1987 and produced by John Cale....

"24 Hour Party People" - - - -
1988 "Wrote For Luck" - - - - Bummed
Bummed
Bummed was the second album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1988.Warner later released a 2CD Collector's Edition on . This release collected the original 1988 album with a second disc of remixes from the era.-Production:...

1989 "Lazyitis" (FAC 222) - - - -
"WFL (Wrote For Luck)" (re-mix) (FAC 232) 68 - - -
Madchester Rave On E.P.
Madchester Rave On E.P.
The Happy Mondays' Madchester Rave On E.P. was released in the November of 1989 on Factory Records and was seen to be one of the key releases from the Madchester music scene. Also this E.P. has been heavily influenced by the Acid House and Rave or club scenes at the time.Shortly afterwards, the...

(FAC 242)
19 - - - -
1990 "Step On" (FAC 272) 5 57 9 13 Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London....

"Lazyitis (One-Armed Boxer Mix)"
(Happy Mondays & Karl Denver
Karl Denver
Karl Denver , was a Scottish singer, who, with his trio {Kevin Neil ; Gerry Cottrell } had a series of UK hit...

)
46 - - - Bummed
Bummed
Bummed was the second album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1988.Warner later released a 2CD Collector's Edition on . This release collected the original 1988 album with a second disc of remixes from the era.-Production:...

"Kinky Afro
Kinky Afro
"Kinky Afro" is a 1990 single by Happy Mondays. It was the second single from the band's third album Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches. The song was the band's biggest hit in the United States hitting #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. It also hit #5 in the UK, tied with "Step On" as the band's...

" (FAC 302)
5 - 1 - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches was the third album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in 1990 and was produced by Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne at Eden Studios in London....

1991 "Loose Fit" (FAC 312) 17 - - -
"Bob's Yer Uncle" - - 23 25
"Judge Fudge" (FAC 332) 24 - - - -
1992 "Stinkin Thinkin" (FAC 362) 31 - 21 1 Yes Please!
Yes Please!
Yes Please! was the last studio album that the British band Happy Mondays recorded before leaving Factory Records. Generally seen as their poorest work, it was released in 1992 and was produced by Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads...

"Sunshine And Love" (FAC 372) 62 - - 5
1999 "The Boys Are Back in Town" [Clean Mix] 24 - - - Greatest Hits
2002 "24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter
Jon Carter
Jon Carter is an Essex-born DJ noted for producing big beat electronica. Carter was a frequent DJ at the Heavenly Sunday Social Club in its heyday. Most of his work has been released by Heavenly Records, although he has also appeared on Wall of Sound...

 mix)"
97 - - - 24 Hour Party People Soundtrack
2005 "Playground Superstar" 51 - - - Goal! Soundtrack
Goal! (film)
Goal! is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon.This is the first installment of a trilogy named Goal!. This film was made with full cooperation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual teams and players are used throughout the movie...

2007 "Jellybean
Jellybean (Happy Mondays song)
"Jellybean" is the first single from Happy Mondays' 2007 album Uncle Dysfunktional. The song was released as a download only single via iTunes on 16 July 2007. The b-side is a live version of the song....

"
- - - - Uncle Dysfunktional
Uncle Dysfunktional
Uncle Dysfunktional is a studio album from Happy Mondays. Their first album since Yes Please! in 1992. The album has a hidden track which is the second of the two untitled tracks...

"Dysfunktional Uncle
Dysfunktional Uncle
"Dysfunktional Uncle" is the second single from Happy Mondays' 2007 album Uncle Dysfunktional. The song was released as a download only single via iTunes on 8 October 2007. The cover artwork is identical to that of the album artwork excpt the words "Uncle" and "Dysfunktional" have been swapped...

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