Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
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Reading, Writing and Arithmetic is the first album by The Sundays
. It was released in the United Kingdom on Rough Trade Records
, and in the United States on Geffen Records
. The album name is a reference to the band's hometown, Reading.
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The Sundays
The Sundays were an English alternative rock band. The band formed in the late 1980s and released three albums in the 1990s.-Career:The band's beginnings came with the meeting of Harriet Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin at university. Wheeler had played gigs with 'Cruel Shoes' an early...
. It was released in the United Kingdom on Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
, and in the United States on Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
. The album name is a reference to the band's hometown, Reading.
Track listing
All songs written by David Gavurin and Harriet WheelerHarriet Wheeler
Harriet Wheeler is the lead singer of the 1980s/1990s alternative rock band, The Sundays.-Early years:Wheeler grew up in Sonning Common, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, the daughter of an architect and a teacher. She was enrolled as an English literature student at Bristol University when she...
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- "Skin & Bones" – 4:16
- "Here's Where the Story EndsHere's Where the Story Ends"Here's Where the Story Ends" is a song by English alternative rock band The Sundays, released as the second single from their debut album Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic.Although it was the Sundays' biggest hit internationally, topping the U.S...
" – 3:54 - "Can't Be SureCan't Be Sure"Can't Be Sure" was the 1989 debut single by the British alternative pop group The Sundays. It was the first single to be released from their album Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, which appeared a year later. The B-side was "I Kicked a Boy", which also appeared on the album...
" – 3:22 - "I Won" – 4:23
- "Hideous Towns" – 3:46
- "You're Not the Only One I Know" – 3:50
- "A Certain Someone" – 4:25
- "I Kicked a Boy" – 2:16
- "My Finest Hour" – 3:59
- "Joy" – 4:10
Personnel
- Harriet Wheeler — Vocals
- David Gavurin — GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Paul Brindley — BassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
- Patrick Hannan — DrumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s - Lindsay Jamieson — TambourineTambourineThe tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....