The Dodgy Album is the debut 1993

1993 in music

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....

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 by the British indie group Dodgy

Dodgy

Dodgy are an English power pop rock trio, that rose to prominence during the Britpop era of the 1990s, who are best known for their hits "Staying Out for the Summer", "If You're Thinking of Me", and "Good Enough"...

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"Water Under the Bridge", the first single released from this album, saw the beginning of "the way of dodgy", a step-by-step enlightened 'dodgy' philosophy

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 that would appear on the record sleeves for each of their future recordings. The artwork also included their 'mdv'

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 logo. The single was released in early 1993, and the video for the song featured the band in Amsterdam

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The second single was "Lovebirds", a song that had won them award on Gary Crowley's GLR

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 show during the band's youth. Included on the single was the acoustic live favourite "Big Brown Moon".

Continuing their new shiny artwork single success, Dodgy released "I Need Another", the cover of which depicted the band as garden gnomes

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 and included a campfire

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version of "Never Again", complete with the sound of crackling logs.

Track listing

1. Water Under the Bridge - 3:43
2. I Need Another - 3:48
3. Lovebirds - 3:56
4. Satisfied - 6:06
5. Grand Old English Oak Tree - 4:43
6. Stand by Yourself - 3:47
7. As My Time Goes By - 4:41
8. Never Again - 4:09
9. Cold Tea - 4:58
10. We're Not Going to Take This Anymore - 4:05