V.A. - It's the Cheap Damaged Goods [1998]

Release Date: Aug 18, 1998
The U.K.'s premier outpost for punky pop and poppy punk, Damaged Goods released their first label sampler CD in 1998. It's the Cheap Damaged Goods is a 30-track history of the label's effort to bring the world some of the rawest, hookiest garage-inspired music around. The lineup includes some big names like Holly Golightly, whose "Virtually Happy" is taken from her first solo album and starts the disc off with a sultry bang; Thee Headcoats, who are the label's centerpiece group and contribute one of their most scathing tracks, "(We Hate the Fuckin') NME"; the Manic Street Preachers, whose early single "New Art Riot" is included; the always charming Helen Love; the Television Personalities; and the re-formed Revillos. Some of the lesser known bands provide the highlights of the disc: the Budget Girls' silly "Tickle Bee," Lovesick's melancholy punk-pop anthem "Sunflower," Dutronc's pounding cover of Jacques Dutronc's classic "Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi," Cukooland's C-86-styled girl-group pastiche "Endless Song," Bristols' supergroovy garage swinger "Questions I Can't Answer," and the unfortunately named the Adventures of Parsley's wonderful "On the Move." The disc presents a highly entertaining picture of a label who always knew exactly what they were on about, a label that released some of the best indie rock on the planet. The proof is in the pudding and the pudding tastes damn good.

Track list:

01.Holly Golightly - Virtually Happy
02.Helen Love - We Love You
03.Budget Girls - Tickle Be
04.Thee Headcoats - We Hate The Fuckin' NME
05.Honeyrider - Endless Summer
06.J Church - Young Mother
07.Thee Headcoatees - Davey Crocket
08.Manic Street Preachers - New Art Riot
09.Lovesick - Sunflower
10.Television Personalities - Sorry To Embarass You
11.Anorak Girl - She Says
12.Sexton Ming - Danny Edwards
13.Dutronc - Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi
14.Twister - It's A Dog's Life
15.Hopper - Baby Oil
16.Oizone - Love Me For A Reason
17.Cuckooland - Endless Song
18.Phantom Pregnancies - Ghost Boy
19.Toast - Nothing At All
20.Bristols - Questions I Can't Answer
21.Dustball - Sent Apart
22.The Revillos - Jack The Ripper
23.Wat Tyler - Justify Your Book
24.Cee Bee Beaumont - The Harbour Master
25.Period Pains - Heroes
26.Reverse - Stem The Slide
27.Bette Davis & The Balconettes - Feed My Ego
28.Armitage Shanks - Shirts Off
29.Dweeb - Retard
30.The Adventures Of Parsley - On The Move

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