H.M.S. Fable (Light Blue) – National Album Day 2024 Shack SKU: SHACKLP1X Barcode: 5051142062130 25.00 £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Shack Songs Released Date: 19th October 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info SHACK's 1999 MASTERPIECE ISSUED FOR THE *FIRST TIME ON VINYL* ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FIRST RELEASE! LIGHT BLUE COLOUR VINYL VERSION ALL FORMATS INCLUDE A NEW 8-PAGE BOOKLET. One of THE most iconic albums to hail from Merseyside. ‘H.M.S. Fable’ was the third LP released from Shack following 1988’s ‘Zilch’ and 1995’s ‘Waterpistol’. A collection of majestic storytelling in guitar form, written by two extraordinarily talented brothers, Michael & John Head. Originally released on Laurel Records/London Records in 1999, the band at that time comprised of: MICHAEL HEAD – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar JOHN HEAD – Electric Guitar, Vocals REN PARRY- Bass Guitar IAIN TEMPLETON – Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals. The album was voted #2 in both NME and Uncut’s critics album of the year polls, only missing out to The Flaming Lips’ ‘The Soft Bulletin’ in both. Now released on the band’s newly-formed label Shack Songs, ‘H.M.S. Fable’ encompasses many musical styles, from orchestral guitar pop to psychedelic-tinged folk and even elements of Britpop, nicely summed up by the editor of NME Steve Sutherland in a 9/10 review, in June 1999: Not since Liam Gallagher howled his early indolent disdain has this music sounded so alive. ‘Pull Together’ is an anthem easily the equal of Oasis at their most loved-up and huge. ‘Comedy’ tender and uplifting, like the missing track from ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, ‘Daniella’ a haunted and exhausted homage to Head’s hero Arthur Lee, and ‘Lend Some Dough’ a rollicking Scouse Play For Today with a chorus that goes, ‘I’ve got a sore back and I’m itching’. The Shack story is one of music’s greatest legends. It incorporates hardship, bereavement and chaotic misadventure, but above all it tells the tale of beautiful music triumphing over trouble and tragedy. In the 80s, the two brothers from the notorious Kensington estate in north Liverpool were singer and guitarist with The Pale Fountains, an effervescent pop group which imploded under the weight of two albums in 1986. The Heads returned in ‘88 as Shack and a debut album ‘Zilch’. In 1991, Shack made ‘Waterpistol’, an inspirational guitar jewel that would have proved just as influential as any British album in that era had the studio not burned down, taking the master tapes with it. Four more years passed, but by the time it was finally released on Marina it had developed ‘lost classic’ status. The Heads battled on. They toured as their hero Arthur Lee (RIP) of Love’s backing band. In ‘97, they created a new group called The Strands and recorded the delicate, dreamy masterpiece ‘The Magical World Of The Strands’. They spent a long time making another classic ‘H.M.S. Fable’… PREVIOUS PRESS ON ‘H.M.S. FABLE’: ‘It’s so splendid it will make you cry’ – 9/10 NME ‘If the Pale Fountains were chamber pop, then Shack is anthemic, orchestral pop at its glorious best. Wistful and irresistible melodies back up lyrics of well-worn lives‘ – 8.8/10 PopMatters Artist Shack Genre Rock And Pop Label Shack Songs Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1 Natalie's Party 2 Comedy 3 Pull Together 4 Beautiful 5 Lend's Some Dough 6 Captain's Table 7 Streets Of Kenny 8 Reinstated 9 I Want You 10 Cornish Town 11 Since I Met You 12 Daniella Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Shack and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Shack H.M.S. Fable (Black) – National Album Day 2024 Rock And Pop | Shack Songs | 180g, 1LP Released 19th October 2024 £25.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Shack H.M.S. 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