The Pale Fountains - Palm of my hand ( Remaster )

DescriptionThe bounciness of the Pale Fountains went penalized in the days of Echo and the Bunnymen and the Smiths. "Optimism -- yuck." Michael Head's stylistic hopscotch and wide-eyed sunnyness might have translated better in the late ‘90s, had he stuck with that program for his later band, Shack. If the band had set their sights on one or two areas of their record collections for inspiration instead of darn near everything, Pacific Street might not have been so out of place when it was released. Bold indeed, the expanded version of Pacific Street (issued by Virgin with four bonus tracks) veers from every angle of ‘70s AM soft rock, stylish soul pop à la Orange Juice (but not as effective), Bacharach/David, and Brazilian jazz. You can imagine Dionne Warwick singing the chorus of "Abergele Next Time"; the non-album single "Palm of My Hand" veers dangerously close to muzak, and the steel drum-and-trumpet combos were more than enough to incite gagging from the pop underground. Too bad. Like the following From Across the Kitchen Table, Pacific Street wasn't able to succeed on the charts, so the too varied and too happy Pale Fountains were left in limbo. For all its faults, the band's debut isn't half bad, and it doesn't sound horribly outdated decades later.

[@jorgevelascoolea2697]

No he vuelto a oír a este grupo eran muy buenos esta canción es una obra de arte de los 80

[@Dizzyflip]

Vastly underrated band. Pacific Street was, and still is absolute bonkers!

[@docemonkeys]

Great work for a masterpiece song!

[@tzortzat]

One of my favourite songs ever

[@francisco.j.martinezmonroy9698]

Memorable banda perteneciente al pop acústico británico, grupo de culto poco valorado, de la misma horma que aztec camera, haircut 100, friends again y housemartins

[@majortom66]

Awesome 👍🏼 Love the paleys, Shack and Michael Head 🤟🏼Great song 🎸

[@georgioskarapanagiotidis6642]

The most underrated music band in the world and the most underrated single ever

[@susanaviedmarodriguez2262]

Nos encanta

[@stpauliboysinbrown]

Meadow of Love is one of the greatest songs of all times; honestly

[@fabienmarinel6232]

Un enchantement 😎

[@petervanlaren7116]

Remember those days...when you had it all in the palm of your hand.

[@grantwilletts5669]

One of my favourite '80s bands. Brilliant.

[@raquelpabalate8125]

We miss you guys, we miss your band forever especially Michael head God bless you all from the Philippines

[@marianthy70]

Amazing!!!

[@johnking-wm1oz]

Yes... 😉

[@stefanoschronis623]

Yes

[@tasyo10]

Oh my oh my finally i found you in my palm of my hand now :0

[@Lorrico14]

RIP Alan Rankine. Can hear the Associates influence in this.

[@jbevans6303]

I just thought the same, Associates are my all time favourite band

[@pierograziani8885]

Bellissimo

[@jonasrodriguez444]

Sooo new wave... sooo 80s... oooh...

[@MrSophiaCampbell]

brilliance

[@nekodavi]

perfect anime ending song

[@paolomassimoredaelli]

Pacific Street is a great album. They should have earned more. Too bad

[@keplertagapan2912]

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[@OtakuNerd94]

Yu Yu Hakusho ending

[@carlospires7411]

I was confused with 4AD band Pale Saints...

[@22Phantasm]

They are both excellent bands.

[@keplertagapan2912]

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[@stevegreg8181]

Not at all close to Elevator _ Muzak _ Music, ohhh brilliant.