1. If You Leave It Alone
2. Polar Bear
If You Leave It Alone written by David Tattersall
Played by The Wave Pictures with Stanley
Recorded by Clemence Freschard in Berlin
Polar Bear written by Jack Lewis
Played by The Wave Pictures
Recorded by Simon Trought at Soup Studio
Released on 7 inch on Moshi Moshi Records, April 13th 2009
Catalogue number: moshi77
Most of my comments regarding If You Leave It Alone: the album, also stand up for If You Leave It Alone: the single. A lovely song but an odd choice. I can't really imagine this being played on the radio much. As an advert for the lp surely Bye Bye Bubble Belly would have been a better choice? Then again, I vividly recall hearing Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by Brian Adams on the radio before it came out in the early 90s and saying to a friend, "What an awful, boring song! There's no way that'll be a hit!"... so what do I know?
ReplyDeleteB-side Polar Bear is a great, fun, little ditty. The WP's are the only band I've ever bought digital downloads for, so having paid Moshi Moshi 80p, or whatever it is, for this track I was in the dark that it was a cover version until I read it on their website. Whether it sounds like a Tattersall song, or whether his voice has become so distinctive by this point that it makes it a Tattersall song, I don't know. I do know I love listening to it and when he cracks up singing the lyrics it always brings a smile to my face.