Abba Are the Enemy

Abba Are the Enemy
Studio album by Tom Hingley and the Lovers
Released	September 2004
Recorded	2002 – 2004
Genre	Punk, Indie
Length	35:53
Label	Newmemorabilia Records
Producer	John Robb; Julian Gaskell
Tom Hingley and the Lovers chronology

Abba Are the enemy is the debut album by Tom Hingley and the Lovers, which features Inspiral Carpets singer Tom Hingley, Steve Hanley and Paul Hanley from Manchester punk band The Fall. It was released in 2004.

Track listing

All Songs written by Tom Hingley, Steve Hanley, Paul Hanley, Kelly Wood, James Brown, except "Hole" written by Tom Hingley. Lyrics on "No Way Out" by Kelly Wood.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Temperamental Jimmy"	2:22
2.	"Online Pharmacy"	2:49
3.	"Yeah"	2:56
4.	"Hole"	2:32
5.	"Tattyfalarious"	2:38
6.	"No Way Out"	4:08
7.	"Boyband"	2:35
8.	"Big Mistake"	3:34
9.	"3145"	3:12
10.	"Third Cumming"	1:11
11.	"I Feel Old"	3:23
12.	"Perfect Body"	3:49
13.	"Online Pharmacy" (video)

Personnel

The band

Tom Hingley: Vocals, Guitar
Steve Hanley: Bass, backing vocals
Paul Hanley: Drums, backing vocals
Jason Brown: Guitar, backing vocals
Kelly Wood: Farfisa Keyboard, Melodica, Synthesiser, Vibraphone, backing vocals

Guest musicians

Julian Gaskell: Piano strings on "Tattyfalarious"

Reception

The album was given a six out of ten rating by PopMatters, with reviewer John Bergstrom, calling "Online Pharmacy" a "Hendrix redux", and stating that Hingley sounds "like the bastard child of Paul Weller and Roger Daltrey".[1]

References

Bergstrom, John (2005) "Tom Hingley and the Lovers: Abba Are the Enemy", PopMatters, 7 March 2005, retrieved 2010-06-20

External links

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[Bergstrom-1] Bergstrom, John (2005) "Tom Hingley and the Lovers: Abba Are the Enemy", PopMatters, 7 March 2005, retrieved 2010-06-20