The Sundays

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The Sundays were an influential british indie group of the late 1980s and 1990s. Singer Harriet Wheeler and guitarist David Gavurin formed the band in college at bristol, soon adding bassist Paul Brindley and drummer Patrick Hannan. Comparisons were drawn with original label-mates The Smiths, and bands such as Cocteau Twins, and 10,000 Maniacs.

Their level of commercial success was almost unprecedented by an indie act when their first album ‘Reading Writing and Arithmetic’ (rough trade, 1989) debuted in the British charts at number 4…, (even cracking the US Top 40) with little publicity and almost a year after the legendary single and John Peel fave ‘Can’t Be Sure’ peaked at number 45. This now seminal album also featured the single “Here’s Where The Story Ends” (more recently covered by ‘Tin Tin Out’) and other classic indie pop tunes ‘Skin & Bones’, ‘Hideous Towns’ and ‘I Kicked A Boy’.

A US tour and a (soon to become infamous) “break” preceded follow-up album ‘Blind’ (1992) for which sky-high critical expectations couldn’t be met, though single ‘Goodbye’ fared well reaching number 27. It was a long wait before third and most recent album ‘Static and Silence’ (parlophone, 1997) was released, followed by a 3-date UK, and 14-date U.S tour. Single “Summertime” (possibly one of the most summery singles ever released) was taken from this album, and garnered airplay in most parts of the world, although the follow-up “Cry” didn’t fare quite as well.

1	Here's Where The Story Ends full track	618
2	Wild Horses	580
3	Summertime full track	325
4	Can't Be Sure full track	292
5	You're Not The Only One I Know full track	244
6	Skin & Bones full track	191
7	I Kicked a Boy full track	187
8	My Finest Hour full track	173
8	Hideous Towns full track	173
10	Goodbye	168
11	I Won full track	166
12	Joy full track	156
13	A Certain Someone full track	152
14	I Feel	125
15	Love	120

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ihavesoldout wrote:
Monday afternoon

not even a million plays ^^

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ihavesoldout wrote:
Monday afternoon

<3

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marsil88 wrote:
Saturday afternoon

I think I'm the only one in Italy to know them....of course it's impossible to find them in the shops....how sad

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femme_pop wrote:
7 days ago

i adore the sundays, their music changed my life and inspired me beyond belief. check out www.myspace.com/femmepop

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lalalovey wrote:
last month

i looooooooooooooooooooove them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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leothar wrote:
last month

nativeseduction: actually, it came out in 1989, which qualifies as the late 80s ;)

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russell63 wrote:
last month

The best female voice hands down!!!

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coolbeanie wrote:
last month

This band is fantastic! Can't believe it took me so long to get into this band. Wow!

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YControl755 wrote:
last month

long live dream pop

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MecasSingelo wrote:
last month

it's so weird, i never had listened to this before, still it feels so "my childhood".

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1800sseamonster wrote:
last month

It's just like the Smiths but fronted by a purdy lady and with less intelligible lyrics and slightly less clever guitar figures! BUT IT'S STILL GREAT!

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jillyteeth wrote:
last month

Hooray for high school memories. I wish I knew how to rat my hair like Harriet's! So adorable....Wonder what she's up to these days....

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nativeseduction wrote:
last month

Their first album came out in 1990. Sooo basically you're a liar and you're going to hell. You terrorist-sympathizing pagan.

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70skev wrote:
June 2008

love them since buying their first album in late 80s and fell in love with her voice

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IAJP wrote:
June 2008

I WON!

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Trash-Treasury wrote:
June 2008

I've officially fallen in love with this band!

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vangraven wrote:
June 2008

eyes closed and dream away ....

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disasterhead wrote:
June 2008

its just you and me in the summertime...ah what a lovely sound

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pinkpixiedream wrote:
June 2008

aww such sweet memories of early high school. i miss the innocence. i had so much ahead of me. and now i look back. funny how life works. i am sure there is more to come, and then look back on. until i'm gone and i'm hopefully will be forever here and now. until later. or before. wait? was i just saying something? let me go back and read what i wrote.

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_KevMusic_ wrote:
May 2008

Beautiful, beautifully essential stuff :) <pours out love>

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