Happy Daze [1990]

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Happy Daze is a compilation album of songs linked to the Madchester music genre distributed by Island Records in 1990.
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The Madchester sound had been developing during the later 1980s, from its nascent jangly sounds originally showcased on the NMEs classic C86 cassette. By 1990, Madchester and related music was becoming more mainstream, but Happy Dazes release helped to crystallise awareness of the new overall Madchester sound by featuring tracks from several different yet converging forces. Although all have the Madchester spirit, by no means all the bands were from Manchester, The Shamen and The Soup Dragons being Scottish, The Charlatans from Northwich and the Pixies not being British at all (though they were very much adopted by Brits of the time).

This has been seen as a criticism of the album, along with the glaring omission of songs by New Order or The Stone Roses and for not anticipating the imminent arrival of Grunge music. However the albums mythical aura continues to inspire nostalgia in fans of Madchester era music with some bloggers still remembering the happy daze of 1989/1990 in a semi-conscious reference to this album.

Track listing

01. Loaded - Primal Scream
03. Come Home - James
04. Big - New FADs
05. Hippy Chick - Soho, the song featuring the distinctive sampled riff from The Smiths recording How Soon Is Now?
06. Velouria - The Pixies
07. Taste - Ride
08. She Comes in the Fall - Inspiral Carpets
09. Groovy Train - The Farm
10. The Only One I Know - The Charlatans
11. Circle Square - The Wonder Stuff
12. Sheriff Fatman - Carter USM
13. ProGen - The Shamen
14. Wrote For Luck - Happy Mondays
15. Im Free - Soup Dragons

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