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Catatonia - Greatest Hits >>
A collection of Catatonia's most popular chart hits which span their career before their inaugural split in 2001. Features early singles such as 'Bleed' & 'I Am The Mob' alongside their hits 'Mulder & Scully', 'Road Rage' & the duet Cerys did with Space 'The Ballad Of Tom Jones'. 15 tracks. Warner. 2002.
Equally Cursed & Blessed >>
1999 album from the highly acclaimed Welsh indie pop/ rock outfit. 11 tracks, including the single 'Dead From The Waist Down'.
International Velvet >>
In the spring of 1998, Catatonia's International Velvet was the number one record in Britain, and they were touted as the saviors of U.K. rock. In itself, that's not such a great feat, since specious acts like Manic Street Preachers, Mansun, and Ocean Colour Scene have received similar praise. But in this case some of the accolades are justified. International Velvet is a cosmopolitan cavalcade of style and sound. Some songs ("Mulder and Scully," "International Velvet") are buoyantly punchy, combining the emphatic drama of the London Suede with the quirky vivacity of Elastica. Others ("Don't Need the Sunshine," "Johnny Come Lately") are more reminiscent of English folk- popsters like Nick Drake, and a couple ("Goldfish and Paracetamol," "Why I Can't Stand One Night Stands") even blend elements of trip-hop with lumbering bar balladry. Regardless of musical technique, all the songs are unified by the vocals of chanteuse Cerys Matthews, who can seduce, berate, and reduce the listener to tears all in a single breath. The Welsh music scene is Catatonic no more. --Jon Wiederhorn
Equally Cursed & Blessed >>
If International Velvet was Catatonia exploding into the public sights, Equally Cursed and Blessed is the sound of a band realizing what's happened. As such, it is a much more personal album. The opening track "Dead from the Waist Down" provides a tour-bus perspective on America while "Bulimic Beats" is glassily fragile and backs Cerys Matthews's voice with a harp. Catatonia continue to stomp about while displaying wit, particularly with "Londinium" ("I come alive outside the M25") and the wonderful, Clash-influenced "Storm the Palace," an anti-Royalist song suggesting what we can do with the Queen and her house ("Turn it into a bar, let them work in Spar"). Finally, on "She's a Millionaire," Matthews delivers the best pronunciation of the word "gynecology" ever recorded. --Emma Johnston
The Crai EPs 1993/94: For Tinkerbell & Hooked >>
Catatonia - Greatest Hits >>
Limited edition of 2002 compilation for the much-loved (& missed) Welsh indie-pop act includes a 12-track bonus disc featuring, 'Do You Believe In Me?', 'The Mother Of Misogyny', 'Indigo Blind', 'Godspeed', 'Imaginary Friend', 'Way Beyond Blue', 'Dream On', 'Whale', 'Branding A Mountain', 'Acapulco Gold', 'All Girls Are Fly' (hidden track) & 'Blues Song' (hidden track).
Paper Scissors Stone >>
UK edition of the Welsh indie act's fifth album, the followup to their 2000 album, Equally Cursed & Blessed. Tracks include the first single, 'Stone By Stone'. Standard jewel case in a slipcase. 2001.
Way Beyond Blue >>
Debut album from the highly acclaimed Welsh indie pop/ rockoutfit led by female vocalist Cerys Matthews. 12 tracks,including the singles 'You've Got A Lot To Answer For','Bleed', 'Sweet Catatonia' and 'For Tinkerbell'. 1996 release.
Road Rage >>
The third single from their album 'International Velvet' &the follow-up to the U.K. hit 'Mulder & Scully'. Contains'Road Rage' (Radio Edit), 'I'm Cured', 'Blow The Millennium'(Part Two) and 'Road Rage' (Ghia). Standard jewel case. 1998Blanco Y Negro releas