Product Description
Michael Head and The Strands – The Magical World Of The Strands (Cream Vinyl)
Label: SRD
RELEASE DATE: 24th January 2025
Michael Head was once famously dubbed ‘the best songwriter you’ve never heard of’. Well, he seems content to embody both parts of that statement. Continuing to produce wonderful material – seriously, check out his second record as Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band – the songwriter forever manages to escape the success which enraptures lesser talent. Initially released in 1997, The Magical World Of The Strands is perhaps the songwriter’s most enduring statement. Crafted by Michael Head and The Strands, it remains a glorious, baroque pop masterpiece, an ambitious statement which captures that hazy feeling of a deeply English summer.
“an extraordinary gem’’ – 5/5 Mojo.
“andmoreagain! A love-lorn masterpiece.If anything it has improved with age’’
– 9/10 Uncut.
“One of the 1990’s great lost albums..More redolent of summer-of-love san francisco than Britpop merseyside…A classic…” – Sunday Times “must-have reissue”.
“one of the furthest reaching guitar records of the 90’s’’ – 4/5 The Guardian.
5/5 review in Mail On Sunday: “channeling a passion for love and the Byrds into beauteous chamber-folk, head built a shoestring classic, winding meshing guitars and strings around timeless songs”
“Like Nick Drake strumming along with The Stone Roses.” – 9/10 NME
“incredibly affecting, a staggering album’’ – 4/5 Q magazine
Tracklist:
A1 Queen Matilda
A2 Something Like You
A3 And Luna
A4 X Hits The Spot
A5 The Prize
A6 Undecided (Reprise)
B1 Glynys And Jaqui
B2 Its Harvest Time
B3 Loaded Man
B4 Hocken’s Hey
B5 Fontilan
