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Onwards and
beyond the Millennium. The Hamptons back to their Ba Ba Ba/Summer
pop best. Like "Here comes the now", this album pretty
much came from nowhere - written over a very short space of time
at the beginning of 2001.
Now you might
say some of it is pure inanity - but what was Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba or
Na Na Na Na Na? As we always said, it seems to be what sticks in
people's heads. Some of this stuff is pretty wacky and it's best
that you don't examine some of the lyrics too closely - they can
get rather… bodily.
This CD marks
the first appearance of Stephanie and Shaunagh, "The
Hamptonettes" (in Bapbapdoowap) - listen out for them.
This was the
first album mixed entirely on computer (Pro Tools of course!).
It was first tinkered with by Mark at Ocean Studios and
subsequently by the good men at Wolf Studios in South London
(thanks to Alex and Dominique). The artwork was so obvious -
it's what (in London) you see everyday of your life - sad isn't
it? Someone asked how we got permission from London Underground
to have someone dangle off the edge of the platform - now that's
really sad…!
This album
features what we reckon is the strongest Hamptons line-up.
Mark's (he knows everybody) friends (he's so lucky having
friends…) Nick Lacey played piano and synths and Dan Warwick
played a Warwick bass (no relation). Nick also apparently
appears on Songs of Praise sometimes. Mark Law, who owns the
Drum Shack in South London, also drummed. We also threw in a
song which was recorded during the "Here Comes the
Now" sessions by our ex-army parry-diddler - can you guess
which one?
Altogether a
fairly stable upbeat and chirpy CD - it's what The Hamptons is
really all about. Enjoy… |
