The King [1991] Creation Records/Matador Records
Norman Blake - vocals, guitar
Gerard Love - vocals, bass
Raymond McGinley - vocals, guitar
Brendan O'Hare - drums
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Chronologically the band's second album, it was deleted on its day of release in 1991. The album is often derided as a hastily assembled contractual obligation to US label Matador (allowing the group to sign to Geffen without penalty). However the group have denied this, claiming that the shambolic, spontaneous nature of the contents was a direct influence of producer Don Fleming, whose music was often improvised. In a 2006 interview, Norman Blake and Brendan O'Hare confirmed that the album had been recorded immediately after completing Bandwagonesque using pre-booked studio time that became available when the aforementioned album was finished sooner than anticipated. They also claimed that the album was intended to be a mid-price edition of 1,000 but their then UK label Creation Records pressed 20,000 and sold them at full price. One of the band's most sought-after releases, it's largely instrumental and seriously lacking in the catchy pop department, unlike its immediate follow-up.