- pop, rock
- 48 min
- 13 tracks
- Rite-Off Records
Diamonds in the Coal is The Badlees first full-length album, recorded in late 1991 and released in January 1992. It is the first to feature Paul Smith on bass. The album is noted to have split the difference between accessible pop songs and deeper message-oriented folk and roots rock.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and cool.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Like A Rembrandt3:34
- 2Back Where We Came From (The Na Na Song)3:29
- 3Just One Moment3:42
- 4The Real Thing4:02
- 5Heaven on Earth3:34
- 6Interlude - Badlee Rap1:21
- 7Next Big Thing3:44
- 8Dirty Neon Times3:52
- 9Spending My Inheritance4:41
- 10Sister Shirley3:45
- 11Mystery Girl3:33
- 12Road to Paradise3:44
- 13Diamonds in the Coal4:42
13 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Badlees
- Label
- Rite-Off Records
- Released
- 1991
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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