- rock
- 39 min
- 14 tracks
- Sire Records
On Our Big Fat Merry-Go-Round is the 1988 debut album by Irish rock band A House. According to AllMusic, the album reveals a taste for driving, catchy guitar rock somewhat in the style of U2. Among the album's tracks are attacks on journalists and the production team of Stock Aitken Waterman. "Violent Love" deals with the topic of domestic violence.
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Spare, classical in form, raw and cool.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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Tracks
- 1Call Me Blue2:11
- 2I Want to Kill Something2:24
- 3I'll Always Be Grateful2:42
- 4My Little Lighthouse4:02
- 5Watch Out You're Dead3:00
- 6Don't Ever Think You're Different2:10
- 7That's Not the Truth2:33
- 8Love of the Eighties2:51
- 9Violent Love2:06
- 10Love Quarry2:32
- 11Clump of Trees3:27
- 12Stone the Crows3:13
- 13Hay When the Sun Shines2:50
- 14Freak Out2:41
14 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- A House
- Label
- Sire Records
- Released
- 1988
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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