DUFFY, STEPHEN — I LOVE MY FRIENDS (VINYL)

DUFFY, STEPHEN — I LOVE MY FRIENDS (VINYL)

Description The deluxe reissue of Stephen Duffy's 1997 album I Love My Friends. The Stephen Street-produced album is remastered and revised, with this new edition restoring Duffy's original track listing and running order which was compromised at the time courtesy of label interference. The two Andy Partridge-produced songs that were grafted onto the album fairly late in the day ('You Are' and 'What If I Fall In Love With You') are included on a bonus seven-inch single allowing room for 'Mao Badge' and 'In The Evening Of Her Day'. 1980's pop fans remember Stephen Duffy (then Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy) for his song 'Kiss Me', which was a sizeable hit in 1985. After a couple of albums and one more hit of note ('Icing On The Cake') Duffy went in a different direction forming folk-rock band The Lilac Time, with his brother Nick. In the early nineties Duffy resumed his solo aspirations and would release three strong pop/rock albums that spanned the beginning, middle and end of the Britpop period. I Love My Friends was the third in that series. The following decade would see Stephen collaborate with Robbie Williams, co-writing and co-producing his 2005 album Intensive Care and acting as musical director for one of his world tours. For the 2019 reissue, I Love My Friends is presented as a gatefold vinyl package, with the album pressed onto 180g black vinyl. It comes with the bonus, two-track, seven-inch single & features new artwork overseen by Duffy and designer James Gosling and sleeve notes from Stephen Duffy himself. Full lyrics for all the songs are included on the printed inner sleeve. The 2CD edition is packaged as a 'mini-LP CD' vinyl replica and includes a bonus CD of 12 demos - almost all of them previously unreleased.

Format: LP. Catalogue number: NEMYLP001.

Release barcode: 193483588469.