{"id":6080,"date":"2019-06-14T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=6080"},"modified":"2019-06-11T08:20:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T08:20:47","slug":"the-wildhearts-white-album-round-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=6080","title":{"rendered":"The Wildhearts – White Album (Round Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was overjoyed when through my letterbox popped the remastered double cd version of the classic Wildhearts self-titled album (otherwise known as the White album).<\/span><\/p>\n

Before we get into this sonic beast of an album I want to point out how lovingly packaged this reissue is.<\/span><\/p>\n

Round Records is Ginger\u2019s own label and in fairness to us Wildhearts fans we would be happy with a newly remastered White album but in this day of digital downloads, Ginger and his team have gone out of their way to give us something special and boy do they deliver. This double cd book edition features great inside comments from the band on the making of the white album and also has stunning pictures which make this a must-have.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right onto the music and kicking us off is the nearly 9 minute opener ‘Rooting For The Bad Guy’ which just blasts out of the speakers with a heavy riff, pounding drums and driving bass with ginger\u2019s great gruff vocals shouting out and leading us into a gorgeous harmonic chorus with great backing vocals from Cj and Scott.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next up is ‘The Sweetest Song’ which is a tale of a woman who has ruined a relationship and starts off with another ginger shouty vocals then goes into a stunning band sang \u201cNa, na, na\u201d chorus.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘The New Flesh’ was a single off the album and is yet another earworm with some great call to arms lyrics of troubled times which sadly in the years since this album has been released are still as relevant as ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSlaughtered Authors\u201d starts off with the driving bass of Scott Sorry with the drums of Ritch Battersby joining the party before Ginger and Cj complete the line-up. This gem of a track starts off in a slightly more relaxed mode and then builds up to a great band sung chorus. This track is another over the eight-minute mark but with its great instrumental passages when it finishes leaves you still wanting more.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Bi-Polar Baby’ is another in a long line of classic Wildhearts tracks with it\u2019s beautifully arranged pop melody wrapped up in bone-crunching guitars.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ending this album is the other single off the album the pounding ‘Destroy all monsters’ which is a tale of a man spurned by a woman and brings the original White album to a fantastic end.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now after this emotional rollercoaster of an album has come to an end if like this reviewer you want more (and you will) slip in disc 2.<\/span><\/p>\n

Right out of the speakers is the awesome track titled ‘Borderline’ which was available as a download off the band’s website many moons ago and is a song worthy of being included on any Wildhearts album with it\u2019s catchy melody which immediately gets in the listeners head and stays.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other highlights on this bonus disc are ‘Oh Bonita’ and ‘Unbroken’ which were extras on the Japanese version of the white album and the ‘New Flesh’ single which will just show the quality of this bands music that even songs \u00a0that didn\u2019t originally make the album are songs which are pure class in their own right.<\/span><\/p>\n

With cd versions and vinyl versions available, this caters to every Wildhearts fans needs and is a must buy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Author: Gareth ‘Hotshot’ Hooper<\/p>\n

Buy The White Album on Vinyl Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was overjoyed when through my letterbox popped the remastered double cd version of the classic Wildhearts self-titled album (otherwise known as the White album). Before we get into this sonic beast of an album I want to point out how lovingly packaged this reissue is. Round Records is Ginger\u2019s own label and in fairness […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[2396,791,790,911,226,2395],"class_list":["post-6080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-cj-wildheart","tag-ginger-wildheart","tag-round-records","tag-scott-sorry","tag-the-wildhearts","tag-white-album","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6080"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6084,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6080\/revisions\/6084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}