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Podcast Episode
Season
Seven
number
327
Type
Album Review
Post Date
4/18/2017

Ratcat

327 Blind Love by Ratcat

Blind Love

Label
rooArt
Release year
1991
Producer
Nick Mainsbridge
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Australia's Ratcat scored a number one single combining the disparate sounds of 60s surf and 80s new wave on Blind Love.

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We’ve reviewed plenty of bands from Australia over the years, but rarely have we revisited an album that boasts a number one single. This week we’re checking out the band Ratcat, and their 1991 album Blind Love, which scored a number one hit on the ARIA charts with “Don’t Go Now.” Contorting the sunny pop of The Beach Boys in a similar fashion to The Jesus and Mary Chain, Ratcat layer on disparate sounds like 60s surf and 80s new wave. It is an interesting combination, but does it work? 

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Songs in this episode

  • Intro - That Ain’t Bad
  • 3:34 - History of the Band
  • 9:35 - Yes I Wanna Go
  • 17:37 - That Ain’t Bad
  • 19:19 - Don’t Go Now
  • Outro - Baby Baby

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