{"product_id":"never-loved-elvis","title":"Never Loved Elvis","description":"The Wonder Stuff: Miles Hunt (vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion); Malc Treece (vocals, guitar); Martin Bell (guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, accordion, piano); Paul Cifford (bass); Martin Gilks (drums, percussion).\u003cbr\u003eAdditional personnel: Kirsty MacColl (vocals); Elly Newton, Alison Gabriel (violin); Genene Edwards (viola); Judith Fleet (cello); James Taylor (Hammond organ).\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel: Miles Hunt (vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion); Malcolm Treece (vocals, guitar); Kirsty MacColl (vocals); Martin Bell (guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, accordion, piano, programming); Alison Gabriel (violin); Judith Fleet (cello); James Taylor (organ); Martin Gilks (drums, percussion, programming).\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixer: Mick Glossop.\u003cbr\u003eLiner Note Author: Miles Hunt.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: Town House, London, England.\u003cbr\u003ePhotographer: Andrew Catlin.\u003cbr\u003eThe Wonder Stuff's third and best album (although their 1988 debut, The Eight-Legged Groove Machine, is pretty wonderful), 1991's Never Loved Elvis, is the album that made Miles Hunt and company at least temporary superstars in the U.K. (It also got them the most commercial exposure they ever achieved in the U.S., where the Kinksy, music hall-styled single \"The Size of a Cow\" was a big college radio hit.) It departs from the first two albums by de-emphasizing the dance rhythms and Buzzcocks-like guitars and (courtesy of new multi-instrumentalist Martin Bell) adding fiddle, banjo, mandolin, acoustic guitar, and accordion to the mix. Kirsty MacColl's inimitable vocals add another excellent texture to a couple of songs, especially the folk-rocky \"Welcome to the Cheap Seats.\" There's a much sweeter sound to this unapologetically poppy album, and even Hunt's lyrics are less snide and arrogant than before. The disappointing follow-up, 1993's Construction for the Modern Idiot, shows that the Wonder Stuff couldn't maintain this creative high for long, but Never Loved Elvis is one of the better U.K. pop albums of 1991. ~ Stewart Mason","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50551425466655,"sku":"042284725224","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/47bd49ce52ed6ff4c2318aea65845abc_1304afab-4cf3-41b1-873d-4ed4194496c1.jpg?v=1777985910","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/never-loved-elvis","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}