Category: Deep Cuts (Page 14 of 15)

The Concretes combine ‘50s-style vocals with rock guitar on this adorable track, which was released on their 2004 self-titled album. This is not a cover of the Supremes’ monster hit.

Listen to a song clip here.

A friend of mine found this song on iTunes and played it for me. Curiously left off of the band’s debut, Hot Fuss, this track’s wonderful melody, fine arrangement and clever lyrics, puts it among the best of the group’s work. It was released as a B-side on the single for “Mr. Brightside.”

Listen to a song clip here.

This track came out of the recording sessions for the group’s hugely successful Rumors album. Written by Stevie Nicks (who, by the way, was quite the hottie in her day), the song was named after a town in Maryland that Nicks saw on a trip with then-boyfriend Lindsay Buckingham. Unfortunately, at a running time of 4:29, the song was deemed “too long” to make the album. Considering that vinyl allows for 24 minutes per side and the album’s total running time was 39:03, that argument holds very little water. Nicks has since theorized that the song’s exclusion was an example of the growing tension in the band at the time. Regardless, the song has a delicate, cascading sound and is some of the very best of the band’s work. It was finally released on the group’s box set, 25 Years: The Chain, and a live version recorded on the group’s live album, The Dance, became an unlikely hit twenty years after the original version was recorded.

Listen to a song clip here.