More Songs About Love & Hate

When people reminisce now on Brand 80s, they are presented with a glitzy, money-pumped Club Tropicana. Well, think again. The Godfathers, who were indeed signed to the same label, Epic, as Club Tropicana author George Michael himself, presented hard, crunching, socially-conscious pop with a fierce R&B/mod sensibility. Their three albums for Epic, 'Birth, School, Work, Death', 'More Songs About Love and Hate' and 'Unreal World', all offered a powerful antidote to the puffed-up importance of the music scene. By the time the Godfathers released 'More Songs About Love and Hate', they were making waves in America while still seeking chart action back in their home country. They had become the name to drop.

Formed from the ashes of the Sid Presley Experience in 1985, the band - brothers Peter (vocals) and Chris Coyne (bass), guitarists Kris Dollimore and Mike Gibson and drummer George Mazur, had enjoyed considerable success with the compilation of their indie hits, Hit By Hit (on their Corporate Image label) and their first Epic album 'More Songs About Love & Hate' was released on 9 May 1989. The cover of the album had a stunning drawing of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor on it that had to be withdrawn for the American market, amidst fears that the actress would sue. Peter Coyne explained: It wasnʼt meant to denigrate Elizabeth Taylor or Richard Burton's memory. This reissue contains five bonus tracks as well as extensive notes by Mojoʼs Daryl Easlea.