Orange juice

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orange juice
General information
origin Bearsden , Scotland
Genre (s) Post-punk , new wave , indie-pop
founding 1976
resolution 1985
Founding members
Edwyn Collins
James Kirk (1976-1981)
David McClymont (1976-1983)
Steven Daly (1976-1981)
Last occupation
Edwyn Collins
Zeke Manyika (1982–1985)
former members
Malcolm Ross (1981-1983)

Orange Juice were a Scottish rock band from the early 1980s, led by guitarist and singer Edwyn Collins .

Band history

The band was founded in 1976 in the bourgeois Glasgow suburb of Bearsden under the name The Nu-Sonics and renamed itself in 1979 to Orange Juice .

The band gave their first "official" gig on April 20, 1979 in the Victoria Cafe of the Glasgow School of Art . The following year, their first single was released Falling and Laughing as the first panel of the label Postcard Records and was praised by the British music press to the skies. Music critic Simon Reynolds attributes the band's popularity with media and fans alike to the fact that the British post-punk scene yearned for more cheerful and "life-affirming" tones following the suicide of Ian Curtis . In contrast to contemporaries such as The Marxists , who were quite serious and who approached the establishment in a classic punk manner , Orange Juice used a more casual, ironic tone in their lyrics, which was reinforced vocally by Edwyn Collins' preference for crooning . The timbre of the band also sounded quite poppy, determined by melodic guitar playing and borrowings from disco and funk . The band's production was done by Alex Fergusson at the time .

After a few more quite successful singles, the band began recording their first studio album, but switched to the major label Polydor after a few sessions . The album was released under the title You Can't Hide Your Love Forever ; it reached number 21 in the British album charts.

Shortly after the release, Kirk and Daly left the band. They were replaced by Malcolm Ross, formerly the guitarist of Josef K , and the Zimbabwean drummer Zeke Manyika , and Stephen Skinner, another guitarist, joined the band. From the second album, Rip It Up , a single of the same name was released in 1983, which reached number 8 in the British charts and is the only top ten hit of the band. Due to artistic differences, the new members soon left the band with the exception of Manyika, and so Orange Juice was only a duo at the time of their last record, Texas Fever . This EP was produced by reggae legend Dennis Bovell .

Orange Juice disbanded in January 1985.

Discography

Singles

  • 1980: Falling and Laughing
  • 1980: Blue Boy
  • 1980: Simply Thrilled Honey
  • 1981: Poor Old Soul
  • 1981: Wan Light
  • 1981: LOVE ... Love (UK 65)
  • 1982: Felicity (UK 63)
  • 1982: Two Hearts Together (UK 60)
  • 1982: I Can't Help Myself (UK 42)
  • 1983: Rip it Up (UK 8)
  • 1983: Flesh of My Flesh (UK 41)
  • 1984: Bridge (UK 67)
  • 1984: What Presence (UK 47)
  • 1984: Lean Period (UK 74)

Albums and EPs

  • 1982: You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (UK 21)
  • 1982: Rip It Up (UK 39)
  • 1983: Texas Fever (UK 34)
  • 1984: The Orange Juice

Sampler

  • 1984: In A Nutshell
  • 1992: The Esteemed - The Very Best Of Orange Juice
  • 1992: Ostrich Churchyard (first release of the studio recordings for the planned debut album on Postcard Records and the John Peel session on October 30, 1980)
  • 1993: The Heather's on Fire
  • 2005: The Glasgow School

swell