The Soup Dragons
The Soup Dragons was a British indie rock - band in 1990 with the single I'm Free had their biggest hit.
biography
The original line-up of the band, which formed in Bellshill , Scotland , in 1985 , included initiator Sean Dickson (vocals, guitar), Jim McCullough (guitar), Sushil K. Dade (electric bass) and Ross Sinclair (drums). The debut single Hang-Ten! was published in 1986 and is stylistically a mixture of punk and pop . With Can't Take No More and Soft as Your Face the group had their first small hits in the English charts in 1987 . The accompanying album This Is Our Art also briefly hit the UK charts in May 1988. In 1989, Sinclair left The Soup Dragons and was replaced by Paul Quinn.
Great success was achieved for the first time with the 1990 long player Lovegod , which was able to place itself in the UK charts exactly two years after the debut album , where it lasted 15 weeks and climbed to number 7. With the cover version of the Rolling Stones song I'm Free , the success continued in the summer of the year. The song, which can only be found on a revised version of the Lovegod album , is a feature with Junior Reid and climbed to number 5 on the UK singles chart. With Mother Universe , another extraction made it into the English charts.
With the third studio album Hotwired and the released single Divine Thing , the band's success declined noticeably. In the UK charts it was only enough for a short stay in the lower places. In December 1992, Pleasure made it into the US charts, albeit only to lower positions. McCullough, Dade and Quinn left the band in 1993. It was not until 1995 that the only remaining member, Sean Dickson, announced the end of the Soup Dragons.
Members
- Sean Dickson - vocals , guitar (1985-95)
- Jim McCullough - guitar (1985-93)
- Sushil K. Dade - bass (1985-93)
- Ross Sinclair - drums (1985-89)
- Paul Quinn - drums (1989-93)
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 US
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| 1988 | This is our art | - |
UK60 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: April 1988
Producers: Julian Standen, Pete Brown |
| 1990 | Lovegod | - |
UK7th  (15 weeks)UK |
US88 (29 weeks) US |
First published: April 1990
Producers: George Shilling, Sean Dickson |
| 1992 | Hotwired | - |
UK74 (1 week) UK |
US97 (22 weeks) US |
First published: May 1992
Producers: Marius de Vries , Sean Dickson |
More albums
- 1994: Hydrophonic
Compilations
- 1987: Full Meal
- 1987: Hang-Ten!
- 2012: 20 Golden Greats
EPs
- 1986: The Sun Is in the Sky EP (Release: February)
- 1987: Can't Take No More - Live EP
- 1987: Soft as Your Face EP
- 1988: 4 Track Live EP
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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AT
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UK
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US
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| 1987 | Head Gone Astray Hang-Ten! |
- |
UK82 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 1987
Writer: Sean Dickson, Producer: Pat Collier |
| Can't Take No More Soft as Your Face EP |
- |
UK65 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 1987
Writer: Sean Dickson, Producer: Pete Brown |
|
| Soft as Your Face This Is Our Art |
- |
UK66 (3 weeks) UK |
- | ||
| 1988 | The Majestic Head? This is our art |
- |
UK77 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 1988
Writer: Sean Dickson, Producer: Julian Standen |
| Kingdom Chairs This Is Our Art |
- |
UK82 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: August 1988
Writer: Sean Dickson, Producer: Julian Standen |
|
| 1990 | Mother Universe Lovegod |
- |
UK26 (10 weeks) UK |
- | |
| I'm Free Lovegod ( Reissue ) |
AT26 (5 weeks) AT |
UK5 (12 weeks) UK |
US79 (5 weeks) US |
First release: July 2nd, 1990
feat. Junior Reid , Authors: Jagger - Richards Original: The Rolling Stones , 1965 |
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| 1992 | Divine Thing Hotwired |
- |
UK53 (3 weeks) UK |
US35 (16 weeks) US |
First published: March 30, 1992
Author: Sean Dickson, recorded in London |
| Pleasure hotwired |
- | - |
US69 (8 weeks) US |
First published: November 1992
Writer: Sean Dickson Producers: Sean Dickson, Marius De Vries |
|
More singles
- 1985: If You Were the Only Girl in the World Would You Take Me? ( Flexi )
- 1986: Whole Wide World (release: May)
- 1986: Hang-Ten! (Release: October)
- 1989: Backwards Dog (release: July)
- 1989: Kiss the Gun (Flexi; release: July)
- 1989: Crotch Deep Trash (release: October)
- 1991: Electric Blues (release: August 19th)
- 1992: Running Wild
- 1994: One Way Street
Web links
- The Soup Dragons at Allmusic (English)
- The Soup Dragons at Discogs (English)
- Entry at spirit-of-rock.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chart sources: AT UK Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200
- ↑ a b gold / platinum databases: UK