The Pooh Sticks - The World Is Turning On. Zoo Entertainment 7". Wales 1.

In retrospect The Pooh Sticks were one of those bands who are 'poppy' only for a limited, very specific audience. When they were around it seemed that they were only a quick polish and a large marketing budget away from chart success. This was their first release on a major label (it's BMG in disguise) and exposes their weaknesses for rambling and weak flipsides. That's not to say I don't like it. I especially like The World Is Turning On, but there's nothing there for Joe Public to buy into. It's not good enough and it's not bad enough. It's telling that Orange Juice, another non-poppy pop band, had their only major hit with the boring and untypical Rip It Up. The Pooh Sticks never found that one breakthrough track. Their potential wider audience never found them. Enjoy.

The Pooh Sticks - The World Is Turning On. Zoo Entertainment 7". Wales 1.

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Various Artists - The Stickboy Song Contest Winners! 7" Gila Monster and The Pooh Sticks.

A once in a lifetime collision between two things I love deeply - Dennis Worden's superb Stickboy and Welsh Wales' superb The Pooh Sticks. The best ever song written for a song-writing competition in any comic ever. Gila Monster are on the other side. Good for them!

The Stickboy Song Contest Winners! 7" Gila Monster and The Pooh Sticks.

For Xian.

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