Hammer and Tongs is the second album from the Scottish rock group Goodbye Mr Mackenzie. It was recorded in Germany in 1989, at Berlin's Hansa Ton Studios just as the Fall of the Berlin Wall occurred.[2] The album sat on the shelf for almost 18 months, in which time the band were transferred across EMI record labels, from Capitol to Parlophone, who released two singles from the album in 1990. Parlophone sold the band's record deal to Radioactive Records and MCA, who released Hammer and Tongs in the United Kingdom in early 1991 and encouraged the band to record a new song "Now We Are Married" to promote the release.[3]
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Studio album by Goodbye Mr Mackenzie | ||||
Released | 4 March 1991 | |||
Recorded | Berlin, Germany (1989) | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 44:30 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Terry Adams & The Mackenzies Mack ("Diamonds") | |||
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Singles from Hammer and Tongs | ||||
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Later that year, Radioactive, and their partners MCA, repackaged the album for international release by including several stand-out tracks from the band's debut album Good Deeds and Dirty Rags and eponymously re-titling the album as Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie.[3]
Paul Davies of Q Magazine called the album a "more than adequate follow up."[2]
All songs written by Metcalfe and Kelly, except where noted.
Unreleased Parlophone version
2006 Cherry Red re-issue bonus tracks
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