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van travelling around Europe. So all the songs came from that more confined world. There are a lot of songs which are less sociable than our previous records." He said moving to the UK was an entirely new experience for the band. "Being away from home and writing material in a foreign place allowed me to write about the memories of our homeland." Tracks such as "Envy of Angels" deals with McGlashan's homesickness. He said, "That song is dedicated to my dad, it's about driving around the suburb I grew up as a teenager, and hearing him talk about the landscape (he's a civil engineer), and me wanting to be somewhere else that had more of a sense of history at the time. It's a song about coming back and driving those same roads now and being able to see things through his eyes. I guess the phrasing of the album is about the way people in love with progress see the physical world as something the angels would love to be a part of."
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848:Sydney Morning Herald
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518:Don't Fear the Reaper
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904:Ryan, Gavin (2011).
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959:1996 albums
646:"Anchor Me"
631:Buck Dharma
618:Bonus track
486:Died Pretty
948:Categories
784:References
697:David Long
691:Alan Gregg
685:Ross Burge
651:The Heater
638:Bonus disc
599:David Long
592:Alan Gregg
498:David Long
482:The Damned
470:Hugh Jones
456:Production
183:chronology
174:Hugh Jones
52:April 2024
768:UK Albums
738:position
673:Personnel
36:summarize
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532:Triple M
462:Monmouth
246:AllMusic
169:Producer
118:Monmouth
110:Recorded
98:Released
88: by
881:The Age
835:The Age
687:– drums
659:"April"
508:Release
447:Writing
359:The Age
216:(1997)
207:(1996)
198:(1995)
720:Charts
240:Rating
237:Source
194:Nature
162:Virgin
140:Length
466:Wales
157:Label
129:Genre
122:Wales
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745:ARIA
736:Peak
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