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Tracks "The Circus Came to Town" and "Got a Funny Feeling" had been released in Europe as B-Sides in 1977 and 1976 respectively. The former had been available as "Circus" and was later released on CD compilations as "The Night the Circus Came to Town". Track "Caravan" was referred to on the label as
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The album was released on Pye Records in December 1979 and was their final album with the label. Pye Records was about to fold at this point, and this album was released to finish their contract and was made up of previously unreleased and rare material. With minimal promotion and the group not
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were unhappy with the song "Andy McDougal" claiming the lyrics to be sexist and requested the record company not to release it. Sheriden as the co-writer defended the song as an innocent children's pop song. Member
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having had a hit single for over a year, the album failed to chart. The album featured no singles in the UK, but track "Singing a Song" was released as a single in Spain.
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is that on several numbers the group sound stilted - a fault that is not evident in their very entertaining live show or any of their past single smashes".
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The album has never been released on Compact disc, but was released as a digital download in August 2019. It was released along with the following album
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has stated that "The Circus Came to Town" is his favourite of their own songs.
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The album received a favourable review in the now defunct music paper
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Terry Evennett, Chris Dibble, Simaen Skolfield - Engineers
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Ellis, Mary Ann (15 December 1979). "Album reviews".
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Index


Studio album
Brotherhood of Man
Genre
Pop
MOR
Label
Pye
Producer
Tony Hiller
Brotherhood of Man
Higher Than High
Good Fortune
Singles
Brotherhood of Man
Pye Records
Lee Sheriden
Sandra Stevens
Nicky Stevens
Martin Lee
Good Fortune
Martin Lee
Lee Sheriden
Nicky Stevens
Sandra Stevens
Tony Hiller
"Official Charts Company"
fortunecity.com - World discography
Archived
Wayback Machine

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