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Bummed

Bummed is the second studio album by English rock band Happy Mondays, released on 21 November 1988 on Factory Records. During 1987 and early 1988, the band discovered house music and the rave drug ecstasy. Factory producer Martin Hannett was subsequently enlisted to produce the band's next album. Sessions were held at The Slaughterhouse recording studio…

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Genres
Madchester · psychedelic funk
Label
Factory
Length
37:27
Producer
Martin Hannett
Recorded
August 1988
Released
21 November 1988

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Background

Recording and production

Composition and lyrics

Release

Touring and live performances

Critical reception

Commercial performance and accolades

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Bummed

Nodes153
Edges152
Triples275
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013072
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related to Touring and live performances · 48
Bummed → Andrew McKean, As, August, Bez, Bez's, Canada, December, Do It Better, Elektra, Europe, February, Following, France, G-Mex Centre, Happy Mondays, Heaven, Howard Thompson, In July, In October, Ireland
related to Release · 39
Bummed → American, As, By July, Central Station Design, Charles Street, City Life, Concerned, Elektra Records, Europe, Factory, Factory Records, FFRR Music, Germany, Iain Ellis, In, Japanese, Located, Luck, Madchester, Manchester
related to Songs · 38
Bummed → An, Boothstown, Brain Dead, Chas, Country Song, Fat Lady Wrestlers, Gimme Shelter, Harry Flowers, Henny Penny, Hour Party People, It, Its, John Wilde, Kate Bush, Mad Cyril, Melody Maker, Moving, Naive Melody, Paul Ryder, Performance
related to Commercial performance and accolades · 33
Bummed → Albums You Must Hear, B-side, Before You Die, British Summer, By, Cruel Guards, Due, Factory, Factory Records, Hospital, In, It, Lazy Itis, Lazyitis, Love, Luck, Manic Street Preachers, Mark Beaumont, New Order's Substance, NME
related to overview · 33
Bummed → Adam Ant, Alternative Rock, Author Dave Thompson, Banshees, Bez, Black Grape, Carnt Smile, Day, Fall, G-Man Twenty Four Hour, Happy Mondays, He, Hour Party People, In, It, Madchester, Mark, Mick Middles, Musically, Other Traumas
related to Critical reception · 26
Bummed → Alexis Petridis, AllMusic, BBC Music, Chicago Tribune, Daryl Easlea, Greg Kot, Hammond, Hannett's, Happy Mondays, He, James Brown, Madchester, Mojo's Danny Eccleston, Mondays, NME, Northern Soul, Priya Elan, Q's Martin Aston, Record Mirror, Reviewing Bummed
related to Reissues and related releases · 23
Bummed → B-sides, CD, Double Double Good, Double Easy, EP, Greatest Hits, Happy Mondays, It, Lazy Itis, Loads, Luck, Mad Cyril, Madchester Rave On, Remixes, Rhino Records, Rhino Records' Original Album, Series, Singles, That, The
related to Main sessions · 20
Bummed → August, Bez, Colin Richardson, Describing, Driffield, Hannett, Happy Mondays, Haçienda, He, It, John Spence, LSD, Manchester, McGough, Ryder, The, The Slaughterhouse, They, Upon, Within
Genres · 2
Bummed → Madchester, psychedelic funk
Studios · 2
Bummed → Strawberry, Stockport, The Slaughterhouse, Driffield

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BummedGenresMadchester1.00infobox
BummedGenrespsychedelic funk1.00infobox
BummedLabelFactory1.00infobox
BummedLength37:271.00infobox
BummedProducerMartin Hannett1.00infobox
BummedRecordedAugust 19881.00infobox
BummedReleased21 November 19881.00infobox
BummedStudiosThe Slaughterhouse, Driffield1.00infobox
BummedStudiosStrawberry, Stockport1.00infobox
Bummedis asecond studio album by English rock band Happy Mondays0.90text
Bummedis aMadchester-style psychedelic funk album0.90text
reverbinstance ofHannett saturated the recordings with effects0.80text

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