“The Cleansing” doesn’t only match Peter Perrett’s best work but expands it: an ambitious double album comprising 20 songs, with his uniquely narcotic and alluring melodies, gorgeous South London drawl and ravishing rock dynamic now allied to a wider span of musical arrangements and lyrical concerns. Alongside his trusted team of sons Jamie (guitar / production) and Peter Jr (bass) plus members of his live band, Perrett is assisted by a roster of starry guests including Johnny Marr, Bobby Gillespie and Fontaines DC’s Carlos O’Connell.
download of the track “I Wanna Go With Dignity” now and the full release on 1st November 2024. You can Pre-order“The Cleansing” before 6pm on Tuesday 13th August for first access to tickets to Peter Perrett’s special 300 capacity show at Moth Club in October. Access codes will be delivered via email at 10am on Wednesday 14th August.
This show was recorded at the Paradiso, the famous Amsterdam concert hall, and captured on the 3rd of November 1979, some months before their last LP Baby’s Got A Gunwas released. It was apparently broadcasted by a Dutch radio but I don’t know which one. If the playing is far from being perfect and often Peter Perrett seems a little elsewhere (not too much vocally, but his guitar is quite erratic , there are some stunning versions of “BigSleep” or “The Beast” where one can understand why for some of us the Only Ones will remain among the greatest and most exciting and moving band of our lives. This concert was released on CD on various labels according to countries (on Jungle in UK) .
Recorded Live at the Paradiso, Amsterdam 3rd November 1979 :1 As My Wife Says 2.Inbetweens 3. Programme 4. Oh Lucinda Love Becomes A Habit 5.The Big Sleep 6. Language Problem 7. Miles From Nowhere 8. The Beast 9. Another Girl, Another Planet 10.Peter And The Pets 11. City Of Fun 12. Trouble In The World 13. Me And My Shadow 14. The Immortal Story
The Only Ones formed in 1976 at the dawn of the punk era although while incorporating elements of that style they also brought studied musicianship with guitarist John Perry citing Jeff Beck and Hendrix as major influences. Singer, songwriter and rhythm guitarist Peter Perrett, on the other hand, was steeped in the melancholic acid musings of Syd Barrett and his vocal phrasings often echoed the drawl of punk godfather Lou Reed. The band line-up was completed by Alan Mair on bass and ex-Spooky Tooth member Mike Kellie on drums.
Initially active in the late 1970s, they were associated with punk rock yet straddled the musical territory in between punk, power pop and rock, with noticeable influences from psychedelia (qualities they shared with contemporaries the Soft Boys).
The band’s debut album for CBS included the critically-acclaimed single ‘Another Girl, Another Planet’. Whilst it might be claimed that The Only Ones never realised their full potential, they were somewhat dogged by record label pressures, internecine wrangling and, inevitably, Peter Perrett’s drug dependency. The band split after working out their CBS contract in 1981.
Peel played the group’s self-released debut single when issued in summer 1977 and continued to support the group over the next few years, booking them for a total of four sessions. He described perennial Festive 50 favourite ‘Another Girl, Another Planet’ as an “artful little caprice” but wasn’t sure what to make of the group’s 1980 single “Fools”, a duet recorded with Pauline Murray, formerly of Penetration:
“still haven’t come to terms with the new Only Ones single featuring Pauline Murray. I see it as a sort of a bit of a jape. It’s quite an amiable record in a way but not what one expects at all. Nothing wrong with that I suppose. One looks forward to the forthcoming LP though.”
This didn’t dissuade him from playing it on at least two occasions though upon release.
In 1989 Peel was impressed with the release of a live album recorded in 1977 (“genuinely a first class LP” and a few years later mentioned that the group’s Peel sessions LP was amongst his favourite Strange Fruit releases .
Peel also played at least one track from England’s Glory, the band Perrett fronted immediately before forming the Only Ones and whose demo recordings were first issued in the late Eighties.
The complete session recorded by The Only Ones on 13th September 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 20th of that month.
Tracklist: 1. Lovers Of Today (0:07) 2. Oh No (3:15) 3. Telescopic Love (Special View) (5:23) 4. In Betweens (8:11)
The complete session recorded by The Only Ones on 19th December 1978 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 3rd January 1979.
Tracklist: 1. Miles From Nowhere (0:07) 2. Flaming Torch (3:47) 3. From Here To Eternity (6:06) 4. Prisoners (9:30)
The complete session recorded on the 5th April 1978 by The Only Ones for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 14th of that month.
Tracklist: 1. Another Girl, Another Planet (0:07) 2. The Beast (3:07) 3. No Peace For The Wicked (8:47) 4. Language Problem (11:24)
The complete session recorded by The Only Ones on 21 May 1980 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 2nd June 1980.
Tracklist: 1. The Happy Pilgrim (0:07) 2. The Big Sleep (2:49) 3. Oh Lucinda (Love Becomes A Habit) (8:03) 4. Why Don’t You Kill Yourself (11:16)
If you are unaware, Peter Perrett is a UK singer-songwriter who’s known for his very distinct vocals and pungent lyrics. The former front man of The Only Ones releases his first album in about 20 years. Perrett has struggled with addiction for quite a while, so its nice to see him emerge from the rubble and put out an album. “How The West Was Won” takes current pop culture by storm and makes it something worth talking about. The title track is refreshing, sarcastic and the use of a jangle guitar and slide guitar fit the “California” vibe that he intended.
Perrett makes each song on How The West Was Won sound natural and effortless, as though he were continuing a briefly interrupted conversation rather than picking up the threads of a solo career that faltered two decades ago. He claims to have barely touched a guitar in the decade between The One’s 1996 album Woke Up Sticky and the 2007 reunion of The Only Ones; with Perrett, a hiatus could so easily turn into a hibernation. Yet Perrett’s familiar voice sounds like it simply stepped out of the room for a few minutes and popped back in again.
Backed by his sons – Jamie and Peter Jr. on lead guitar and bass respectively – and produced by Chris Kimsey (The Rolling Stones), Peter’s intuitive feel for words; his flair for idiosyncratic metaphors and his deadpan wit are all still as sharp as ever.
As demonstrated perfectly by the title track and album opener which Perrett shares today. It finds him railing against American imperialism and celebrity culture. The video is directed by Focus Creeps (Arctic Monkeys/King Krule) and features Peter’s band with whom he recorded the album
The Details
Released: June 30th 2017 ,Deluxe edition red LP with a signed photo print, limited to 500 copies globally.
The LP has a gatefold sleeve, 8 page booklet & comes with MP3 album download card.
The band England’s Glory 70s pre-Only Ones band fronted by Peter Perrett. with a very similar to later era VU, but recorded before Lou Reed cut the Transformer LP. As there were only 25 or so copies of the LP pressed in winter of 1971, perhaps a copy made it into the hands of Mick Ronson & Bowie…who were looking for ideas for the Transformer template & Lou’s reinvention. Oh, speculation. Record Company Hozac Records as part of their archival series, is set to reissue the band’s privately-issued lp (coined as The Legendary Lost Album) later this year, but are kicking off the project with a 7″. This is the b-side – “Shattered Illusions”.
THE ONLY ONES – infamous new wave band from London
led by the charismatic frontman Peter Perrett (still going strong solo) Track: ANOTHER GIRL ANOTHER PLANET Released: April 1978
A timeless classic, stunning melody, gripping vox,
monumental guitars, great lyrics, and towering chorus
The Only Ones, Is This the perfect pop/rock song, “Another Girl, Another Planet” is a song by the English group The Only Ones, this is the second track on their first album,The Only Ones, released in 1978. The song has since been covered by several other performers.
“Another Girl, Another Planet” is by far The Only Ones’ best remembered song and has become something of a standard, covered by several notable artists. The Only Ones are often considered a one-hit wonder due to the popularity of “Another Girl, Another Planet” although the song was not actually a chart hit upon initial release in 1978. The track’s first chart appearance was in July 1981, when it appeared at Number 44 for one week on the New Zealand charts, before dropping out of the top 50. More than a decade later, “Another Girl, Another Planet” was re-released in the UK in January 1992, backed with “Pretty in Pink“ by The Psychedelic Fursto promote the compilation album “Sound of the Suburbs”. It appeared in the UK charts for two weeks,
The record is distinguished by soaring guitars, wounded vocals and Peter Perrett‘s elliptical lyrics. it is “Arguably, the greatest rock single ever recorded”.
The Fat Angel Sings 