Name: Beautiful Happenings
Brand: Fairground Attraction

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RARESOTW1

Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-09-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5037300072685

Total Cap

Black LP

RARESOCD1

5037300072678

Artist

Fairground Attraction

Genre GB

Label GB

Raresong Recordings 

Newest Listed Items

In 2024, after an absence of 35 years, all four original members of 80s band Fairground Attraction have reunited to tour Japan and the UK with a brand new studio album, <i>Beautiful Happening</i> including the first single, 'What’s Wrong With The World?'.

The band’s debut, ‘Perfect’, went to Number One not only in the UK but in countries all around the world and, in 1988, it won Best Single at The Brit Awards. It has gone on to be regarded as a genuine pop classic.

Like ‘Perfect’, ‘What’s Wrong With The World?’ was written by the band’s guitarist Mark Nevin and sung by their brilliant vocalist, Eddi Reader. In a similar upbeat Country-pop vein as their huge hit, they finally answer the question on everyone’s lips: “What’s wrong with the world?”

There is no other band like Fairground Attraction – their use of the guitarrón (a large, Mexican acoustic bass), played by Simon Edwards, gives the bottom end of their records a warmth and character that combines with drummer Roy Dodds, Nevin and Reader to create a charming acoustic antidote to all that is modern and digital. When they arrived on the scene all those years ago, their unique sound was described by many as a “breath of fresh air” and it is even truer today than it was then.

Beautiful Happenings

Music GB

Discover Beautiful Happenings by Fairground Attraction on Raresong Recordings. Reunited after 35 years with a new studio album. Vinyl records available.