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The Week Never Starts Round Here by Arab Strap
The Week Never Starts Round Here is an album by Arab Strap, released in 1996. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “The First Big Weekend”, on 1 list with a best position of #2.
The Week Never Starts Round Here, the debut from Scotland's Arab Strap, came out on Chemikal Underground on 25 November 1996, with Paul Savage producing, and it's as raw and unguarded as debuts get. Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton keep it spare and woozy, murmured voices and slow, aching guitars that sound like they were recorded at closing time.
Middleton later named it his favourite Arab Strap record, prizing how pure and free of expectations it was before the band grew self-conscious. "The First Big Weekend" is the one that caught ears. A 2010 reissue added a bonus CD of their first John Peel session from March 1997, with Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch and Chris Geddes sitting in, plus their very first gig, at King Tut's in Glasgow in October 1996.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Week Never Starts Round Here on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Big Weekend | 1 | #2 | – | 1996 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.