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Faded Seaside Glamour by Delays
Faded Seaside Glamour is an album by Delays, released in 2003. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Long Time Coming”, on 2 lists with a best position of #116.
Faded Seaside Glamour, the debut album from Southampton's Delays, came out on Rough Trade, which signed them after founder Geoff Travis caught them live. The band rose from the ashes of an earlier group, Corky, and singer Greg Gilbert pulled in his keyboard-playing brother Aaron after hearing him play a loop, with Colin Fox and Rowly rounding out the lineup.
Duncan Lewis and Graham Sutton produced across three months at Rockfield in Monmouthshire, Dustsucker Sound in Hackney and Moles in Bath, and the result is shimmering indie pop with a dream-pop haze, the kind of record that got compared to Cocteau Twins, Geneva and the La's. Gilbert's soaring falsetto drew comparisons to Stevie Nicks and Elizabeth Fraser. Reviews were warm, the album reached number 17 in Britain and went silver, and "Long Time Coming" climbed to number 16 as a single. Tours supporting Franz Ferdinand and Snow Patrol followed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Faded Seaside Glamour on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Time Coming | 2 | #116 | – | 2004–2005 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.