Album · The Darling Buds
Erotica by The Darling Buds
Erotica is an album by The Darling Buds, released in 1992. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Please Yourself”, on 1 list with a best position of #74.
Erotica, the third album from Welsh indie-poppers the Darling Buds, arrived on Epic in 1992 and promptly got tangled up in somebody else's headlines. The title carried on from the band's 1991 UK EP Erotica Plays, but Billboard spotted that the sleeve looked an awful lot like the cover of Madonna's new album, and noted that the Buds actually beat her into American shops. Stephen Street produced, and the band from Caerleon, near Newport, push their bright guitar pop out into a woozier, shoegaze-tinted haze, with Andrea Lewis's sweet, clear voice floating through the swirl. "Please Yourself" is the pick, all chiming hooks and drift.
It turned out to be their last album for a very long time: the Darling Buds split after touring the States and didn't reunite until 2010.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Erotica on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Please Yourself | 1 | #74 | – | 1992 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.