Velveteen by Transvision Vamp

Velveteen, Transvision Vamp's second album, came out on MCA in June 1989, and it's the one that made the London band's brash, cartoon-glam pop-rock stick. Wendy James sang, Nick Christian Sayer played guitar and wrote most of the songs, Dave Parsons handled bass and Anthony Doughty covered drums, keyboards and more, and James's provocative, rebellious image kept the press staring.

It's all bubblegum hooks, trashy guitars and James pouting and sneering over the top, a record that knows exactly how much fun it is. "Baby I Don't Care" was the smash, going to number 3 in both the UK and Australia, and the album hit number 1 at home and number 2 in Australia, where it finished 39th among that year's biggest sellers. It followed Pop Art, and a video album, The Velveteen Singles, gathered the clips for all four singles.

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