Song · Robert Lloyd & The New Four Seasons
“Something Nice” by Robert Lloyd & The New Four Seasons
Released 1988
“Something Nice” by Robert Lloyd & The New Four Seasons appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1988. It was first released in 1988. Its best result is #21 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #148 alternative song of 1988.
After the Nightingales broke up in 1986, Robert Lloyd went solo with a new backing band, the New Four Seasons, and "Something Nice" was the song that first had a label knocking. Lloyd wrote it, and it made its debut in a John Peel session for BBC Radio 1 on 10 March 1987; after the broadcast, the indie label In Tape offered to record it and put it out. The single, produced by Mark Tibenham, appeared in June 1988 and reached number 5 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.
It's the sound of Lloyd swerving toward pop. In the Peel session the song had sounded more like the Velvet Underground, he told Record Mirror, but they pepped it up for the single; he had always liked all kinds of music and fancied having a go at this one. It turned up again on Me and My Mouth, his debut solo album, released by Virgin in 1990.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 21 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1988 | 50 |
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