Song · Wedding Present
“Dalliance” by Wedding Present
From the album Seamonsters (1991)
“Dalliance” by Wedding Present appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1990 and 1991. It was first released in 1991 on the album Seamonsters. Its best result is #8 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty'). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #88 alternative song of 1991.
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"Dalliance" is David Gedge's song, and it arrived in June 1991 from Seamonsters, the Wedding Present's third album and the one they cut with Steve Albini at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, in a mere ten days. Albini had already recorded two EPs with them, and here again the band comes out rougher and harsher than on their first two albums.
Note the title, too: a single word, like every song on the record, a pointed swerve from the long, sentence-length titles the music press had loved to poke fun at. The lineup didn't make it through intact, either: guitarist Peter Solowka was fired after the sessions and before the album came out, with Paul Dorrington taking his place.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 39 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1990 | 50 |
| 1991 | 8 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty') | 50 |
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