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“Octopussy” by Wedding Present
From the album Seamonsters (1991)
“Octopussy” by Wedding Present appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1991 on the album Seamonsters. Its best result is #32 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty'). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #189 alternative song of 1991.
David Gedge wrote "Octopussy", words and music, for Seamonsters, the Wedding Present's third album, and like every song on that 1991 record it goes by a single word, a deliberate swerve away from the long, sentence-sized titles the music press liked to mock them for. Steve Albini, the American producer who had already cut the Brassneck and 3 Songs EPs with the band, recorded the album in ten days at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, and the whole thing comes out rougher and harsher than their first two albums.
The lineup shifted before anyone heard it: guitarist Peter Solowka was fired after the sessions but before the release, and Paul Dorrington took 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 32 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1991 (the 'Phantom Fifty') | 50 |
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