Henry Badowski ‎– "Life Is A Grand" (A&M Records ‎– AMLH 68527) 1981

From the Good Missionaries to major label solo album?How did this happen?
Ten simple minimalist pop tunes, moving from the Twee to the amusing, won Henry a contract with A&M,and Miles Copeland's IRS in the USA?!
These evil capitalists made sure that this album was well buried.Envious of the units the independents were shifting,they tried to sign anything they saw as having sales potential with the aim of starving the alternative charts of bulging sales figures. It worked of course,Henry, for example, never worked again.
This LP however is a fine example of Alternative Pop, with a hint of tongue in cheek. Another in the early eighties trend of infiltrating the business from the inside, like ATV's "Strange Kicks" amongst other noble failures. The Human League is a fine example of what could go wrong with this tactic by the UK underground.
A noble cause and idea, but it never achieved these objectives.
Now we have the internet to bring down the record companies, and reintroduce lost albums like this.

(Check his earlier singles HERE!)

Tracklist: 

A1  My Face
A2  Henry's In Love
A3  Swimming With The Fish In The Sea
A4  The Inside Out
A5  Life Is A Grand
B1 Silver Trees
B2  This Was Meant To Be
B3  Anywhere Else
B4  Baby, Sign Here With Me
B5  Rampant

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