published: 1 /
4 /
2009
Label:
Edition 59 Records
Format: CDS
First rate reissue of Creation label owner Alan McGee's band Biff Bang Pow !'s 1984 second single
Review
This reissue of Biff Bang Pow !'s 1984 second 7 inch single on Creation Records on CD has come out like all its label Edition 59's releases in a limited edition of 59 copies.
'There Must Be a Better Life' still stands up for itself twenty five years on. It is jangly guitar heaven, backed by hard driving drums and Teardrop Explodes style keyboards, and reveals a total passion for life. It is a call to arms, a pure celebration of youth in the same way that The Who's 'My Generation' was twenty years before that.
It's original B side, 'The Chocolate Elephant Man', is much softer and very Rickenbacker flavoured. It is song to nod your head too , a song to make you smile, and as strong as anything by the early Byrds.
Track Listing:-
1
There Must Be A Better Life
2
The Chocolate Elephant Man