Talk:Protest Songs (album)

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Why was it shelved?

It was recorded in 1985, but was not released until 1989. Its delayed release was due to the surprise success of the song "The King of Rock 'N' Roll", prompting the band's record label to release From Langley Park to Memphis first to avoid confusing the public.

Not true. The King of Rock'N'Roll was not released until the spring of 1988 a full two years after Protest Songs was finished and, indeed, when the Langley Park album was just about to come out anyway. So this is clearly made up.

And, more importantly, what is the REALreason the album was shelved? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.18.230 (talk) 16:27, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly a bout of too much self-crtiicism on the part of Paddy McAloon. He's known to pose high demands on his work and this isn't the only album or project he's shelved after recording it; why do you think they were silent all through the first half of the nineties? But the band or the record company may also have felt that it lacked a certain punch, and so wasn't a good follow-up to Steve McQueen. I adore the record, but I can see that even if the songs are very powerful they don't grab you and pull you in if you don't know their style in depth. Songs like When Love Breaks Down and The King Of Rock'n'Roll have an instant hookiness that's kinda absent on Protest Songs It's a chamber record, and much of the material would have been hard to promote live in big venues. Strausszek (talk) 16:58, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect

if you search for Protest songs it redirects to protest song with no obvious path to here, although it works properly with the S capitalized.

Scatterkeir (talk) 14:19, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]