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Following a run with Cherry Red Records that featured a potential major tag jump, guitarist Maurice Deebank quitting and rejoining multiple times, several pop stardom carrots just out of reach, mixing battles with Robin Guthrie, and a shocking entry into the record charts, Lawrence (just InchLawrenceInch, like InchCherInch or InchMadonnaInch thank you very much) knew he would be making a change with his band Felt. He would be seeing out his plan of ten albums and ten singles in ten years alongside a new partner in Creation Records. This compilation beautifully captures those years.Creation was beginning a rapid ascent at the time, with Alan McGee serving as it's hyperactive mouthpiece and focal point. McGee was all in on the band. InchLawrence achieved pop perfection, a breathless rush of sensitivity and intelligence. It was too understated to be commercial, too art to go pop, too pop to go art-in other words it was a perfect combination of all the music I loved at the time.Inch McGee was thrilled to have what he considered a real star on the tag, and Lawrence was equally thrilled to have such an enthusiastic cheerleader. He funneled that enthusiasm into some of the most focused songwriting of his career, as well as some of his wildest experiments, all of which are on display here. Album Tracks 1. I Will Die with My Head in Flames 2. Stained-Glass Windows in the Sky 3. I Didn't Mean to Hurt You 4. Space Blues 5. Autumn 6. Be Still 7. There's No Such Thing As Victory 8. Magellan 9. The Final Resting of the Ark 10. Sandman's on the Rise Again 11. Don't Die on My Doorstep 12. Tuesday's Secret 13. Book of Swords 14. Female Star 15. Fire Circle 16. The Darkest Ending 17. Bitter End 18. Rain of Crystal Spires 19. Voyage to Illumination 20. Ballad of the Band
