Original released on LP RCA PL 71696
(GERMANY, April 1988)
British neo-skiffle pop quartet led by singer Eddi Reader (b.Aug 28, 1959, Glasgow, Scotland) and featuring guitarist Mark Nevin, guitaron player Simon Edwards, and drummer Roy Dodds. The group went to #1 in the U.K. with their single "Perfect" in May 1988 and released its debut album, "The First of a Million Kisses", a blend of folk, jazz, country, and cajun elements (with all but one of its songs written by Nevin). Reader then quit, and the remaining members made "Ay Fond Kiss" before disbanding. After entering the UK Albums Chart at number three, and rising to number two, it was eventually certified platinum. RCA released three other singles from the album: "Find My Love" (which reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart), "A Smile in a Whisper", and "Clare". At the 1989 BRIT Awards, "Perfect" won the award for Best British Single, and "The First of a Million Kisses" won the award for Best British Album. Although they were popular in European countries, and toured the United States, they found their main success outside the UK in Japan, where they toured in 1989 (a tour that produced their only live album, "Kawasaki Live in Japan 02.07.89").
In September 1989, during the recording of their second album, "Ay Fond Kiss", rumours of arguments circulated, and in January 1990 the band split up. RCA released the album in June, and one of its songs, a cover of Patsy Cline's 1957 country hit "Walkin' After Midnight", was their last single. The album was made up of B-sides and other material recorded alongside their first album (many being collaborations by just two band members). Nevin later recorded material intended for the second album with Brian Kennedy under the name Sweetmouth, and eight tracks subsequently appeared on Fairground Attraction's "Kawasaki Live in Japan 02.07.89" album. After the band's break-up, Eddi Reader continued to perform as a solo artist. Mark E. Nevin worked with Morrissey, co-writing most of the "Kill Uncle" album, and with Kirsty MacColl, before embarking on his own solo career, during which he made five albums.
Original released on CD RCA PD 74596
(EU, June 1990)



















































