Groove Armada – Late Night Tales (Vinyl 2LP)

“If it’s a smorgasbord of rare mellowtronica and dance music from two of the UK’s most esteemed curators you’re after, then you could do worse than to check outthis brand new reissue of Late Night Tales: Groove Armada that was originally released in 2008.For their second team-up with the legendary label (anda release that even the BBC admits ‘offers a selectionof some great tunes’), Andy Cato and Tom Findlay have painstakingly compiled a collection of songs so varied, it’ll leave even the most open-minded listener occasionally scratching their head. And yet, somehow, it works – from an unlikely cover of Gary Numan’s ‘Are (Friends) Electric?’ to the arcane Americana of Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve’s mix of Roscoe via a Balaeric edit of Will Young and a White Isle-ready edit of Chris Rea’s Josephine, the good ship Armada never fails to entrance. All aboard!”When I look back on my career the two things I’m prob- ably most proud of were the compilations we curated and the live show.

Track Listing:
1-1 The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
1-2 Love Is the Drug
1-3 Glad to Know You
1-4 Enjoy the Silence
1-5 Elle and Moi (Joakim Remix)
1-6 Makin’ a Living
1-7 Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)
1-8 Get the Message
1-9 Son of Dragon
1-10 How Long
1-11 Josephine (French Edit)
1-12 Friday’s Child (Andy Cato’s Remix)
1-13 You’re All I Need to Get By
1-14 Are ‘Friends’ Electric? (Exclusive Cover Version)
1-15 The Chills
1-16 Close to Me
1-17 Even After All Dub (Clean Version)
1-18 The Happy Detective (Part 1) (Exclusive Spoken Word Track Written By Will Self)