Straight (Radioactive, 1995) unleashes the easygoing impetus of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the epic choruses of the Clash, from the frenzied shuffle of The production on this is a product of acid house and in particular it throbs with the lysergic ecstasy and shuffling House drums and deep bass of underground London and Mancunian Clubland of that time Interview: Paul Ryder on Life with the Happy Mondays" (Interview). Live4ever. Live4ever Ezine. 11 May 2011 . Retrieved 6 May 2012. Happy Mondays - Step On". dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020 . Retrieved 10 October 2021.

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He’s gone on to earn himself two Ivor Novello Awards, for Songwriter of the Year in 1998 and Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2019. A place of youthful possibilities, love of music, love of dancing’ love of losing oneself in a moment, with mates, family or on your own off your gourd in the middle of.a sweaty dance floor with a fookin’ loud sound system a strobe and a couple of lights. An impressive and inventive album by a band who collaborated with a DJ on the cusp of stadium success and a studio engineer who would both go on to form the template for the ‘superstar DJ’ and all the good and bad that entails. Wills, Dominic; Sheehan, Tom (1999). The Charlatans: The Authorised History. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0194-5. Happy Mondays: Biography". The Guardian home. Guardian News and Media Limited. 13 August 2010 . Retrieved 6 May 2012.a b c "Happy Mondays Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021 . Retrieved 10 October 2021. a b "Happy Mondays Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021 . Retrieved 10 October 2021.