BLACK GRAPE Featuring SHAUN RYDER And BEZ Released Their Dope Debut Album ‘IT’S GREAT WHEN YOU’RE STRAIGHT’… YEAH’ 30 Years AGo Today

Significant longplayers from yesteryear

7 August 2025

Band: BLACK GRAPE
Who: Two happy mondays, Shaun Ryder and Bez
and Ruthless Rap Assassins‘s frontman Kermit
Active: 1993–1998, 2015–present

Album: IT’S GREAT WHEN YOU’RE STRAIGHT… YEAH
Their debut LP.

TUTV: Better than any Happy Mondays album. More sassy swagger, more rave vibes, more standout and hip-shaking tunes, more pills ‘n’ thrills, and great performances by Kermit.
Dope record.

NME said: “A record drenched in so many different styles and influences that
it puts the recent achievements of Blur and Oasis in sharp perspective.”

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