Expecting To Fly

Debut LP ‘EXPECTING TO FLY’ By THE BLUETONES Released 25 Years Ago Today

Posted on by JL

12 February 2021

Band: THE BLUETONES
Who: Britpop legends from London
Active: 1993–2011, 2015–present

Album: EXPECTING TO FLY
Released: 12 February 1996
25 years ago today
Score: #1 in the UK – platinum

Q magazine wrote: “Perhaps the most accomplished rock debut album since
The Stone Roses in 1989, Expecting to Fly avoids the usual primitive drive of
first recordings, in favour of technical brilliance and adventurous songwriting.
A classic rock album.”

Turn Up The Volume: Still as uplifting and winsome today as it was then.

Singles: Slight Return / Bluetonic / Cut Some Rug

– SLIGHT RETURN –

– BLUETONIC –

– CUT SOME RUG –

Full album…

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THE BLUETONES: Facebook

‘Slight Return’ by THE BLUETONES – 1995 & 1996

Posted on by JL

11 January 2020

Band: The Bluetones
Song: Slight Return
Released: For the first time in 1995 as a double A-side single with
The Fountainhead but without success. In 1996 it was re-released
as the only A-side and peaked at #2 in the UK
B-sides: Nae Hair On’t  and Don’t Stand Me Down
Album: Expecting To Fly – the band’s debut LP

Here’s the original clip…

THE BLUETONES: Facebook