Tales Told (Expanded Remastered) Ian Broudie

• 1 Song for No One 02:37
• 2 Whenever I Do 03:09
• 3 He Sails Tonight 03:03
• 4 Smoke Rings 03:40
• 5 Got No Plans 02:19
• 6 Always Knocking 04:02
• 7 Tales Told 01:49
• 8 Lipstick 03:17
• 9 Super Cinema 01:46
• 10 Home from Home 01:41
• 11 Something Street 03:12
• 12 Broudie's Blues 02:18
• 13 Home from Home (Band Version) 02:24
• 14 Song for No One (Demo) 01:50
• 15 Shifting Sands 03:30
• 16 Something Street (Early Version) 02:40
• Total Runtime 43:17

Info for Tales Told (Expanded Remastered)

Ian Broudie‘s 2004 solo album Tales Told has been remastered and will be reissued as expanded version with bonus tracks.

Ian Broudie’s beautiful solo debut Tales Told becomes available for the first time ever on HIGHRESAUDIO. The album was recorded in Liverpool during a series of sessions with members of The Coral and The Zutons. On its original release in 2004, Tales Told marked a departure from Ian’s previous work with The Lightning Seeds. Instead, Ian stripped his songwriting to its bare fundaments, drawing on personal events in his life to create an album of tender, lovelorn ruminations.

Ian is best known for his work with The Lightning Seeds, whose debut single Pure heralded a run of well-loved hits which included Sense, The Life of Riley, Marvelous, Lucky You, Change and You Showed Me. With The Lightning Seeds, Ian was also responsible for the multi-platinum single Three Lions, which in 2018 made chart history when it enjoyed its fourth spell at number one – the most enjoyed by the same artist.

Released in 2004, Ian Broudie’s Tales Told is a lost, lovelorn masterpiece which saw Broudie strip away all the ornamentation found on his best-known Lightning Seeds songs – alchemising the emotions of the “turbulent and uncertain years” preceding it into a work of deeply personal beauty. Other musicians featured on the record include members of The Coral and The Zutons. Tales Told is available with three tracks which aren't previously unreleased.

Speaking about its belated vinyl debut, Ian says, “I’m proud that Tales Told has been chosen as one of the records to launch Needle Mythology.”

"Classy acoustic guitar replace the bouncy tones of his more popular compositions. Lead single Song For No One has a touch of sadness tinged to it. ‘I’ll touch the world with fingers crossed’ laments Broudie over dusted down percussion whilst his guitar shimmers in the foreground. Broudies voice has a similar tone to Robert Smith of The Cure. Unique in its style to deliver lyrics with empathy and diverseness. Broudie is obviously a lover of 60’s bands. Got No Plans treats the listener to a Zombies-esque openly British pleasant ditty. Super Cinema, an instrumental, starts off as A Day In the Life ends with searing violins, with a Hit The Road jack bass line. If you like the catchy nature of The Coral’s best hits, this will be right up your street." (shiiineon.com)

Digitally remastered

Ian Zachary Broudie
was born in Liverpool to Dennis and Renee Broudie. He started out in the band Big in Japan in the late 1970s in post-punk era in Liverpool. When the band broke up, Broudie began writing and recording at home on his own and in 1990 the album Cloudcuckooland was released under the name The Lightning Seeds. After the second album Sense in 1992, Broudie set up a more formal studio and began producing other artists, including Alison Moyet. By the time the third album Jollification was being produced, Broudie formed a band and began playing live. The album which was released in 1994 sold in excess of 900,000 copies. In 1996 Broudie was asked to compose a song for the English football team for Euro '96. He collaborated with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel and Three Lions reached No 1, with another version charting again in 1998 during the World Cup. After a long break Broudie is currently working on another Lightning Seeds album.

This album contains no booklet.