The Lightning Seeds are an alternative pop/rock band, largely the brainchild of writer, singer and guitarist Ian Broudie. The group has its origins in the English city of Liverpool.
Previous to the Lightning Seeds, Broudie was involved with other bands: firstly Big in Japan, followed by Original Mirrors and then Care with Paul Simpson. Big in Japan was effectively a supergroup in reverse, including as it did future members of The KLF, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Frankie Goes to Hollywood among others.
Cloudcuckooland
Parting with Simpson over musical differences, Broudie returned to production, for Frazier Chorus and The Icicle Works. In 1989 he began recording alone under the name The Lightning Seeds, breaking through with the shimmery, psychedelic synth pop hit, "Pure", from the album Cloudcuckooland, which made the UK Top 20. The same year, "Joy" and "All I Want" were also released though they failed to reach the top 100. A moderate amount of success was to be had in the United States, however, where Pure reached the U.S. Billboard top 40. Both "Pure" and "All I Want" would also reach the Modern Rock Tracks top 10.
Albums
Studio Albums
1989 Cloudcuckooland
* Released: 1989
* Label: Ghetto Recording Company
1992 Sense
* Released: 13 April 1992
* Label: Virgin
1994 Jollification
* Released: 5 September 1994
* Label: Epic
1996 Dizzy Heights
* Released: 11 November 1996
* Label: Epic
1999 Tilt
* Released: 22 November 1999
* Label: Epic
2009 Four Winds
* Released: 25 May 2009
* Label: Stage Three
Singles
1989
* Pure
* All I Want
1990
* Joy
* The Life Of Riley
1992
* Sense
* Blowing Bubbles
1994
* Lucky You
1995
* Marvellous
* Change
* Perfect
* Lucky You (re-release)
1996
* Ready Or Not
* Three Lions (With Skinner and Baddiel)
* What If...
1997
* Sugar Coated Iceberg
* You Showed Me
* What You Say
1998
* Three Lions 98 (With Skinner and Baddiel)
1999
* Life's Too Short
2000
* Sweetest Soul Sensations
2002
* Three Lions 98 (re-release)
* Three Lions (re-release)
2006
* Song For No One
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