About this item

After 13 and a half inglorious years and a MILLION shows, Waited Up 'til It Was Light, that seminal johnny foreigner debut album, is FINALLY released on limited vinyl via Alcopop! Records, with much kindness to Best Before for letting it happen. Pressed on beautiful red/green ghost splatter wax with a few carefully chosen extra tracks - relive, relearn, rejoice. johnny foreigner are BACK baby. Waited Up 'til It Was Light 2008 press:"The best and most important record not only of this year, but possibly of this decade" - The Line of Best Fit "If you can't laugh at naming a song 'Salt, Pepa, and Spinderella', what can you laugh at?" - Consequence "Awash with striding, bubblegum-blowing cuts, this is an exhilarating and triumphant debut" - The Skinny "Brash, messy, gloriously noisy and tinged with moments of beguiling honesty" - NME "A defnite contender for home-grown debut of the year" - Drowned In Sound "Rebellious, cheeky, funny, loose, and musically solid" - Pop Matters

TRACK LISTING

1. Lea Room 
2. Our Bipolar Friends 
3. Eyes Wide Terrifed 
4. Cranes And Cranes And Cranes And Cranes 
5. The End And Everything After 
6. Hennings Favourite 
7. Salt, Peppa And Spindirella 
8. Yes! You Talk Too Fast 
9. DJs Get Doubts 
10. Sometimes In The Bullring 
11. Yr All Just Jealous 
12. Absolute Balance 
13. The Hidden Song At The End Of The Record 
14. Champagne Girls I Have Known 
15. The Houseparty Scene Is Killing You 
16. I Heard, He Ties Up Cats 
17. What Burlesque Won't Stand