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Cover of The Invisible Invasion - National Album Day 2025 Edition by The Coral.

The Coral

The Invisible Invasion - National Album Day 2025 Edition

Sony Music

    This 2005 album marks it’s 20th anniversary this year, it is fitting to have this album back on vinyl – it has not been available since release. The well-loved album will be on heavyweight black vinyl and features the singles Something Inside Of Me and one of their biggest tracks, In The Morning. 

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    Cover of The Coral - 2025 Reissue by The Coral.

    The Coral

    The Coral - 2025 Reissue

    Sony

      Universally acclaimed by critics, with particular praise for the quality of its musicianship as well as nominations for the Mercury Music Prize and Brits, The Coral’s self-titled debut album, released in July 2002, made quite a splash.

      Co-produced by the band (using the name Zion Egg) and fellow-Merseyside native Ian Broudie, it clearly distilled its sounds from an impressively diverse range of influences and was most often tagged as both ‘neo-psychedelia’ and ‘folk rock’. “A mass of remarkable contradictions”… filled with “such inexplicable pleasures,” wrote Alexis Petridis in The Guardian. “Original, challenging and above all, fun,” suggested BBC Manchester Music. The Coral peaked at number five in the UK album chart and alongside its third single, ‘Dreaming of You’, was certified platinum by the BPI. Mirroring the original vinyl version, this pressing includes the track ‘Simian Technology’ at the end of side B.

      TRACK LISTING

      SIDE A
      1 Spanish Main
      2 I Remember When
      3 Shadows Fall 
      4 Dreaming Of You 
      5 Simon Diamond 
      6 Goodbye 

      SIDE B
      1 Waiting For The Heartaches
      2 Skeleton Key
      3 Wildfire
      4 Badman
      5 Calendars And Clocks
      6 Simian Technology

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      Cover of Magic & Medicine - 2025 Reissue by The Coral.

      The Coral

      Magic & Medicine - 2025 Reissue

      Sony

        Like its predecessor, Magic and Medicine (originally issued in the summer of 2003) was co-produced by the Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie and invited comparisons with the some of the best British rock and pop recordings of the 1960s, perhaps most notably those by The Animals, with lead singer James Skelly’s vocals frequently compared to those of the great Eric Burdon. The album topped the chart in the UK, spawning four top 30 hit singles - ‘Don't Think You're the First’, ‘Pass It On’, ‘Secret Kiss’ and ‘Bill McCai’ - and is currently just shy of platinum certification. Once again, reviewers were effusive in their praise for the variety of sounds and songwriting on show, while acknowledging that, though it might have been slightly less dazzling than its predecessor, it was more consistent as the band reined in their influences and “and just stick with the program of creating rocking tunes” (Allmusic.com).

        TRACK LISTING

        SIDE A
        1 In The Forest
        2 Don’t Think You’re The First
        3 Leizah
        4 Talkin’ Gypsy Market Blues
        5 Secret Kiss
        6 Milkwood Blues

        SIDE B
        1 Bill McCai
        2 Eskimo Lament
        3 Careless Hands
        4 Pass It On
        5 All Of Our Love
        6 Confessions Of A.D.D.D.

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        Cover of B Sides Vol.1 (RSD25 EDITION) by The Coral.

        The Coral

        B Sides Vol.1 (RSD25 EDITION)

        Sony Music

          THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2025 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON SATURDAY APRIL 12TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

          IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8PM ON MONDAY APRIL 14th.



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          Cover of Sea Of Mirrors by The Coral.

          The Coral

          Sea Of Mirrors

          Run On Records

            ‘Sea Of Mirrors’ is The Coral in full conceptual mondo-movie mode. Combining their love of 60s and 70s Western cinema, baroque pop, Love, Scott Walker, Sergio Leone, Lee Hazelwood and Ennio Morricone, it features string arrangements by the High Llama’s Sean O’hagan and a cameo from Cillian Murphy. It is the natural, sprawling successor to 2021’s ‘Coral Island’ and you will hear nothing like it in 2023.

            Following their acclaimed album, Coral Island, the band felt inspired to create material for two more albums, (see the separate listing for 'Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show'). Amidst that songwriting scirroco, a combination of a script written by keyboard player, Nick Power, a vintage cinema foyer poster artwork was created by drummer, Ian Skelly confirmed Sea Of Mirrors’ vivid concept and the blueprint for The Coral to move beyond all expectations once again.

            “Once the album concept was clear, this was us imagining the theme tune for an Italian western directed by Fellini with a Richard Yates-written script,” Explains James Skelly. “It’s us asking ourselves: what would have happened if Lee Hazlewood had produced a Gene Pitney song written by Townes Van Zandt?”

            STAFF COMMENTS

            Barry says: The first of a two-album conceptual double-whammy from everyone's second favourite Wirral export. 'Sea Of Mirrors'. There is the classic Coral stomp and psychedelic groove we've come to love but infused with a heady mix of spaghetti western twangs and lysergic drifts of hazy country guitar.

            TRACK LISTING

            Side A
            The Actor And The Cardboard Cowboy
            Cycles Of The Seasons
            Faraway Worlds
            Wild Bird
            North Wind
            Eleanor
            Sea Of Mirrors
            Side B
            That's Where She Belongs
            The Way You Are
            Dream River
            Child Of The Moon
            Almeria
            Oceans Apart

            BONUS DINKED EDITION 7”
            Looking For A Friend
            Unhappy Girl

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            Cover of Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show by The Coral.

            The Coral

            Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show

            Run On Records

              Bridging Coral Island and Sea Of Mirrors, The Coral release a second album titled 'Holy Joe’s Coral Island Medicine Show'. With the full tracklisting limited to physical formats only, the album brings James and Ian Skelly’s grandad a.k.a The Great Muriarty back into the fold for the narrated post-script to one of The Coral’s most successful albums to date.

              If Coral Island was a box-office hit in 2022, then 'Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show' is it's low-budget little brother, written in a year and stitched together in less- think The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ll or Police Academy: Mission To Moscow- but without the plane fare to Russia. This is a sequel to rival the most shameless of cash-ins.

              It features a ramshackle cast: along with the usual suspects, Coral Island compère (and Skelly Granddad) The Great Moriarty makes a return, alongside actor and friend-of-the-band John Simm, who recites wanderlust eulogy Drifter's Prayer. Glaswegian singer Rianne Downey is involved in a murderous duet. An unnamed pedal-steel player from the back of beyond plays a funeral score over Hotel.

              Don't get me wrong, this isn't an act of self-sabotage or half-arsed in any way; more a deliberate attempt to make an art form out of the forgotten follow-up. Who else but The Coral are going to fill this important cultural sinkhole?

              Framed inside a midnight radio show beaming out from a Michelin blimp that hovers somewhere past the piers of Coral Island, Holy Joe... is a love letter to the tradition of the death disc and murder ballad, from Stack-o-Lee to Skeleton Key, and everything in between.

              Stay up late. Tune in. If you do, who knows? You might end up loving it more than the original.

              STAFF COMMENTS

              Barry says: The second of a duo of Coral releases hits this week, with the wild oddity 'Holy Joe's...' bridging the gap between their last LP and the newest. It's a fitting bridge though, with the melodic sensibilities of the latter segueing nicely into the oddball b-movie soundtrack business of the former. Brilliant.

              TRACK LISTING

              Side 1:
              Holy Joe (Sounds From The Other Side)
              The Sinner
              Hotel
              Holy Joe (Hitchhiker At The Highway’s Edge)
              Affiliation
              Leave This Town
              The Road Is Calling
              Holy Joe (Rita Is Having A Bad One)
              Never Be In Love Like That Again
              Side 2:
              Drifter’s Prayer
              Holy Joe (Bobby And Faith)
              Long Drive To The City
              Down By The Riverside
              Holy Joe (The Graveyard Shift)
              Baby Face Nelson
              Holy Joe (A Wise Man Once Said)
              The Coral Island Killer
              Holy Joe (Let The Credits Roll)

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              Cover of Autumn Has Come - Music Box by The Coral.

              The Coral

              Autumn Has Come - Music Box

                ‘The penultimate song on the first disc of The Coral's double concept-album 'Coral Island', 'Autumn Has Come' is a song that foreshadows a time when the tourists would leave the island-town that the record imagines. Recorded in Liverpool & released in 2021, the Band's 10th Studio Album drew comparisons to the Kinks' 'Village Green Preservation Society' and went on to reach number two in the UK charts. It tells the story of "a world of end-of-the-pier day-drinkers and kids who get where they shouldn't”; which The Telegraph called a “carnivalesque cornucopia of strange delights” and Clash Magazine hailed as an "extraordinary piece of world building”. Our version captures the melancholy of the vocal melody and echoes the music box described in the song's lyric. So with this beautiful Coral Music Box you can almost...  TAKE A WANDER THROUGH THE EMPTY FAIRGROUND YOURSELF!

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                Cover of The Coral - 20th Anniversary Edition by The Coral.

                The Coral

                The Coral - 20th Anniversary Edition

                Run On Records

                  With time as fluid as The Coral’s journey through sound, the band cut short the party to celebrate this year’s universally acclaimed, Number 2 album, Coral Island and visit the strange world where it all started. The Coral, released on Monday 29 July 2002 with the singles Dreaming Of You and Goodbye, catapulted the band to mainstream success as teenagers, landing a Mercury Prize-nomination and Platinum-certification.

                  Now remastered from the original mixes, the album will be reissued with Run On Records in association with Modern Sky UK. Two, unreleased, never-before-heard-tracks, She’s The Girl For Me and Tumble Graves, produced by Ian Broudie, but shelved after the 2001 album sessions are included in the track-listing. The rarities appear on an all-formats bonus disc, alongside a complete singles B-sides collection and the band’s pre-album EP The Oldest Path.


                  STAFF COMMENTS

                  Barry says: So, this is where it all started. It was clear from the starting notes of 'Dreaming Of You' that this Wirral Quintet were onto something special, so it's no surprise this 20year (really?!) reissue sounds just as fresh today as it ever did. It looks pretty special too!

                  TRACK LISTING

                  Side A
                  Spanish Main – Remastered 2021
                  I Remember When - Remastered 2021
                  Shadows Fall - Remastered 2021
                  Dreaming Of You - Remastered 2021
                  Simon Diamond - Remastered 2021
                  Goodbye - Remastered 2021

                  Side B
                  Waiting For The Heartaches - Remastered 2021
                  Skeleton Key - Remastered 2021
                  Wildfire - Remastered 2021
                  Badman - Remastered 2021
                  Calendars And Clocks - Remastered 2021

                  Side C
                  The Oldest Path - Remastered 2021
                  God Knows - Remastered 2021
                  Short Ballad - Remastered 2021
                  Flies - Remastered 2021
                  Dressed Like A Cow - Remastered 2021
                  Darkness - Remastered 2021
                  Sheriff John Brown - Remastered 2021

                  Side D
                  Good Fortune - Remastered 2021
                  Answer Me - Remastered 2021
                  Follow The Sun - Remastered 2021
                  Travelling Circus - Remastered 2021
                  Sweet Sue - Remastered 2021
                  Another Turn In The Lock - Remastered 2021
                  She’s The Girl For Me - Remastered 2021 (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
                  Tumble Graves - Remastered 2021 (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)

                  Dinked Bonus 7” Tracklist
                  (a) Shadow Falls
                  (b) Tbc

                  Dinked Bonus Flexi Tracklist
                  (a) Simian Technology

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                  The Coral

                  Singles Collection

                  Deltasonic

                    The heart of The Coral has always been the tension between the classic songwriting that runs through their veins and produced such singles as "Pass It On", "Jacqueline", "Dreaming Of You" and "Bill McCai" and the experimentalism that was first spotted on debut EP "Shadows Fall" and led through the compilation album, "Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker" to the sea shanty of "Remember Me" on "Roots And Echoes". The Coral are a rarity in music, a band that make tunes that appeal to everyman whilst producing those tunes in such a way and with such understanding of their medium that critics are minded to say 'James Skelly is one of the finest writers, and voices, in British music today' (Q).

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