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The Peel Sessions Album
Compilation album by Microdisney
Released	1989 (1989)
Recorded	1983–1986
Studio	Maida Vale, studios 4 and 5
Length	45:33 (vinyl)
Label	Strange Fruit
Producer	Barry Andrews Dale Griffin Mark Radcliffe Phil Ward-Large
Microdisney chronology
39 Minutes (1988) The Peel Sessions Album (1989)

The Peel Sessions Album is a compilation of tracks recorded by the Irish pop group Microdisney for the Peel Sessions on radio DJ John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. Peel championed the band describing them as "an iron fist in a velvet glove", and Microdisney recorded six sessions for his show, amounting to 24 songs, gathered from their first three studio albums and earlier self released tracks.

The vinyl LP edition collected 12 songs from these sessions, the CD versions and later compact cassette reissues added two additional tracks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan.

Side one

1. "Sun" (2:40)
2. "Moon" (2:12)
3. "Everybody Is Dead" (3:10)
4. "A Friend with a Big Mouth" (3:50)
5. "Teddy Dogs" (2:48)
6. "Before Famine" (3:10)
7. "464" (5:32)

Side two

1. "Loftholdingswood" (5:10)
2. "Horse Overboard" (4:06)
3. "Town to Town" (3:37)
4. "Bullwhip Road" (3:36)
5. "Begging Bowl" (5:42)

The CD version and later cassette reissues added the tracks "Dreaming Drains" (2:35) and "Genius" (4:01).

References

1. ^ ""BBC Peels Sessions - Microdisney". bbc.co.uk.
2. Sherwin, A. ""80s cult indie group Microdisney return – the band The Smiths could have been"". inews.
3. Power, Ed (1 June 2018). "Cork band Microdisney turning back the clock". The Irish Examiner.
4. ^ "Microdisney – The Peel Sessions Album – Vinyl (LP, Album), 1989".
5. ^ "Microdisney – The Peel Sessions Album – CD (PDO, Album), 1989".

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