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Embrace (English band)

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Embrace are an English alternative rock band from Bailiff Bridge, West Yorkshire. [1]

54 relations: A-side and B-side, Airplay, Alternative rock, Bailiff Bridge, BBC Radio 1, Blackpool, Bob Dorough, Britpop, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Compilation album, Cooking Vinyl, D12, Danny McNamara, Drawn from Memory, Drum machine, Dry Kids: B-Sides 1997–2005, Embrace (English band Embrace album), England national football team, Extended play, Fierce Panda Records, Fireworks EP, Gravity (Embrace song), How Come, Huddersfield, Hut Records, I Believe in Father Christmas, I Can't Come Down, If You've Never Been, Independiente (record label), Indie rock, Love Is a Basic Need, Mickey Dale, Mike Heaton, Nature's Law, One Big Family, Out of Nothing, Post-Britpop, Radio 1's Live Lounge, Refugees (Embrace song), Richard McNamara, Single (music), Steve Firth, Talk (Coldplay song), The Christmas Song, The Good Will Out, This New Day, Three Is a Magic Number, UK Albums Chart, UK Singles Chart, ..., Virgin Records, West Yorkshire, World at Your Feet, 2006 FIFA World Cup. Expand index (4 more) »

A-side and B-side

The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, or cassettes, whether singles, extended plays (EPs), or long-playing (LP) records.

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Airplay

In radio broadcasting, airplay is how frequently a song is being played on radio stations.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Bailiff Bridge

Bailiff Bridge is a village north from Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England, and is from Huddersfield and from Bradford.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claim that they target the 1529 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991.

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Blackpool

Blackpool is a seaside resort on the Lancashire coast in North West England.

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Bob Dorough

Robert Lrod Dorough (December 12, 1923 – April 23, 2018) was an American bebop and cool jazz vocalist, pianist, composer, songwriter, arranger and producer.

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Britpop

Britpop is a UK based music and culture movement in the mid 1990s which emphasised "Britishness", and produced brighter, catchier alternative rock, partly in reaction to the popularity of the darker lyrical themes of the US-led grunge music, an alternative rock genre, and to the UK's own shoegazing music scene.

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Chris Martin

Christopher Anthony John Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and philanthropist.

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Coldplay

Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead singer and pianist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London (UCL).

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Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks, either previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers.

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Cooking Vinyl

Cooking Vinyl is a UK-based independent record company, founded in 1986 by former manager and booking agent Martin Goldschmidt and business partner Pete Lawrence.

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D12

D12, an initialism for The Dirty Dozen, is an American hip hop supergroup from Detroit, Michigan.

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Danny McNamara

Daniel "Danny" Anthony McNamara (31 December 1970 in Halifax) is the lead singer of English band Embrace.

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Drawn from Memory

Drawn from Memory is the second album by English rock band Embrace, released on 27 March 2000 (see 2000 in music).

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Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion.

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Dry Kids: B-Sides 1997–2005

Dry Kids: B-sides 1997–2005 is a compilation album of b-sides by English band Embrace, released on 31 October 2005.

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Embrace (English band Embrace album)

Embrace is the eponymously titled sixth studio album by English alternative rock band Embrace.

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England national football team

The England national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England.

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Extended play

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP.

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Fierce Panda Records

Fierce Panda Records is a London-based independent record label, with its first release in February 1994.

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Fireworks EP

"Fireworks" (released 5 May 1997 on 7", CD) is a song by English rock band Embrace, released as the group's first EP, and the first to reach the top 40 in the UK (#34).

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Gravity (Embrace song)

"Gravity" is the 2004 lead single from Out of Nothing, the fourth album by English rock band Embrace.

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How Come

"How Come" is a song by the American rap group D12.

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Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town in West Yorkshire, England.

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Hut Records

VC Recordings trading as Hut Records was a British record label brand which was started in 1990 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Virgin Records.

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I Believe in Father Christmas

"I Believe in Father Christmas" is a song by English musician Greg Lake with lyrics by Peter Sinfield.

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I Can't Come Down

"I Can't Come Down" is a song by English rock band Embrace and the fourth and final single from their number-one selling album, This New Day.

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If You've Never Been

If You've Never Been is the third studio album by English rock band Embrace.

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Independiente (record label)

Independiente is a record label formed in 1997 after Andy Macdonald sold his first label Go! Discs to PolyGram in 1996 for a reported £30 million.

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.

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Love Is a Basic Need

Love Is a Basic Need is the seventh studio album by English rock band Embrace.

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Mickey Dale

Michael "Mickey" William Dale (born 22 March 1968 in Worth Valley, West Yorkshire) is the keyboardist for the English rock band, Embrace.

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Mike Heaton

Sean William Michael "Mike" Heaton (born 18 September 1967 in Bradford) is the drummer for the English rock band Embrace.

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Nature's Law

"Nature's Law" is a song by English band Embrace and is featured on their fifth album, This New Day.

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One Big Family

"One Big Family" (released 7 July 1997) was the second single by English band Embrace, from their debut album The Good Will Out.

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Out of Nothing

Out of Nothing is the fourth studio album by English rock band Embrace.

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Post-Britpop

Post-Britpop is an alternative rock subgenre and is the period following Britpop in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the media were identifying a "new generation" or "second wave" of guitar bands influenced by acts like Pulp, Oasis and Blur, but with less overtly British concerns in their lyrics and making more use of American rock and indie influences, as well as experimental music.

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Radio 1's Live Lounge

Radio 1's Live Lounge is a collection of live tracks played on Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show.

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Refugees (Embrace song)

"Refugees" is a song written by Danny McNamara and Richard McNamara of the English alternative rock band Embrace.

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Richard McNamara

Richard McNamara (born 23 October 1972 in Todmorden, West Yorkshire) is the guitarist for the English band Embrace.

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Single (music)

In music, a single, record single or music single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record.

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Steve Firth

Steven Mark Firth (born 1 February 1965 in Halifax, England) is the bass player for the English band Embrace.

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Talk (Coldplay song)

"Talk" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay.

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The Christmas Song

"The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a classic Christmas song written in 1945 by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé.

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The Good Will Out

The Good Will Out is the debut album by English rock band Embrace, first released in 1998 (see 1998 in music).

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This New Day

This New Day is the fifth studio album by English rock band Embrace.

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Three Is a Magic Number

"Three Is a Magic Number" is the pilot episode of the Schoolhouse Rock! series and the first episode of the program's first season, "Multiplication Rock." The title song, written and sung by Bob Dorough, and its accompanying animated video were created after ad agency co-chairman David McCall observed that his son had learned every Rolling Stones lyric but could not remember multiplication tables.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Virgin Records

Virgin Records Ltd. was a British record label founded by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman in 1972.

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West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England.

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World at Your Feet

"World at Your Feet" is a song by English rock band Embrace, and is featured on the re-released version of their album This New Day.

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2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace_(English_band)

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