Idlewild - Plus

continuing edsel's reissue programme of everything but the girl's first four albums. 'baby, the stars shine bright' was followed by the more introspective machine-pop-soul of gold selling 'idlewild' (1988), which was given a quick re-release after the band's top 3 uk top 40 success with a cover of danny whitten's 'i don't want to talk about it' in the summer of 1988, now included on cd 2. in a beautifully presented 2 cd casebound book, put together with the full involvement of ben and tracey, and featuring a newly-written note by the couple, along with all the lyrics, idlewild features eighteen bonus tracks: 10 non-album single a- and b-sides, and 7 previously unreleased home demos, and a previously unreleased version of 'apron strings', recorded for, but not used in the john hughes film 'she's having a baby'.