Fairground Attraction - Very Best of

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Music Review: Brilliant Scottish folk-pop group of the eighties
Rating: 5 Stars

Although they didn't last long as a group, they had a British number one hit with Perfect, another major UK hit (Find my love) and two lesser hits (A smile and a whisper, Clare). I'm not sure how well they did in America, but Bailie and the boys recorded a country version of Perfect so their name certainly got around. All those hits were written by Mark, who also wrote many other fine songs for the group including The moon is mine and The wind knows my name.

Despite Mark's excellent songwriting skills, the group also recorded several covers including Walking after midnight (Patsy Cline), Do you want to know a secret (Beatles), You send me (Sam Cooke), Ay fond kiss (traditional, lyrics by the poet Robert Burns) and Jock O'Hazeldean (another traditional song). In her solo career, Eddi eventually recorded a whole album of songs with Burns lyrics.

To my ears, the eighties were not a great decade for British pop music and I was surprised that a group such as Fairground attraction could succeed. But they did and we can all be thankful for that. If you enjoy folk-pop music, you'll love this group.

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