TOY DOLLS - IDLE GOSSIP LP

Tongue-in-cheek punk act Toy Dolls came together in the northeast formerly industrial town of Sunderland, England in 1979 with working-class humour at the forefront of everything and frontman Olga breaking up the Oi singalongs with searing guitar assaults. Issued on the independent Volume label as usual, third album Idle Gossip continued in the same mould as their first two LPs with ‘Geordie’s Gone To Jail,’ ‘Keith’s A Thief,’ ‘Silly Billy’ and the title track all cracking numbers built on Olga and company’s irresistible charm; ‘I’ll Get Even With Steven’ even gives a po-faced punk nod to Elvis. Another great Toy Dolls LP!

TRACKLIST

A1 Idle Gossip

A2 Do You Wanna Be Like Dougy Bell

A3 The Lambrusco Kid

A4 You Won't Be Merry On A North Sea Ferry

A5 Harry Cross (A Tribute To Edna)

A6 Geordie's Gone To Jail

B1 Silly Billy

B2 If You're In A Pop Group (You'll End Up Paying A Fortune Practicing At Peter Practice's Practice Place)

B3 PC Stoker

B4 I Tried To Trust Tracey

B5 Keith's A Thief

B6 I'll Get Even With Steven (Steve Is Tender)