My Overall Chart: 1101-1200
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- Chart updated: 10/29/2025 13:45
- (Created: 02/06/2024 21:20).
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1990 – SIRE
Produced By ANDY PALEY, JOHN WESLEY HARDING & TOM ROBINSON
1. Here Comes The Groom
2. Cathy’s New Clown
3. Spaced Cowgirl
4. Scared Of Guns
5. You’re No Good
6. When The Sun Comes Up
7. The Devil In Me
8. An Audience With You
9. Dark Dark Heart
10. Same Thing Twice
11. Affairs Of The Heart
12. Nothing I’d Rather Do
13. Things Snowball
14. The Red Rose And The Briar
15. Bastard Son
Lost in the rush of albums that came out in the nineties was one of the very first, Here Comes The Groom, released on January 5th of 1990. John Wesley Harding was really Englishman Wesley Stace. He caught a lot of flack for using not just the name from the famous Bob Dylan album, but for also the main line in his song “Bastard Son”, which stated “Bob Dylan was my father, Joan Baez was my mother, and I’m their bastard son”. He didn’t mean it literally, guys. But for whatever reason, this, his first studio album, was buried in the sea of the nineties. Which is a shame, because this is a pretty terrific album. Harding’s band, the Good Liars, included two of Elvis Costello’s Attractions, which may be why it has such a Costello feel to it. But what makes this such a fine record is the songwriting. Musically and lyrically, this is one hell of a sharp, catchy and intelligent gem.
Harding reels off one great song after another, many of which rock gleefully. “Scared Of Guns”, “Cathy’s New Clown”, the fine title track…why was this not a hit in 1990? Well, it should have been. Hooks and high points are everywhere, including a perfect acoustic duet with Peter Case (“Things Snowball”), the burning “Dark, Dark Heart”, touches of country, smart ballads, great lyrics. Harding’s upfront vocals suit the material well, and this band is really good. Stace started recording under his real name in 2013, and he’s released several sadly unnoticed discs over what is now 30 plus years. He’s also written four novels as Wesley Stace. If you can find it (it shouldn’t be too hard these days), check out Here Comes The Groom. This should have been the first hit album of the nineties. Unfortunately, it was not. Fortunately, it’s still out there, waiting to be heard. [First added to this chart: 02/06/2024]
Produced By ANDY PALEY, JOHN WESLEY HARDING & TOM ROBINSON
1. Here Comes The Groom
2. Cathy’s New Clown
3. Spaced Cowgirl
4. Scared Of Guns
5. You’re No Good
6. When The Sun Comes Up
7. The Devil In Me
8. An Audience With You
9. Dark Dark Heart
10. Same Thing Twice
11. Affairs Of The Heart
12. Nothing I’d Rather Do
13. Things Snowball
14. The Red Rose And The Briar
15. Bastard Son
Lost in the rush of albums that came out in the nineties was one of the very first, Here Comes The Groom, released on January 5th of 1990. John Wesley Harding was really Englishman Wesley Stace. He caught a lot of flack for using not just the name from the famous Bob Dylan album, but for also the main line in his song “Bastard Son”, which stated “Bob Dylan was my father, Joan Baez was my mother, and I’m their bastard son”. He didn’t mean it literally, guys. But for whatever reason, this, his first studio album, was buried in the sea of the nineties. Which is a shame, because this is a pretty terrific album. Harding’s band, the Good Liars, included two of Elvis Costello’s Attractions, which may be why it has such a Costello feel to it. But what makes this such a fine record is the songwriting. Musically and lyrically, this is one hell of a sharp, catchy and intelligent gem.
Harding reels off one great song after another, many of which rock gleefully. “Scared Of Guns”, “Cathy’s New Clown”, the fine title track…why was this not a hit in 1990? Well, it should have been. Hooks and high points are everywhere, including a perfect acoustic duet with Peter Case (“Things Snowball”), the burning “Dark, Dark Heart”, touches of country, smart ballads, great lyrics. Harding’s upfront vocals suit the material well, and this band is really good. Stace started recording under his real name in 2013, and he’s released several sadly unnoticed discs over what is now 30 plus years. He’s also written four novels as Wesley Stace. If you can find it (it shouldn’t be too hard these days), check out Here Comes The Groom. This should have been the first hit album of the nineties. Unfortunately, it was not. Fortunately, it’s still out there, waiting to be heard. [First added to this chart: 02/06/2024]
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| 1950s | 3 | 3% | |
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| 1970s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1980s | 15 | 15% | |
| 1990s | 32 | 32% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 5 | 5% | |
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