So Good It Hurts
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Label | Twin/Tone | |||
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So Good It Hurts is an album by the British band the Mekons, released in 1988.[1][2] "Ghosts of American Astronauts" was released as a single.[3] The band supported the album with a North American tour, as well as shows in England.[4][5]
The band added a reggae influence to the country sound of their mid-1980s albums.[6] Eleven musicians contributed to the recording of So Good It Hurts.[7] As on previous albums, the band included text and footnotes, partly to inform, partly for ironic reasons.[8] "(Sometimes I Feel Like) Fletcher Christian" is about the death of Fletcher Christian.[9] "Heart of Stone" is a cover of the Rolling Stones song, sung by Sally Timms, who wasn't pleased with the completed track.[10][11] "Vengeance" reminds listeners that the administrations of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher won't last forever.[12] The title of "I'm Not Here (1967)" is a tribute to Bob Dylan.[13] "Dora" was inspired in part by Sigmund Freud's case study.[14] "Robin Hood" posits that the outlaw had homosexual relationships with his Merry Men.[15]
