The Happy Mondays-Bummed (198 UK pressing on Factory Records)

Bummed was the second album by British band Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1988 on Factory Records, catalogue number FACT 220. This album arrived at a time when the Madchester genre was only beginning to formulate into what could be termed a "scene", closely connected to acid house. However, on this album Happy Mondays played mostly pure rock music, with funk rhythms played on the drums and bass guitar and electronic flourishes showcased by the keyboard melodies. Q magazine awarded Bummed three stars out of five. The album, wrote Martin Aston, "continues the band's warped version of Northern Soul rhythms, with stabbing guitars and Hammond organs, wayward sequencers, a dislocated rhythm section and surly sardonic vocalist... In 2006, the same magazine placed the album at #18 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s". Both vinyl and sleeve are in EX condition.