Paddy McAloon on the album:
"We wanted to prove that folks in Newcastle could do the job. There's a very condescending attitude - everyone thinks if you come from there you've got to wear flat caps, go pigeon-racing and drink brown ale. Anyway, we were dead pleased with it even though it was done pretty cheaply. I was well prepared for it too because I've got a big back catalogue of songs. I'm well ahead of myself - I've probably got enough for the next four albums!" - (Source unknown) 1983
"I...
Paddy McAloon on the album:
"We wanted to prove that folks in Newcastle could do the job. There's a very condescending attitude - everyone thinks if you come from there you've got to wear flat caps, go pigeon-racing and drink brown ale. Anyway, we were dead pleased with it even though it was done pretty cheaply. I was well prepared for it too because I've got a big back catalogue of songs. I'm well ahead of myself - I've probably got enough for the next four albums!" - (Source unknown) 1983
"It's the classical and romantic dichotomy. We fall on the classical side. However, I've always thought the classical approach to be the most 'swoonworthy'. It's like, you can talk about the Staple Singers, and of course those voices are far more passionate, far more direct. The point is, white boys have to use different tricks, and ours is a kind of elegance, the problem being that some people might find it too measured." - NME, March 17, 1984
"I'm desperately unhappy with (Swoon). There's a great, great record in there - I know I could put it right now - and the idea of redoing it is one of my pet projects. If I could, I'd go round all the record stores with a hat pulled down low over my face buying up all the remaining copies or, preferably, slipping new versions into the sleeves." - NME, February 6, 1988
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