The Vault: Honoring The Godfathers

Brian Raftery | May 14, 2007 2:26 am
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Idolator readers of (ahem) a certain age will no doubt recall the late-’80s/early-’90s heyday of Pulse!, the magazine published by the now-defunct Tower Records chain. So correct us if we’re getting this wrong, but we remember Pulse! writing about the Godfathers’ 1988 album Birth, School, Work, Death every third issue or so, and with good reason: The British quintet fit nicely alongside such ’80s college-radio darlings the Hoodoo Gurus and later-era Replacements, guaranteeing that a) they never, ever had a shot at commercial success, and b) music-store clerks and rock critics will wax about them for years to come:

The Godfathers – Birth, School, Work, Death [MP3, link expired] The Godfathers – If I Only Had Time [MP3, link expired]

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