Name: How the West Was Won
Brand: Peter Perrett

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First run CD with Gatefold wallet sleeve and a booklet containing lyrics and photographs.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-06-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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PIAS

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Standard:20

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0887828038220

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Heavyweight black vinyl LP with a Gatefold polylined sleeve, 8 page booklet and comes with MP3 album download card.

0887828038213

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

 Peter Perrett

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Domino

Domino is an independent label founded in Putney, South West London by *a694357* and his partner Jacqui Rice in 1993. The label initially focused on American acts such as *Sebadoh*, *Pavement* or *Royal Trux* before signing British acts in the late '90s.

The label operates a US division, located in Brooklyn, which output was initially identified by its own catalogue number schemes, DOMUS then DNO (used until 2013), when the releases handled by the UK headquarters are identified by WIG (albums) and RUG (singles and EPs) catalogue numbers.

The company operating the label, *Warp Records*, diversified, establishing a publishing arm and a series of labels (*Double Six Recordings*, *Weird World Record Co.*, *Rephlex*, ...).

Peter Perrett - former frontman of The Only Ones - releases his debut solo album How The West Was Won through Domino. Perrett, whose incisive songcraft and sardonic drawl made him one of the most distinctive voices of the Seventies hasn’t released any music for 20 years. Bearing in mind his most famous song began “I always flirt with death” (Another Girl, Another Planet), this is one comeback that nobody saw coming. In the hands of certain songwriters, a story of resurrection and redemption might ring a little hollow, but when the songwriter is Peter Perrett, the usual rules have never applied. Perrett makes each song on How The West Was Won sound natural and effortless, as though he were continuing a briefly interrupted conversation rather than picking up the threads of a solo career that faltered two decades ago. He claims to have barely touched a guitar in the decade between The One’s 1996 album Woke Up Sticky and the 2007 reunion of The Only Ones; with Perrett, a hiatus could so easily turn into a hibernation. Yet Perrett’s familiar voice sounds like it simply stepped out of the room for a few minutes and popped back in again. Backed by his sons - Jamie and Peter Jr. on lead guitar and bass respectively - and produced by Chris Kimsey (The Rolling Stones), Peter’s intuitive feel for words; his flair for idiosyncratic metaphors and his deadpan wit are all still as sharp as ever. As demonstrated perfectly by the title track and album opener. It finds him railing against American imperialism and celebrity culture. The songs on How The West Was Won examine complex emotional terrain and extreme human behaviour, shot through as always with wry self-analysis. In a sense the album is a Perrett family affair: there are love songs (An Epic Story, C Voyeurger) from Peter to his wife of 47 years Zena. On Something In My Brain, Perrett discusses good choices, bad choices and ultimately the only choices that will guarantee survival. There are also songs where Perrett opens his curtains and stares out into a much-changed world (Man Of Extremes, Sweet Endeavour). How The West Was Won finds Perrett with energy in his blood, rediscovering the importance of rock’n’roll. Having turned 65 over the weekend, he has a fire burning inside him again, and a determination not to blow what could be his last chance.

CD - First run CD with Gatefold wallet sleeve and a booklet containing lyrics and photographs.

LP - Heavyweight black vinyl LP with a Gatefold polylined sleeve, 8 page booklet and comes with MP3 album download card.

LP+ - Deluxe edition Heavyweight Red LP with a Gatefold polylined sleeve, 8 page booklet and comes with MP3 album download card.

How the West Was Won

Music GB