SOUNDTRACK4LIFE: THE B-SIDES: Soundtrack4Life: The Best Albums of 2017 - #12 How The West Was Won

Monday, 11 December 2017

Soundtrack4Life: The Best Albums of 2017 - #12 How The West Was Won - Peter Perrett

Another wonderful surprise in 2017 was the annoucement back in April that former frontman of The Only Ones, Peter Perrett, would be releasing his Debut Solo Album in June 2017! Such an annoucement would often be met with a healthy dose of skepticism because one was aware that Perrett had health and addiction issues and he had also spoke in the past that The Only Ones were possibly going to release a new album back in 2007 (that would have been their first one since Baby's Got A Gun in 1980) but after a brief UK Tour (and dates into 2009) the band went on hiatus without releasing anything new at all.

But...this was not just some rumour to get us all excited again and lead us to dig out our copies of The Only Ones albums and Singles or The One album Woke Up Sticky from 1996 (I'll have to do a post on that album one day)...it was a reality!

The album was made and featured his two sons Jamie and Peter Perrett Jnr and man alive, what an album!

Perrett still has that ability to get provide brilliant social commentary (just listen to the title track and his comments regarding Kim Kardashian!). He still sounds as good as he did back at the tail end of the 1970's and into the 1980's with The Only Ones with that almost make no great effort voice.

Whilst we never got another album from The Only Ones I am totally delighted that we got How The West Was Won. From start to finish it is just a wonderful listen and I'm hard pressed to say what are my favourites because every track has special moments.

Listen and enjoy if you haven't heard it before, and if you have, and loved it when it was released, play it again...very loud so your neighbours can listen also! 😀

Peter Perrett is touring in the USA next year, check out his website for dates.