Dexys Midnight Runners
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Label:  EMI 
Date:  1980
Length:  0:00
Format:  LP
Genre:  Rock; New Wave
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Burn It down    
      2.  
      		 Tell Me When My Lights Turn Green    
      3.  
      		 The Teams That Meet In Caffs    
      4.  
      		 I'm just Looking    
      5.  
      		 Geno    
      6.  
      		 Seven Days Too Long    
      7.  
      		 I Couldn't Help If I Tried    
      8.  
      		 Thankfully Not Living In Yorkshire It Doesn't Apply    
      9.  
      		 Keep It    
      10.  
      		 Love Part One    
      11.  
      		 There, There My Dear    
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      Dexys Midnight Runners' 1980 debut album--Searching For The Young Soul Rebels--spoke to the world with a clarity and confidence that had rarely been experienced before (or since). For children of the 80s, it was the initial introduction to Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, The Foundations--all those ancient soul men. It was the first time a generation came close to understanding the romance of singer Kevin Rowland's Irish precursor, Van Morrison. It was (and is) an album to die for, with its crystal-bright horn sound and the way it spoke with words that left no room for doubters on songs such as "There, There, My Dear" (a letter to wannabe hipsters set to music), "Keep It" and the triumphant "Dance Stance". The album's Number One single "Geno"­-a shout-out to the UK 60s soul journeyman Geno Washington--was pure inspiration. When Dexys appeared on Top Of The Pops to celebrate the song's ascent, they were all Mod-sharpness and mirror-bright brass. It was like being born again. --Jerry Thackray