Monocled Alchemist

“Felicity” / “In A Nutshell” (Polydor POSP 386) January 1982

Orange Juice | Felicity | (Polydor) 1982 | Slipped this in here just to see if you get this far! “Felicity” beats up the old low-fi flexi take a treat, and “You Old Eccentric” is no slouch either.

Note that both are by James Kirk, while the sole Edwyn offering, “In A Nutshell”, has him meandering tunelessly in a sullen mood.

Indecision comes to mind, lack of output . . . Orange Juice worry me sometimes. I mean, Polydor?! Short trousers? Too little, too soon. (Sounds, 16/01/82)

Orange Juice | Felicity | (Polydor) 1982

I love listening to this record – so much so that I hate having to write about it (this happens). Still here we go: “Felicity” may, to all intents and purposes, be regarded as the ‘real’ ‘A’ side; the other one, if either, will be played on the radio.

Please God! it’s lovely, unfashionably honest pop, with an irresistibly catchy chorus and all the other bits that a pop song should have, plus a couple of cheeky touches in the shape of a disco whistle and the immortal words “take me to the bridge”.

What more can you reasonably ask for? Airplay is what; All the attention is “L.O.V.E, Love” was so criminally denied. Your prayers are asked . . . “In A Nutshell” is the ‘Sunday Morning’ side of Velvet Orangejuice; very pretty, but the arrangement doesn’t make of the song all it might. (Record Mirror, 16/01/82)