Updated 2005 collection features more tracks than on the Greatest Hits issued in the 90's. Along with The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays were the leaders of the late 80's/early 90's dance club-influenced Manchester scene. Happy Mondays were immersed in the club and rave culture, eventually becoming the most recognizable band of that drug-fuelled era. The Monday's music relied heavily on the sound and rhythm of house music, spiked with 70's soul licks and swirling 60's psychedelic sounds. Happy Mondays were one of the first rock bands to integrate hip-hop techniques into their music. They spent just a brief time in the spotlight before being undone by their addictions and collapsing in 1992, but they left behind a surprisingly influential legacy, apparent in everyone from dance bands like the Chemical Brothers to rock & rollers like Oasis. Elektra. 2005.
