Groove Armada

They did some really catchy songs, but they couldn't do albums. My brother gave me a copy of their second album, Vertigo, which he had tried to get into but given up on, labelling it "boring". I made it through half the album before agreeing with my brother and getting rid of it. A housemate of mine had another of their albums, which was called "Hello Nightclub, Goodbye Country" or something, which I gave a listen, got about three quarters of the way through and gave up on. A while later, someone at work emailed around offering the first taker his copy of Groove Armada's greatest hits as he "didn't like it" despite being quite a big dance music fan. I took the offer but was beaten to it by someone else in the office.

Finally, in desperation, I purchased GA's greatest hits from HMV during a sale. It had some decent songs, but not enough to make the album worthwhile, and I finally gave it away during a big CD clearout while moving house.

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