Never be lonely (The Feeling) (LP 4305 - 4307)

The Feeling  Twelve Stops and Home (CD, Island Records, 2006) ****  

The Feeling  Join With Us (CD, Island Records, 2008) ***  

The Feeling  Together We Were Made (CD, Island Records, 2011) ****  

Genre: Pop 

Places I remember: HMV, Fopp

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: I Love It When You Call (Twelve Stops...)

Gear costume: Sewn (Twelve Stops...), Set My World on Fire (Together...)

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7

Active compensatory factors: The Feeling is a pop band from England. Members on their debut Twelve Stops and Home in 2006 were Dan Gillespie Sells (lead vocals, guitar), Kevin Jeremiah (guitar, vocals), Ciaran Jeremiah (keyboards, vocals), Richard Jones (bass, vocals) and Paul Stewart (drums). 

All together, they know how to write catchy songs, play, and sing. Their harmony vocals are superb. Although there is a whiff of guilty pleasure about them, overall they channel their Beatles, 10CC influences perfectly.

The debut had five great singles (Sewn, Fill My Little World, I Love It When You Call amongst them) and other songs that could have easily been singles.

Second album Join With Us came out two years later. It was a bit of a letdown in the song department compared to the debut. There are still some good moments - highlights include I Thought It Was Over, Turn It Up and the title track. 

Much, much better were the songs on third effort - Together We Were Made which took three years to appear. I nearly didn't bother after Join With Us but I'm glad I did. All The Feeling's touches were present and correct - layered harmony vocals, great lead vocals from Dan. Set My World On Fire was another excellent single but there are again plenty of songs that could have been hits, like Another Soldier. Plenty of pop smarts to admire on this album.

Where do they all belong? I lost touch with The Feeling and their next four albums. I'd be tempted if I ever come across them, though.