Hallelujah, eprelease date: Dec. 1989
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,62]
producer: Martin Hannett
label: Factory Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights:
1. "Hallelujah (MacColl Mix)" - 2. "Clap Your Hands" - 4. "Rave On" - 5. "Hallelujah (Club Mix)" - 6. "Rave On (Club Mix)" - 7. "W.F.L. (Think About the Future Mix)"
Ep release of the non-album track "Hallelujah" by Happy Mondays. Originally it was released exclusively for the UK market in Nov. '89 in two versions: a 4-track 12'' ep titled Madchester Rave On, and as a 2-track 7'' single titled Hallelujah. In December it was re-released in this expanded 7-track edition consisting of other remixes spliced with the Madchester Rave On ep now targeted for the European continental and US markets. Martin Hannett is producer of the original recordings but four of the tracks are made as additional production remixes. Paul Oakenfold is credited as remix producer on tracks #5, #6, #7 - track #5 together with Andy Wetherall and track #6 with Terry Farley - Steve Lillywhite is remix producer of track #1.
This is a nice collection of extended mixes and various remixes, and it serves as a fine document of the general appeal of Happy Mondays on the club arena back in the day. It also features some of Paul Oakenfold's early remixes for the band, which paved way for his role on the 1990-album, which may be seen as the band's pinnacle.
