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The Bodines were a British pop music group from the mid to late 1980s that comprised guitarist Paul Brotherton, bassist Tim Burwood, drummer John Rowlands, and guitarist/vocalist Michael Ryan.
In 2023, Mojo magazine ranked the song "Therese" as the 37th greatest UK Indie music record ever, calling it "a breathless romantic gulp of twin guitar twirl."
In July 1986, the Bodines participated in the Festival of the Tenth Summer. The Bodines's debut album, Played (produced by Ian Broudie, later to enjoy success as a recording artist as the Lightning Seeds) scraped into No. 94 in the UK Albums Chart, in the summer of 1987. The "Therese" and "Skankin' Queens" singles peaked at numbers 76 and 89 respectively in the UK Singles Chart. Under pressure for failing to deliver the hit record that their major label backers required, the Bodines split up, albeit temporarily. Rowland went on to play with the Rainkings.
In 1989, a reformed line-up of Ryan, Brotherton, new bassist Ian Watson, and new drummer Spencer Birtwistle released the single "Decide" on Manchester's Play Hard label and contributed a further new track to the same label's Hand to Mouth compilation. A couple of years later, Ryan reappeared with a new band called Medalark Eleven (misnamed after Harlem Globetrotters' Meadowlark Lemon), assisted by Gareth Thomas on bass and Adrian Donohue on drums. Reunited with Creation Records, they released a couple of singles ahead of the album Shaped Up, Shipped Out in 1994.
On 23 August 2010, the Bodines' debut album Played was reissued with seven bonus tracks on the Cherry Red label.
| + !Year !Title !Format !Label !Catalog number !Chart placing !Notes | ||||||
| 1986 | "God Bless" | 7" | Creation Records | CRE 016 | No. 8 | |
| 1986 | "Therese" | 12", 7" | Creation | CRE 028T, CRE 028 | No. 4 | Reissued on Magnet (1987, BODT1, BOD1) |
| 1986 | "Heard It All" | 12", 7" | Creation | CRE 030T, CRE 030 | No. 4 | |
| 1987 | "Skankin Queens" | 12", 7" | Magnet Records | BODT2, BOD2 | ||
| 1987 | "Slip Slide" | 12", 7" | Magnet | BODT3, BOD3 | ||
| 1989 | "Decide" | 12" | Play Hard | No. 15 | ||
| 2007 | "Shrinkwrap" | CD | Firestation | FST 073 |
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