Praise Poems, Vol. 11 - A journey into raw, energetic power pop from the 1980sVarious Artists

• – The Nails - Real Proof
• – Fingerprints - Wasted On You
• – Naked Rush - Top 40
• – Spektr'm - What Do I Do (What Do I Say)
• – Fritz - Number Nine
• – Blue Rain - New Morning
• – Merrell Fankhauser - Calling From A Star
• – Nick Coluccio - Awaken (feat. Dream Illusions)
• – The Scam - Don't Quit
• – Angry Young Bees - Tell Me TV
• – Ted Paugh - Headin' Down The Highway
• – Animal Logic - The Meaning Of Life
• – Holidaye - Times
• – Hangnail Phillips - Let Me In
• – Sly Dog - Cryin' For Love

• 1. The Nails - Real Proof
• 2. Fingerprints - Wasted On You
• 3. Naked Rush - Top 40
• 4. Spektr'm - What Do I Do (What Do I Say)
• 5. Fritz - Number Nine
• 6. Blue Rain - New Morning
• 7. Merrell Fankhauser - Calling From A Star
• 8. Nick Coluccio - Awaken (feat. Dream Illusions)
• 9. The Scam - Don't Quit
• 10. Angry Young Bees - Tell Me TV
• 11. Ted Paugh - Headin' Down The Highway
• 12. Animal Logic - The Meaning Of Life
• 13. Holidaye - Times
• 14. Hangnail Phillips - Let Me In
• 15. Sly Dog - Cryin' For Love

Every compilation series has an end. After 10 outstanding issues, we are saying goodbye to the Praise Poems series, which is highly appreciated by collectors and music lovers, with this 11th installment. With this final installment, we are deliberately venturing into a genre that we have only included in exceptional cases to date: Power Pop of the late 1970s and early 80s.

We start with "Real Proof", an unreleased song by the band The Nails, originally from Boulder, Colorado, who were even signed to a major label a few years later. Although the Fingerprints recorded an entire album, it took over 45 years before it was finally released in 2022. "Wasted On You" comes from one of the three singles released between 1978 and 1980. In contrast to the Fingerprints, the original singles by Naked Rush are extremely rare. This is probably one of the reasons why none of their songs can be found on a compilation to date. It's great that we are now changing this. Incidentally, this applies to the majority of the songs on this album and to all our compilation albums in general. Fritz, Blue Rain and Holidaye are no exception.

We would like to mention two songs in particular. Firstly, "Don't Quit" by The Scam, which was produced by William Garrett. Garrett was responsible for the launch of Spotify Singles as Senior Music Producer at Spotify from 2016 to 2023 and has worked with artists such as Elton John, Ed Sheeran, John Legend and many more during this time. Secondly, there's a great story about Animal Logic. In 1989, the band found out that Stuart Copeland from The Police was forming a new band. The name? Animal Logic! After pleas not to use the name were ignored, the Animal Logic guys were forced to take the matter to court and eventually sold the name to Copeland. There are many more exciting stories about the bands in the booklet accompanying the CD and the LP insert.

With "A journey into raw, energetic power pop from the 1980s", we now conclude our 10-year journey of discovery through music history under the "Praise Poems" umbrella. We very much hope that you have enjoyed our meticulous work. When one door closes, another opens. It will be the same here. There is still so much to discover and we are already looking forward to many more releases!