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THE MOP TOPS - INSIDE (1995)

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Hailing from Sweden, The Mop Tops was formed in 1985. In the beginning of 1990 they released their first record, "Run Away". It was a four-song extended play which was very well received by the press. Later that year the group released their second record, "Everybodys´Girl. In 1991 the group disbanded but reunited again in 1993. Now the group had more than 200 songs. 1995, a demo was sent to Velodrome Records, a small record-company in Gothenburg, which led to the recording of their CD debut "Inside".
"Inside" was released in November 1995 and was received with fantastic rewievs all over the world, the music magazines compared the group with Plimsouls, Tom Petty, Matthew Sweet and The Beatles. The french radiostation "Pop Dreams" in St.Etienne voted "Inside" to the best record of 1996. Featured on some of the best Power Pop compilations, the band released a second masterpiece "Ground Floor Man" in 2008 available thru CDBaby., Kool Kat, Jam Records, Not Lame or Amazon.

Songs
Plastic Moon Rain / Inside / Sending Letters / Sweet Dreams / Love On A Carousel / I Want To Tell You / The Loner / Melancholy / She's So Fine / I Wish I Knew You / Whenever I'm Alone / I Won't Give It Back