The Factory Singles (Best Of (Deluxe Remastered)) Happy Mondays

• 1 Delightful (2025 Remaster) 03:38
• 2 Freaky Dancin' (2025 Remaster) 03:43
• 3 Tart Tart (2025 Remaster) 04:20
• 4 24 Hour Party People (2025 Remaster) 03:23
• 5 Wrote For Luck (2025 Remaster) 03:42
• 6 Lazyitis (2025 Remaster) 03:52
• 7 Hallelujah (2025 Remaster) 02:39
• 8 Step On (Remaster 2025) 04:20
• 9 Kinky Afro (2025 Remaster) 03:58
• 10 Loose Fit (2025 Remaster) 03:44
• 11 Judge Fudge (2025 Remaster) 03:58
• 12 Stinkin' Thinkin' (2025 Remaster) 04:22
• 13 Sunshine & Lover (2025 Remaster) 03:20
• 14 Angel (2025 Remaster) 04:05
• 15 Tart Tart (The Reflex Revision) 07:16
• 16 24 Hour Party People (Jon Carter's Main Vocal) 04:27
• 17 W.F.L. (Think About The Future Mix) 07:10
• 18 Hallelujah (Club Mix) 06:27
• 19 Rave On (Club Mix) 05:38
• 20 Step On (Twistin' My Melon Mix) 05:53
• 21 Kinky Afro (Euromix) 07:30
• 22 Loose Fit (Greg Wilson & Ché Wilson Remix) 08:11
• 23 Bob's Yer Uncle (Perfecto Remix) 06:19
• 24 Stinkin' Thinkin' (Junior Style) 07:04
• 25 Sunshine & Love (Fire Island Mix) 08:22
• Total Runtime 02:07:21

Info for The Factory Singles (Best Of (Deluxe Remastered))

London Records are to mark 40 years of the Happy Mondays with a series of special releases, beginning with the new compilation ‘The Factory Singles’.

‘The Factory Singles’compiles all Happy Mondays singles on the legendary Manchester label Factory Records, including “Step On”, “Kinky Afro”, “Hallelujah” and “24-Hour Party People”. This definitive collection captures the band’s ground-breaking output from 1985 –1992, celebrating their pivotal role in shaping UK music culture. ‘The Factory Singles’ will be available across multiple formats — including 2LP, 2CD, and a 1LP Blood Records Exclusive. The artwork has been conceived by Sublime Limbo (original Central Station team members Pat Carroll & Karen Jackson) alongside Sam Carroll – and features distinctive variations across each format. Vivid, enduring ink stains serve as a striking visual metaphor for the lasting imprint the band left on Manchester and the British music scene.

Of the remix, Oakenfold comments: “When I listen back to Step On now, it still sounds dangerous. It still sounds alive. And it still gets dancefloors moving. That’s the test of real music—not how it charts, but how it feels decades later. To be able to come back to it 35 years on and give it a fresh spin is special. It’s not just nostalgia – it’s about showing that the spirit of the track still connects, still has that edge, and can still light up a dancefloor today.”

Oakenfold, who produced Pills ’N’ Thrills and Bellyaches as well as providing many of the Mondays most successful remixes, also contributes liner notes, in which he writes: “When I think back to working with the Happy Mondays, I don’t think about chaos first. I don’t think about the drugs or the headlines. I think about the music. Because above all else – above the madness and the mayhem – was a sound that was utterly new. A sound that broke the rules. A sound that made your feet move before your brain caught up. A sound we helped shape, together.”

Since emerging from the deviant streets of early 80s post-punk Salford, Happy Mondays have been the UK’s craftiest doyens of accidental, spasmodic genius. The nation’s premier rock ‘n’ roll pirates, who swerved the boredom, dodged reality and made something out of nothing. Something different from everything that had gone before. Both cackling lunatic delinquents and savvy musical scholars, they comprised Shaun Ryder and his dastardly wit, his brother Paul’s undulating basslines, drummer Gaz Whelan’s enigmatic beats, guitarist Mark Day’s intoxicating guitar lines and Paul Davis’ transcendental keyboards. And Bez, of course, with his onstage maracas and pterodactyl-winged freaky dancin’, who was (and remains) their one-off talismanic soul.

The Factory Singles is more than a retrospective—it’s a time capsule of a movement that redefined what a band could be, and a celebration of a legacy that continues to resonate across dancefloors and playlists today.

Happy Mondays

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Happy Mondays
are an English rock band formed in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 1980. Emerging during the post-punk era, they became one of the leading acts of the late 1980s and early 1990s Madchester scene, which fused alternative rock with acid house and dance music. The band was founded by frontman Shaun Ryder, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, guitarist Mark Day, drummer Gary Whelan, and keyboardist Paul Davis. Dancer and percussionist Mark "Bez" Berry later became an iconic part of the group with his wild stage presence.

Their breakthrough came with the 1988 album "Bummed," produced by Martin Hannett, but it was their 1990 release, "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches," that solidified their status, featuring hits like "Step On" and "Kinky Afro." The album was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, capturing the hedonistic spirit of British youth culture at the time.

Happy Mondays were signed to the influential Factory Records label, and their sound and image became emblematic of the Madchester movement alongside bands such as The Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets. However, their chaotic lifestyle, drug use, and internal tensions contributed to the band's decline in the early 1990s.

After several breakups and reunions over the years, Happy Mondays have continued to perform and tour, maintaining a loyal fan base and a lasting impact on British music history. They are often credited with helping to bridge the gap between indie rock and dance music, paving the way for future acts in the Britpop and electronic scenes.

This album contains no booklet.