![]() Once again recorded at CAVA with Tony Doogan, it was decided that given some abortive attempts at mixing the thing, Paul, Stewart and Tony would decamp to Upstate New York and mix the album with Flaming Lips helmer Dave Fridmann. The recording process was (as usual) a protracted one with sessions lasting well over a year. ![]() With live shows often featuring ten musicians on stage (and in one instance at the Royal Festival Hall as many as eighteen), this was clearly not a lo-fi album. The album itself, named after the homeless shelter a mile or so from Chemikal Underground's offices, was a triumphant realisation of The Delgados' potential as songwriters and as a live act. ![]() Not only because the album's critical success forced people to reappraise their opinion that The Delgados were nothing more than musical also rans, but also because its commercial success came along at a time when Chemikal Underground needed a relatively big selling artist on its roster following the departure of Mogwai and Arab Strap. In many people's opinion, The Delgados' magnum opus, The Great Eastern remains one of Chemikal Underground's most significant releases. ![]()
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