MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! A Tribute To THE FLASHCUBES: The complete track line-up revealed

It's finally time to reveal the track line-up for MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN! A Tribute To THE FLASHCUBES. The album will be released by our friends at Big Stir Records in September, and the first digital single ("Reminisce" by our honorees the Flashcubes) will be out on June 27th.

1. THE FLASHCUBES: Reminisce
2. sparkle*jets u.k.: Make Something Happen
3. LIBRARIANS WITH HICKEYS: Gone Too Far
4. CHRIS VON SNEIDERN: No Promise
5. GRAHAM PARKER AND MIKE GENT: Pathetic
6. JOE GIDDINGS: You're Not Grounded

7. BALLZY TOMORROW: Five Personalities
8. THE FLASHCUBES: The Sweet Spot
9. THE KENNEDYS: Walking Through The Park
10. POP CO-OP: Wait Til Next Week
11. HAMELL ON TRIAL: Got No Mind [EXPLICIT]
12. SUPER 8 FEATURING LISA MYCHOLS: When We Close Our Eyes
13. THE ARMOIRES: You're Not The Police
14. THE VERBS: I Need Glue
15. THE FLASHCUBES: If These Hands
16. THE PEPPERMINT KICKS: Muscle Beach
17. THE MAYFLOWERS: Born To Cry
18. DOLPH CHANEY: Girl From Germany
19. CALLAN FOSTER: It's You Tonight
20. ROB MOSS AND SKIN-TIGHT SKIN: Bad Dream
21. THE CHOOSERS: Christi Girl
22. TOM KENNY AND THE HI-SEAS: Welcome To The Working Class
23. SORROWS: Radio
24. THE SPONGETONES: Nothing Really Matters When You're Young

ALL SONGS WRITTEN OR CO-WRITTEN BY THE FLASHCUBES

"Reminisce," "Pathetic," "Got No Mind," "I Need Glue," "Muscle Beach," and "Bad Dream" written by Paul Armstrong Nuneaton Music BMI

"Make Something Happen," "No Promise," "Wait Til Next Week," "You're Not The Police," "Born To Cry," "It's You Tonight," and "Welcome To The Working Class" written by Gary Frenay Cubic Music BMI

"Gone Too Far," "You're Not Grounded," "Walking Through The Park," "When We Close Our Eyes," "If These Hands," "Girl From Germany," "Christi Girl," and "Nothing Really Matters When You're Young" written by Arty Lenin Cubic Music BMI

"Five Personalities" written by Paul Armstrong, Norm Mattice, Gary Frenay, and Mark Doyle Cubic Music BMI

"The Sweet Spot" written by Gary Frenay and B. D. Love Cubic Music BMI/Bonificence Music ASCAP

"Radio" written by Paul Armstrong and Gary Frenay Cubic Music BMI

It's increasingly clear that this is gonna be an absolutely kickass compilation. We start with great material--a selection of songs written by my favorite power pop group the Flashcubes--put 'em in the hands of fave rave acts who know their own bright-lights magic and how to conjure with it, and brilliance results. Add three brand-new tracks by the Flashcubes themselves, and by God, we are indeed making something happen. 

Sequencing is the most fun part of assembling a compilation album. With every compilation I've programmed or co-programmed over the last two decades, it's always been important to arrive at a sequence that flows like a great album should flow. Gotta have a compelling opening, backed up by further, mounting evidence of musical wonder at work. Every song is vital, everything needs to compel you to keep listening, and the final tracks at the end of the compilation have to be at least as exciting as everything that led up to them. Best mix tape ever. This sequence is still subject to change, but it's probably set. From "Reminisce" to "Nothing Really Matters When You're Young," this is gonna be a terrific pop album.

 As always: Stay tuned. Smile everybody. It's the Flashcubes.

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