She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter

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She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
Studio album by the Blow Monkeys
Released	April 13, 1987
Length	50:48 (LP) 64:13 (CD)
Label	RCA/Ariola (1987); BMG/Camden (2002)
Producer	Michael Baker, with help from the Axeman
The Blow Monkeys chronology
Animal Magic (1986) She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter (1987) Whoops! There Goes the Neighbourhood (1988)

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She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter is the third album by British pop band the Blow Monkeys, originally released in 1987.

The album's title is a reference to Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, whose Conservative government was unpopular with left wing, pro-Labour Party music acts of the 1980s (including the Blow Monkeys), some of whom joined the Red Wedge movement as part of their political activism.

Some songs on the album reflect dissatisfaction with the political situation in the UK at the time. After a gradual shift towards a slicker, pop-oriented style, the Blow Monkeys also introduced a dance beat, which became a defining feature of the band's later releases.