Tall Stories (album)

Tall Stories
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1991
Recorded1990–1991
StudioRAK, London, UK
Length36:32
LabelVirgin
ProducerCalvin Hayes, Mike Nocito
Johnny Hates Jazz chronology
Turn Back the Clock
(1988)
Tall Stories
(1991)
The Very Best of Johnny Hates Jazz
(1993)

Tall Stories is the second studio album by Johnny Hates Jazz, released by Virgin in 1991. The follow-up to 1988's Turn Back the Clock, Tall Stories features producer and songwriter Phil Thornalley as lead singer, following the departure of the band's frontman Clark Datchler. On the eve of the album's release, Thornalley and keyboardist Calvin Hayes were involved in a serious car crash that depleted the band's momentum. The album failed to chart,[1] and the band subsequently folded.[2][self-published source]

The album featured contributions from XTC's Dave Gregory (lead guitar) and Kasim Sulton of Utopia (backing vocals).

  1. ^ "UK Singles & Albums Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  2. ^ Anderson, Michael R. (2008) The Ultimate 80's Music Book, lulu.com, ISBN 978-1-4092-0904-1, p. 37