Angelfish

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Angelfish was an alternative rock band from Scotland. The band was made up mostly of former members of the band Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie.

Although Shirley Manson was not a very active member of the group, she is the best known of them, because the band helped launch her career as the vocalist for the band Garbage. Originally, she only played keyboards and did some back-up vocals, but was eventually given the role of lead vocals. The rest of the Angelfish—Martin Metcalfe, Fin Wilson and Derek Kelly—are now in the band Isa & The Filthy Tongues, whose debut album was released in May of 2006.

Angelfish had a small hit with the single “Suffocate Me”, which had caught the eye of producer Butch Vig. Vig soon after asked Manson to join his band Garbage, which led to Angelfish breaking up soon afterwards.

1	Suffocate Me full track	148
2	Sleep With Me full track	114
3	You Can Love Her full track	105
3	Heartbreak to Hate full track	105
5	Dogs in a Cage full track	104
6	King of the World full track	100
7	The Sun Won't Shine full track	91
8	Mummy Can't Drive full track	83
9	Tomorrow Forever full track	81
10	The End full track	65
11	Trash It	23
12	Kimberly	18
13	Tomrorrow Forever	3
14	03 - YOU CAN LOVE HER	2
15	Afterglow	1

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diogoxara wrote:
25 days ago

damn , i love trash it

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

Take a listen to our songs . Thanks
[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

If you like this, check out the band who became, "Auto Defiance". Bonnie does backing vocals / synth, the music is nearly similar and the lead vocalist, Bradley Boyer, is guitarist and songwriter.
YControl755 wrote:
last month

If you like this, check out the band it came out of, Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. Shirley only does backing vocals, but the music is very similar and the lead vocalist, Martin Metcalfe, is excellent.

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Didymos234 wrote:
last month

This is just great. Definitely not worse than Garbage.

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Lerkinnn wrote:
June 2008

"Dog in a Cage" drives me crazy!!!

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fanfara562 wrote:
May 2008

First song I loved was King of the World. I'm glad to see it on the top of chart!

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leonie47 wrote:
May 2008

I feel sad for the people who get so worked up over tags. Let it go. Anyway, I LOVE this album. Shirley was already amazing back then. Love.

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endlesSacrifice wrote:
May 2008

i love

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chairdriver wrote:
May 2008

I love this album. It always seems to be in my CD player for some reason. I love doing my scottish accent when singing along to Heartbreak To Hate.

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liquiddatura wrote:
May 2008

Indie is not a genre.

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yoemes wrote:
April 2008

yhy, sure. United States Declaration of Indieness. yhy. On last.fm we talk about music and sounds. Independent is not a sound. Gothic Rock, or Alternative Rock would tell more, than INDIE INDIE INDIE.

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-Suki- wrote:
April 2008

indie = independent. just to let you know ;).

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Pometheus wrote:
March 2008

It is too bad they only released one lp

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deathstar461 wrote:
March 2008

I feel sorry for anyone who tags anything as indie

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velum_dare wrote:
February 2008

angelfish's albums were released on indie labels; therefore, the indie tag is accurate.

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yoemes wrote:
January 2008

i feel sorry for people who tag Angelfish as indie. really sorry..

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chairdriver wrote:
December 2007

This CD is so rare. I screamed in delight when I found it in a dusky old record shop. Mummy Can't Drive and Suffocate Me are gems.

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chillection wrote:
December 2007

just another gift of shirley...

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BiruteB wrote:
November 2007

awesome band.

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