Adorable were a British alternative rock band active in the 1990s. They for… Read Full Bio ↴Adorable were a British alternative rock band active in the 1990s. They formed in Coventry in 1991, and consisted of band members Piotr Fijalkowski (vocals, guitar), Robert Dillam (guitar), Steven ‘Wil’ Williams (bass), and Kevin Gritton (drums).

After recording a 12" of "Sunshine Smile" (b/w "I’ll Be Your Saint" and "Breathless") that was pressed to be released on record producer Pat Collier’s ‘Money To Burn,’ label the band received a gushing review in the NME. They signed to Creation Records in 1992, and after a UK tour supporting Curve they released their first single, a re-recording of "Sunshine Smile," in May of that year. Distancing themselves from the shoegaze movement by attempting to be more outspoken than traditional shoegazers, Adorable were briefly seen along with other bands Suede and The Verve as being a part of a new movement tagged ‘New Glam,’ a label attributed to Fijalkowski’s assertion that "we want to put the glamour back into pop." "Sunshine Smile" was NME’s Single of the Week, and topped the Indie Singles chart as well as entering the mainstream UK single top 100 charts for three weeks. A backlash in the press against the band’s outspoken image immediately followed, and the band were never to be interviewed in the mainstream UK press after their debut single. The band released "I’ll Be Your Saint," "Homeboy" and "Sistine Chapel Ceiling" (NME single of the Week), which all went into the Top 5 in the Indie charts, but failed to enter the mainstream Top 75. The album Against Perfection, released in 1993, went to #70 in the album charts, and the band toured the USA, Europe, Australia & Japan.

The second album, Fake, was seen as a far more introspective album, which Fijalkowski himself suggests was the result of the band feeling vulnerable. Although two singles ("Kangaroo Court" & "Vendetta") again entered high in the Indie Singles chart, the album failed to dent the mainstream Top 75, and strained relations both within the band and with Creation resulted in the band announcing their split onstage in Brussels in late 1994.

In subsequent years, the band has been re-classified as being part of the shoegaze movement. Bands such as Ash & Oasis have in the past acknowledged their admiration of the band.

Subsequent to the band’s demise Robert Dillam moved to Scotland where he joined The Zephyrs, whilst Fijalkowski went on to form the band Polak, who signed to One Little Indian Records.

Discography

Albums
Against Perfection (Creation / CRE 138) - Mar 1993
Fake (Creation / CRE 165) - Sept 1994
Footnotes - Best Of 92-94 (Cherry Red / CDMRED327) - Jan 2008

Singles
Sunshine Smile (Creation / CRE 127) - Apr 1992
I’ll Be Your Saint (Creation / CRE 133) - Jul 1992
Homeboy (Creation / CRE 140) - Oct 1992
Sistine Chapel Ceiling (Creation / CRE 153) - Jan 1993
Favourite Fallen Idol (Creation / CRE 159) - Apr 1993
Kangaroo Court (Creation / CRE 172) - Apr 1994
Vendetta (Creation / CRE 177) - Sept 1994

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Adorable Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Adorable:

01. Sunshine Smile And then she smiled Just for fraction of a little while And…
03. Kangaroo Court I know I'm losing my appeal Cause I was hung, drawn…
05. I Know You Too Well I heard you saying the same words that I said I…
07. Sistine Chapel Ceiling I took a breath onto a canvas I could not have…
09. Crash Sight Here I stand all alone My shaking hands are all I…
12. I'll Be Your Saint I'll be your saint I'll wear a halo And I'll perform mirac…
A to Fade In I remember walking home with my father from the station Hand…
Ballroom Couples swaying uncertainly (???) I feel as much the same f…
Breathless My eager eyes came stumbling down Over this pristine view My…

Contented Eye You're not perfect within my eye You're no angel, but neith…
Cool Front Cool Front 23-6 I now know what everyone knows I lost your…
Crash Sight Here I stand all alone My shaking hands are all I…
Cut CHARLIE medicates himself TONIGHT Under BLUE lights he’s go…
Cut #2 Why did you say That one line that I just so…
Dinosaur #3 The next word is gonna end it all You're gonna send…
Everything's Fine You took him down to the coast Just to get away There…
Favourite Fallen Idol When I fail, I want to fail completely And when I…
Feed Me With eyes like milk, half-drunk now by my greed She cuts…
Glorious And then I awoke from a dream I didn't really want…
Go Easy on Her Go easy on her She's not everything that she could have…
Have You Seen the Light Half-blind, but knowing no better Flicker in her moth-light…
Homeboy I'm tripping into the back of my mind And your words…
I Know You too Well I heard you saying the same words that I said I…
I'll Be Your Saint I'll be your saint I'll wear a halo And I'll perform mirac…
Kangaroo Court I know I'm losing my appeal Cause I was hung, drawn…
Lettergo In a room painted beige and blue Some fifty-odd years ago …
Man in a Suitcase A portrait of a life Wrapped up in decayed paper tales Tel…
Obsessively Yours Everyone says love is lean these days And everyone pays for…
Pilot At the wheel of a car At the wheel of a…
Radio Days Foot down and drive to the sun It's raining hard and…
Road Movie I've been trying so long to get you out of…
Seasick Martyr Well the ship's in the harbor Harbor no fear With the word…
Self-imperfectionist Then I spoke, not out of turn But more out of…
Sistine Chapel Ceiling I took a breath onto a canvas I could not have…
Still Life He was born without a sigh And she left without a…
Submarine I'd like to be alone Away from your port of stone But…
Summerside She lay by the window all summer Waiting silently for her…
Sunburnt I'm slowing down As we go on And I'm slowing down As we…
Sunshine Smile And then she smiled Just for fraction of a little while And…

Vendetta Well, I'm upside down and back to front I really don't…

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