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Line 14: This album = '''''Dig That Groove Baby'''''<br />(1983)| Next album = ''[[A Far Out Disc]]''<br />(1985)| }}▼ {{Album ratings▼ | rev1 = [[Allmusic]]▼ | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r181433|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>▼ | noprose = yes▼ }} Line 24 ⟶ 19: ==Recording== {{ The album was recorded in February 1983 at Guardian Studios, which were located in a [[terraced house]] in the unusually named village of [[Pity Me]] in [[County Durham]].<ref>Liner notes.</ref> According to [[Michael Algar]], "we recorded in Durham, in a terraced house, in a little town called Pity Me... crazy name, eh? It took only three days to record and mix, so there was no time to fix mistakes. Happy Bob recorded his drum bits whilst on a lunch break from a local hospital where he worked."<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GcrqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=toy+dolls+absurd+ditties&source=bl&ots=-ld_JR7pyo&sig=oQvy7eTU6cLws-uJzjvFMHIAl8Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiioJ3SpfvLAhXLWBQKHSK3CqQ4HhDoAQgrMAM#v=onepage&q=toy%20dolls%20absurd%20ditties&f=false</ref>▼ Quote box | quote = "We recorded in Durham, in a terraced house, in a little town called Pity Me... crazy name, eh? It took only three days to record and mix, so there was no time to fix mistakes. Happy Bob recorded his drum bits whilst on a lunch break from a local hospital where he worked." | source = —[[Michael Algar]] referring to the recording sessions.<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GcrqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=toy+dolls+absurd+ditties&source=bl&ots=-ld_JR7pyo&sig=oQvy7eTU6cLws-uJzjvFMHIAl8Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiioJ3SpfvLAhXLWBQKHSK3CqQ4HhDoAQgrMAM#v=onepage&q=toy%20dolls%20absurd%20ditties&f=false</ref> | width = 20% | align = right | style = padding:10px; ▲}} ▲The album was recorded in February 1983 at Guardian Studios, which were located in a [[terraced house]] in the unusually named village of [[Pity Me]] in [[County Durham]].<ref>Liner notes.</ref> ==Songs== Line 30 ⟶ 33: ==Reception== ▲{{Album ratings ▲| rev1 = [[Allmusic]] ▲| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r181433|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> ▲| noprose = yes }} In his 2004 book ''Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984'', music journalist Ian Glasper called the album "brilliant" and said it "set the madcap tone that the Toy Dolls would become well loved for."<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GcrqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=toy+dolls+absurd+ditties&source=bl&ots=-ld_JR7pyo&sig=oQvy7eTU6cLws-uJzjvFMHIAl8Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiioJ3SpfvLAhXLWBQKHSK3CqQ4HhDoAQgrMAM#v=onepage&q=toy%20dolls%20absurd%20ditties&f=false</ref> Algar said that "I actually think the album has aged very well, and it's always sounded fresh–unlike some of the garbage we have written. It's the most special album for me anyway, because it was our first, but it's also one of the best."<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GcrqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=toy+dolls+absurd+ditties&source=bl&ots=-ld_JR7pyo&sig=oQvy7eTU6cLws-uJzjvFMHIAl8Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiioJ3SpfvLAhXLWBQKHSK3CqQ4HhDoAQgrMAM#v=onepage&q=toy%20dolls%20absurd%20ditties&f=false</ref> | |||