Nobody's Perfect (The Distractions album) explained

Nobody's Perfect
Type:	Studio
Artist:	The Distractions
Cover:	The Distractions - Nobody's Perfect -front-.jpg
Released:	1980
Genre:	New wave, power pop, punk rock
Label:	Island

Nobody's Perfect is the debut album by UK new wave band The Distractions. Following the records's poor sales, the band split in 1981,^[1] the album remaining The Distractions' only LP.

Quantick later used the song "Valerie" from the album on a BBC Radio 4 documentary called "The Disappearing Art Of The Mix Tape".^[2]

Reception

Writing for Smash Hits in 1980, David Hepworth described Nodbody's Perfect as an "enchanting and vaguely disturbing collection of vulnerable pop". Hepworth went on to say that the album could be "the most attractive and hardest wearing debut album since The Pretenders".

In a 1987 "Rewind" article on the band written for the NME, David Quantick described the album as follows:

Track listing^[3]

1. "Waiting For Lorraine"
2. "Something For The Weekend"
3. "Boyscry"
4. "Sick and Tired"
5. "Leave You To Dream"
6. "Louise"
7. "Paracetamol Paralysis"
8. "(Stuck In A) Fantasy"
9. "Nothing"
10. "Wonder Girl"
11. "Still It Doesn't Ring"
12. "Untitled"
13. "Looking For A Ghost"
14. "Valerie"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rarebird's Spotlight Album Review #8: Distractions - Nobody's Perfect. Rarebird. 2009-07-24.
2. Web site: BBC - Radio 4 - Factual - The Disappearing Art Of The Mix Tape. BBC. 2009-04-09.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r35486|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Nobody's Perfect - Overview)))]. allmusic. 2009-07-24.