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[249] Dean & Britta - Back Numbers (CD)

Assuming no unexpected additions between now and the end of the series this will be the last of three appearances for Dean & Britta’s second album Back Numbers, and this is the CD I bought on release in 2007.

Dean & Britta - Back Numbers (CD)

Back Numbers is the release where Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham became Dean & Britta:

"For the last record," explained Dean, "it was Britta Phillips and Dean Wareham. The main problem we ran into with that [is] it was difficult to alphabetize that and our last record got put under 'Phillips', so people who were going to look for the record just didn't know where to look." And the order of names? "I think 'Dean & Britta' rolls off the tongue better."

Fair enough-- although not everybody's feeling it. "My son [Jack] said it's the worst band name ever.

"He's seven," said Wareham with a laugh. "What does he know?"

Dean Wareham Talks Dean & Britta album (Pitchfork, 20th November 2006)

I think we all knew at the time that this was the right decision, the mailing list had been calling them Dean & Britta (or occasionally Britta & Dean) pretty much since day one - it made sense - sorry Jack, it may not be a great “band name” but it’s a long established and well considered duo naming scheme since the earliest days of pop music - see Nancy & Lee, Sonny & Cher, Peter & Gordon, Mel & Kim, Renée and Renato etc.

During Dean and Britta’s run on Patreon they shared a short clip of them in the studio with Tony Visconti which I’ve salvaged here:

Dean and Britta recording Back Numbers (play on YouTube)

• Catalogue Number: AHFOW 10/035
• Artist: Dean & Britta
• Title: Back Numbers
• Format: CD
• Buy ‘Back Numbers’ on Bandcamp

Previously in my record collection:

• [008] Dean & Britta - Back Numbers (advance CD)
• [184] Dean & Britta - Back Numbers (LP)