Fashionably Late (The Slickee Boys album)


Washington D.C.'s Slickee Boys' fourth and final "proper" album, Fashionably Late was released in early 1988 by the French New Rose label. That summer, they toured Europe ; soon afterwards, founding member Kim Kane departed to focus on his newer band, Date Bait. After a few more years of live shows, the Slickee Boys called it quits.
The song "Your Autumn Eyes", which was released as a single during the summer of 1987, was quite a departure for the band—a melancholy waltz-time ballad with an intense bridge/guitar solo. Most of the rest of the album, however, was what fans had come to expect from the band.
Along with original songs written by members of the band, there are two cover songs: "You Can Run" was originally released by D.C.'s Razz, and "The Mean Screen" was by the Gizmos.
The compact disc version includes as bonus tracks both songs from the b-side of the "Your Autumn Eyes" 7"—an original, "Eye to Eye" and a cover of Gary Lewis and the Playboys' "Without a Word of Warning".

Track listing

  1. "Sleepless Nights" – 2:21
  2. "Hesitation" – 3:25
  3. "The Missing Part" – 2:32
  4. "You Can Run" – 3:30
  5. "Blind Deaf & Dumb" – 2:50
  6. "The Mean Screen" – 1:57
  7. "Your Autumn Eyes" – 4:55
  8. "Droppin' Off to Sleep" – 4:28
  9. "The Dive" – 4:45
  10. "If I Could Lie" – 4:27
  11. "Love Twilight" – 3:33
  12. "Eye to Eye" – 3:39
  13. "Without a Word of Warning" – 2:20

    Personnel

The band

On both the LP and CD the track listing is incorrect: the second and third tracks are reversed. The correct order is shown above.

Alternative version

In 2006, Last Call Records released a double CD of Fashionably Late and Live at Last. It had new cover art but no added material.