Over a decade into their career, NRBQ entered Bearsville Studios and recorded their eighth album. The line-up featured Terry Adams (keyboards), Joey Spampinato (bass), Tom Ardolino (drums) and Al Anderson (guitar), plus The Whole Wheat Horns (Donn Adams and Keith Spring).

The end result was Tiddlywinks, which contained the singles �Me And The Boys� and �Never Take The Place Of You.� It immediately became another fan favorite NRBQ classic album, and provided an entry point for new a new audience to come on board as �Me And The Boys� garnered repeat airplay on radio stations across the country.

Now, over four decades later, Tiddlywinks returns. This time, four bonus tracks are added to the mix: �I Don�t Think Of�� and �Big Goodbyes��recorded during the Tiddlywinks sessions and released on 1983�s Tapdancin� Bats collection, plus the controversial TV and Radio Spots originally issued on the flip side of the �Never Take The Place Of You� 7� single.

Featuring updated artwork and liner notes from original engineer Tom Mark (who had worked with the band on At Yankee Stadium), the Tiddlywinks experience is now complete. From Mark�s liner notes: �Working with those guys was such a pleasure. We always had fun. Four amazing musician/writers really listening to each other, what else do you want? Thank you NRBQ.�

1. FEEL YOU AROUND ME
2. ME AND THE BOYS
3. MUSIC GOES ROUND AND AROUND
4. BEVERLY
5. THAT I GET BACK HOME
6. ROLL CALL
7. I DON�T THINK OF� [Bonus Track]
8. WANT YOU TO FEEL GOOD TOO
9. NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOU
10. YOU CAN�T HIDE
11. DEFINITION OF LOVE
12. HOBBIES
13. BIG GOODBYES [Bonus Track]
14. TIDDLYWINKS TV SPOT [Bonus Track]
15. TIDDLYWINKS RADIO AD [Bonus Track]

This resoundingly upbeat, grounded indie pop-rock album, which fairly early on, the synchronicity among the quartet is highly apparent, opens on the jaunty pop bounce of FEEL YOU AROUND ME and the alt-rock vibe of ME AND THE BOYS (later to be recorded by Bonnie Raitt), before bringing us the country-jazz-hop, barn burning swing of MUSIC GOES ROUND AND AROUND, the low slung, mid-tempo balladry of BEVERLY, the guitar twanging THAT I GET BACK HOME, and they are followed by the Randy Newman-esque ROLL CALL and the free-wheeling beauty of the first bonus track, I DON�T THINK OF�

Next up we get one of my own personal favorites from this remodeled album, the upbeat, countrified R&R of WANT YOU TO FEEL GOOD TOO which is itself backed seamlessly by the gracefully appealing NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOU, then comes the mid-tempo rocker YOU CAN�T HIDE, the breezy, carefree, yet wholly melodious DEFINITION OF LOVE, the Beatles-esque HOBBIES and the angst-alt rock of the next bonus track, BIG GOODBYES rounding the music out, the two other bonus tracks being a brilliant old-school flashback TIDDLYWINKS TV SPOT and a live introduction then brings forth a rather anxiously aggressive TIDDLYWINKS RADIO AD.

Available on LP, CD, and Digital, it�s time to stop playing games, and grab some Tiddlywinks!

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