The La'S - The La'S (National Album Day 2024)

Released: 19/10/24

Among the great British bands celebrated during National Album Day, cult Liverpudlian act The La's are in a league of their own: unlike all the other groups they share shelf space with this year, they are the sole group to have released only one album. Issued in October 1990, their self-titled debut has been hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time by NME, and was also placed at No.13 in Rolling Stone's 2021 run-down of the 40 greatest one-album wonders. Selling 300,000 copies in the US and 500,000 copies at home, The La's has become an indie touchstone. No shortage of that reputation rests on the single There She Goes', a reissue of which hit No.13 in the UK, on its way towards racking up double-platinum sales figures. With their album now making a return on coke-bottle green wax, The La's have more than secured their place in British music history.