Homegrown (Dodgy album)

Infobox Album
Name = Homegrown
Type = Album
Artist = Dodgy


Released = 1995
Recorded =
Genre = Britpop, Indie
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Label =
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hpfwxq9hldse link]
Last album = The Dodgy Album (1993)
This album = Homegrown (1995)
Next album = Free Peace Sweet (1996)

Homegrown is a 1995 album by the British indie group Dodgy. The best known song on the album is "Staying out for the Summer".

The name of the album "Homegrown" and indeed the 1970s Volkswagen camper van featured on the cover clearly makes an obvious reference to cannabis and hippie culture.

The first single from the "Homegrown" album was "Melodies Haunt You". It features Dodgy's version of the Northern Soul classic "The Snake" and their early recording "Summer Fayre".

1992 saw the original release of Dodgy's second single from the album "Staying out for the Summer". It was a double gatefold CD of 8 songs including an acoustic version of Soul_II_Soul's hit "Back to Life."

In 1995 "Staying out for the Summer" was re-vamped, later becoming the theme tune to the television coverage of the Glastonbury Festival that year. The single includes a version of Jackie Wilson's "Higher and Higher" and the artwork inside depicts a psychedelic bostin boy.

The video to "Staying out for the Summer" features a flying Volkswagen camper van in a manner similar to Harry Potter. It also shows guitarist Andy Miller sky-surfing on a Twister mat and suggests that the dodgy camper van is responsible for making crop circles.

The third single from the album, "So Let Me Go Far," was also released as a double gatefold CD. It features the song "UK RIP", live recordings from Ilford Island and remixes by Jah Wobble and Transglobal Underground. The video for "So Let Me Go Far" was recorded in Morocco.

"Making The Most Of" was the final single to be released from the "Homegrown" album. The artwork for this single depicts the band sharing loaves and fishes. A version of the song was recorded in French. Again a double gatefold CD, it contains "The Ludlow Sessions".

During the release of the singles from "Homegrown" in 1994, Dodgy encouraged people to oppose the odious Criminal Justice Bill and Public Order Bill put forward by the Conservative government of the time.

The artwork of the "Homegrown" album is curious and captivating. In particular the Volkswagen camper van hosts shelves displaying a goldfish bowl, copy of the Silver Surfer comic, a rubber toy snake, Mickey Mouse, a large alarm clock, and a Timothy Leary book.

Track listing

# Staying Out for the Summer
# Melodies Haunt You
# So Let Me Go Far
# Crossroads
# One Day
# We Are Together
# Whole Lot Easier
# Making the Most Of
# Waiting for the Day
# What Have I Done Wrong?
# Grassman