This is it folks... the boys from Bradford are hanging up their boots, gloves and flat caps. Whales and Dolphins, a singles compilation, covering their 14 year, 5 album existence from a band that put so much into their live performances and made friends all over the world through their countless festival appearances, Brit-rock will never be the same again.Gone is Tony Wright's cheeky grin, Mark Yates' tartan trousers, Leigh Marklew's crushed velvet and Shutty's psychotic drumming.
The album starts with Perseverance (from Regular Urban Survivors) but after that the album reads like their live set list concluding with the most infectious song ever... Oblivion. In between we get treated to Alice What's The Matter, Bad Actress, Josephine, Fists Of Fury and the hectic D'Ya Wanna Go Faster (both from their Good To Go album) and of course not forgetting the excellent Pretend Best Friend, Discotheque Wreck and My House.
If their is one criticism it's the inclusion of the poor radio dance version of Tequila - (the album version was so much better) and the absence of tearjerker From Out Of Nowhere which became Terrorvision's 'lighter song' at the twilight of their career.
But, (sniff), as they face their final curtain, no one can deny that Terrorvision definitely did it their way and this is a fitting end to their cheeky chappy existence which brought happiness to so many and put Bradford on the map.