Canadian Summertime Position". RPM. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009 . Retrieved 3 May 2009. The Sundays > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018 . Retrieved 20 October 2022.

Her willingness to however briefly admit regret, fear or weakness is what imbues these tales of contested relationships with gravitas and complexity, in which it takes two to tango. Unlike the fantasy world of most pop music, in the real world, seldom are there pure heroes and villains, as the lyrics of this album repeatedly point out. Turkish" (only performed live, and at almost every concert on the Blind and Static and Silence tours)Larkin, Colin (1992). Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol.3. New England Pub. Associates, Chester, CT. p.2416. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)

Australiancharts.com – The Sundays – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2022. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic was released in January 1990 and became a commercial success, reaching number4 on the UK charts [7] and peaking at number39 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. [9] It went on to sell over half a million copies worldwide. [4] Critical reception was very positive; [6] Rolling Stone writer Ira Robbins referred to it as "an alluring slice of lighter-than-air guitar pop, a collection of uncommonly good songs graced by Harriet Wheeler's wondrous singing." [10] The single " Here's Where the Story Ends" was particularly successful in the USA due to radio play and MTV rotation. [6] The Sundays devoted nearly a year to an "exhausting" promotional tour, [4] which encompassed America, Europe, and Japan. [6] The tour was considered successful, [6] although it was not without some mishaps; a London show had to be rescheduled due to Wheeler losing her voice and the group experienced some amusement when a Dallas, Texas, show was advertised with the slogan "See The Sundays on Sunday with ice-cream sundaes". [7] 1991–1993: Blind [ edit ]In 1997, their third album, Static & Silence, was followed by the release of their most successful single to date, " Summertime", which made the UK top 15. The album itself reached the UK top 10. However, the band has been on a lengthy hiatus since those releases, with Wheeler and Gavurin focusing on raising their two children; Wheeler and Gavurin married after the band breakup. BBC Radio 6 Music – David Baddiel". BBC Radio 6 Music. 10 October 2014 . Retrieved 19 October 2014.

Here's Where the Story Ends": "ARIA Singles Chart w/c 6-8-1990". Imgur.com . Retrieved 25 May 2019. a b c d e f g h i j k l Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2011). "The Sundays biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 30 March 2011. Sundays' Will Add Hot Stuff to Cool Repertoire". Deseret News. 3 September 1990 . Retrieved 12 December 2011. employs a pun involving the band's hometown (actually pronounced RED-ing not REED-ing) The Sundays > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018 . Retrieved 30 August 2018.

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Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Reading, Writing and Arithmetic – The Sundays". AllMusic . Retrieved 27 January 2016. Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > The Sundays in Australian Charts". Hung Medien . Retrieved 30 August 2018. Sandow, Greg (20 April 1990). "Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 12 December 2011. The Sundays > Chart History > Radio Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 August 2018 . Retrieved 30 August 2018. a b Tortorici, Frank (26 June 1999). "The Sundays' Harriet Wheeler". VH1 . Retrieved 30 March 2011.

Charts.nz – The Sundays – Reading, Writing and Arithmetic". Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2022. Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdfed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p.271.On 10 October 2014, during an interview on BBC Radio 6 Music's Radcliffe & Maconie radio programme, David Baddiel described Dave Gavurin as his "oldest mate" and stated that "they [Dave and Harriet] are doing music, but whether they ever put that out there, I’ve no idea. They're the most paranoid people about actually putting stuff out there." [19] a b "British certifications – The Sundays". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 26 June 2020. Type The Sundays in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. a b "Gold & Platinum: The Sundays". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 26 June 2020. What's also especially striking - and, given the title, wholly appropriate - is just how strong a reflection of student-age life this is, which, on reflection, is a rarer gift than might initially be assumed (consider, if you will, how much easier it is to rattle off lists of artists whose oeuvres correlate with adolescent experiences or properly grown-up concerns). At times, this can be remarkably specific - the excellent 'I Won' is perhaps the only song to ever build itself around flatshare politics - but it also captures the sensation of a life spent in preparation for a rather daunting sense of possibility. 'Hideous Towns' best expresses the intimidation this entails ("never went to Rome / I took the first bus home" etc), but it rears its head repeatedly, Wheeler at one point taking solace in the thought that "there's no harm in voicing your doubts" and, on 'Can't Be Sure', reflecting with perhaps an overly optimistic confidence that absolute conviction in what lies ahead is bound to emerge. Eventually.