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Wreckless Eric (born Eric Goulden on May 18, 1954 in East Sussex, England) was part of the pub-rock scene before he became one of the earliest artists to be signed to Stiff Records. Even as a singer-songwriter with a distinct singing voice, his records failed to chart but his live shows were his main successes, winning him a faithful audience to whom he continues to play to this day.

Interest in Wreckless Eric’s music was renewed with the inclusion of the song “Whole Wide World” on the soundtrack to the movie “Stranger Than Fiction” (2006). The movie features a scene where the leading man (played by Will Ferrell) sings the song while he strums timidly on his guitar.
The same song also appeared in “Me Without You” a few years earlier.

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1	Whole Wide World full track	644
2	Reconnez Cherie full track	42
3	Semaphore Signals full track	34
4	I Wish It Would Rain full track	28
5	Veronica full track	23
6	Walking on the Surface of the Moon full track	21
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8	Grown Ups full track	19
9	Take the Cash (K.A.S.H.)	17
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J_Spears wrote:
August 2009

School is good

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GabCarvalhoBR wrote:
August 2009

Avantgardening listen to Reconnez Cherie a bit more timesand maybe u'll like it more than whole wide world. at least thats what happened to me

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zeppyfish wrote:
June 2009

Digging the radio show. http://wrecklessericofficial.blogspot.com/

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avantgardening wrote:
May 2009

whole wide world is the only wreckless eric song i like (i dig len bright combo better), but it's a great fucking song.

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Ainhache wrote:
April 2009

FUCK HE IS AWESOME

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theyshootmusic wrote:
April 2009

http://theyshootmusic.at/posts/Wreckless_Eric_And_Amy_Rigby - Acoustic offstage videos with WRECKLESS ERIC & AMY RIGBY performing "Another Drive-In Saturday" & "I Still Miss Someone" at the lobby of Hotel Fürstenhof in Vienna.

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emilioasis wrote:
March 2009

yeah, Stranger Than fiction is so good!!

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BeckRokk wrote:
January 2009

My dad introduced me to Wreckless Eric with Semaphore Signals when I was 10. I only remembered him when I saw Stranger Than Fiction recently. I've got to pick up the rest of his stuff. I didn't know Be Stiff was his, as I had only heard the Devo versions before.

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KaanEren wrote:
January 2009

thanks to stranger than fiction

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maulofsound wrote:
November 2008

re-fucking-dicuously better than his similar artists.

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dutchinspace wrote:
October 2008

I'm new to this stuff so bear with me- www4zzzfm.org.au (check it out- now streaming-however that goes) - first non-establishment FM station in Australia (Dec 8,1975) purveyor of fine and original music and still going strong yay!!! ZzZ was(is) at the forefront of reality and Wreckless Eric was a bit of a staple item back in the day especially 'Take The K.A.S.H' (only just found out the spelling-never saw it written before) haven't heard it for ages and called up the UK show to request it but as is to be expected only 'www' w-w-w-was available still a great track but need to hear more . Be good if the old bugger came for a trip 'downunder' ciao fer now

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ehafh wrote:
October 2008

sassy

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dopemoves wrote:
June 2008

Eric be pimpin...ha ha

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nielsbc wrote:
March 2008

Just great..

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lincredible wrote:
November 2007

walking on the surface of the moon!

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Vagino wrote:
October 2007

Strange towns is by far my favourite.

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Smemmah wrote:
October 2007

Just got Big Smash. :) Love it.

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tobi116 wrote:
October 2007

thats sick that to so many people Eric has only one song. There might be weaker tracks but just listen to Bungalow Hi.. its so impressive!

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SmilinSkullRing wrote:
September 2007

Thanks to Stranger Than Fiction I've just heard Eric for the first time (as far as I know of). Whole Wide World is great!! I've got to see if anything else is as good, but so far the few songs I've heard are not.

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alifranroyer wrote:
June 2007

Got into him because of WWW, of course, but I uh... didn't download some of his other stuff, and I really enjoy it! Especially Veronica.

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