However, at the same time, it also has a lot in common with a band like The Smiths, with certain tracks here predating the jazzy guitar pop sound of classics Smiths' tracks like The Boy With The Thorn In His Side, Ask, Panic, and The Cemetery Gates. The overall sound of You Can't Hide Your Love has certain similarities with an act like Dexys Midnight Runners, or maybe even The Style Council with the integration of soulful horns and keyboard rhythms working in harmony alongside the more traditional guitar, drums and bass combination. The result was You Can't Hide Your Love Forever one of the best and most underrated pop albums of the 1980's. The band scraped that garage-rock recording and decided to re-record a debut album that drew more on a set of sparking soul and pop inflections set against a more traditional indie guitar sound popular at the time.
By the time this album appeared, the band had already been together for over half a decade and had released a handful of singles on the legendary Postcard label, before attempting to cut a more lo-fi debut in the form of Ostrich Churchyard (eventually released posthumously in 1992). The broader aspects of the career of Orange Juice - one of the more important indie acts of the early 80's pop scene - can be found on the recent retrospective compilation, The Glasgow School.
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