I Will Cure You

About I Will Cure You

I Will Cure You is the only album by the comedian Vic Reeves. It was released in 1991 by Island Records, produced by Steve Beresford, Andy Metcalfe and Philip Oakey and re-released in 1999 by Universal Music's Spectrum label. The album peaked at No. 16 in the UK Albums Chart and featured the Number One single "Dizzy" which was a collaboration with The Wonder Stuff. It included a mixture of covers and original songs in a variety of musical styles, many of which were originally introduced in Reeves' debut Channel 4 comedy show Vic Reeves Big Night Out. Reeves' comedy partner Bob Mortimer sings alongside Reeves on "Summer of '75", with Jonathan Ross providing whistling on "I Remember Punk Rock". Reeves has said that he did not want to make a novelty or comedy album but something more serious, and that for him being a singer is secondary as his comedy will always come first. The sleeve and insert of the album featured artwork and text created and written by Reeves. The sleeve notes also contained reproductions of 3 Polaroid type Instant Photographs with the legend "Where are Vic's boots?". Along with accompanying 6 figure Ordnance Survey Grid references they apparently pointed to three pairs of Chelsea boots that had been hidden by Reeves and Mortimer during an extended road trip around the UK. The Grid references pointed to locations in Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands, The Lake district in Cumbria and the Wash in East Anglia. A pair of Oxblood Chelsea Boots, containing an original Polaroid photograph of Reeves with the boots, were located in Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands at the appropriate 6 figure Grid reference in early December 1989 by two Scottish fans, whom were spurred into action after Reeves stated on a Jonathon Ross show interview that they had at that time been undiscovered, despite the October release date of the Album more »