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Everything has gone very quiet. I haven't updated this blog or the site in a few weeks. It's not that I'm being lazy (no really, I'm not) it's just that, well there hasn't been much to say. And as the old saying goes, if you haven't got anything worth saying - don't say anything. Whilst new albums are exciting, they are unfortunately preceded by a very quiet period. Over the last few weeks Delirious? have been either shut away in the studio working on demo tracks for the new album, or drinking endless cups of tea in Martin's kitchen as they try and get their creative juices flowing and write the new songs. They have the proverbial 'Do not disturb' sign hanging on the door. So that's why us fans have been getting a bit restless waiting for something newsworthy to emerge from d:world.

To be perfectly honest, I don't actually have anything worth saying. So really I should be taking the advice of keeping schtum. But I hate to see this blog gathering dust, so I went on the hunt for something to write about. As I started thinking about the band huddled together at 'Smith Towers' writing new songs, it occurred to me that this is something they've done rather a lot of over the years. The first song Martin is credited with writing was penned more than a decade ago. Since then, Delirious? have released six studio albums, assuming you count 'Cutting Edge' as one album. That's a lot of songs.

Curiosity got the better of me as I wondered exactly how many songs Delirious? actually have recorded over the years. If you include only the songs the band have written themselves, excluding compilation tracks and contributions to other artist's albums and only including each song once (not counting live versions for example), the total number of Delirious? songs stands at a rather impressive 93. Considering that on average Delirious? albums each have 12 tracks, that means that with the arrival of the new album the total number of Delirious? songs will break the 100 barrier.

Amongst the 93 so far are songs titles starting with every letter of the alphabet with the exception of the letters Q, U, V, X and Z. We can probably let them off the X and Z, but really there is no excuse for failing to have a song title starting with a Q, U or V. How about 'Quieter Than The Radio', 'Ultimate King of Fools' or 'Very High Mountains'. I for one shall be campaigning for QUV tracks on the new album. Bonus points will of course be awarded for X or Z songs.

Ok, maybe I should have kept schtum after all.