Description
RE-ISSUE, 25th anniversary edition
reissue of one of the most charismatic albums of the post-punk era, a band formed in 1981 by mark burgess (vocals and guitar,) reg smithies (guitar,) dave fielding (guitar) and john lever (drums; in replacement of brian schofield, one of the founding members).
five years later, in 1986 the band finished the first formation, after having released 3 albums of originals, in an alternative rock style, along with other bands of the time such as the sound, echo & the bunnymen, the church, comsat angels, among others.
in 2000 the band reunes again, editing the album strip where they combine old themes with new songs. in 2001 is edited "why call it anything"?.
Artist
The band formed in 1981 in Middleton, six miles north of Manchester. Before this, Mark had been in the Clichés while Reg and Dave were in Years. Dave was in a school band called Sen. The three started without a drummer and got the attention of the legendary Radio 1 DJ John Peel. Their first single, "In Shreds" on CBS, made number 42 on John Peel's Festive Fifty in 1982. They originally signed with CBS, but they disagreed with how they should sound. CBS dropped them after the one single, despite encouraging sales. They soon signed with Statik. However, Statik was distributed by Virgin, so they couldn't qualify for the independent charts and were thus overlooked by the music press.
The debut album, "Script of the Bridge", was recorded in Rochdale during a six-week period. The band was really pissed when they found out about the reduced version which was released by MCA in the US. They then became unhappy with Statik and tried to get away from them, but were bound by contractual obligations. After their second album, "What Does Anything Mean? Basically", they signed with Geffen. While signed to Geffen, the band released what was to be their last album together for fifteen years, "Strange Times" as the band literally fell apart, acrimoniously, with grief after the 1987 sudden death of band manager Tony Fletcher.
The dawning of a new millenium saw an ending to the 'hostilities' as the band buried hatchets, kissed and made friends once more, culminating in a reforming of the group, and a new 'unplugged' album entitled 'Strip' -- with live albums following beyond.
Tracks
1-1
Don't Fall
04:06
1-2
Here Today
03:58
1-3
Monkeyland
05:18
1-4
Second Skin
06:51
1-5
Up The Down Escalator
03:58
1-6
Less Than Human
04:13
1-7
Pleasure And Pain
05:11
1-8
Thursday's Child
03:33
1-9
As High As You Can Go
03:36
1-10
A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days
05:44
1-11
Paper Tigers
04:17
1-12
View From A Hill
06:40
2-1
In Shreds
04:10
2-2
Dear Dead Days
04:31
2-3
Things I Wish I Said
05:12
2-4
Don't Fall
03:49
2-5
Here Today
03:51
2-6
Thursday's Child
03:47
2-7
A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days
04:49
2-8
Less Than Human
04:01
2-9
Pleasure And Pain
04:32
2-10
Second Skin
06:01
2-11
Paper Tigers
04:08
2-12
Monkeyland
04:56
2-13
Singing Rule Britannia
04:19
2-14
Up The Down Escalator
03:59
2-15
View From A Hill
06:17
Releases
Formats
Vinyl, Cassette, CD
Labels
MCA Records, Virgin, Statik Records, Megadisc, Dead Dead Good, Base Record, Blue Apple Music
Countries
Canada, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe
years
1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016
Members
Martin Jackson,Kwasi Asante,Mark Burgess,John Lever,Reg Smithies,Dave Fielding,
Brian Schofield
