Description
abbey restoration edition
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
A1
Don't Fall
A2
Here Today
A3
Monkeyland
B1
Second Skin
B2
Up The Down Escalator
B3
Less Than Human
C1
Pleasure And Pain
C2
Thursday's Child
C3
As High As You Can Go
D1
A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days
D2
Paper Tigers
D3
View From A Hill
1
Don't Fall
2
Here Today
3
Monkeyland
4
Second Skin
5
Up The Down Escalator
6
Less Than Human
7
Pleasure And Pain
8
Thursday's Child
9
As High As You Can Go
10
A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days
11
Paper Tigers
12
View From A Hill
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
