01. Respectable Street (3'37)
02. Generals and Majors (4'04)
03. Living Through Another Cuba (4'45)
04. Love at First Sight (3'06)
05. Rocket From a Bottle (3'30)
06. No Language in Our Lungs (4'52)
07. Towers of London (5'24)
08. Paper and Iron (Notes and Coins) (4'14)
09. Burning With Optimism's Flames (4'15)
10. Sgt. Rock (is Going to Help Me) (3'56)
11. Travels in Nihilon (6'56)
12. Smokeless Zone (3'53)
13. Don't Lose Your Temper (2'37)
14. The Somnambulist (4'37)
Andy Partridge:
his
own voice, a guitar he thinks he owns, a synth he's not so sure
who owns, and other noises that could have been anybody's
Colin Moulding:
sings his songs and plays his Epiphone Newport
Dave Gregory:
guitars, synth, piano, and the odd vox humana or two
Terry Chambers:
Tama
drums, Snyper drum synth and free form voice
1980.
You're right! this is another Steve
Lillywhite Wide Scream. Production and our
engineer
extraordinaire was Hugh Padgham. Tape twirling and tea totuis by
Nick Launay and Phil Vinnal. Recorded at The Townhouse, London,
summer 1980.
All tracks written by Andy
Partridge except 2, 4, 12 by Colin Moulding.
This CD version
(VIRGIN CDVX2173 - 2001 REMASTERED) contains 3 additional tracks:
12, 13, 14.
Partridge: "disco
schizofrenico, fatto di alti alti e bassi bassi. E' una specie di
album story che fonde la musica nel cantato evitando così un sacco
di latrati differenti e di acrobazie vocali.
La mia canzone
preferita era Burning with the Optimism's Flames: mi ha sempre
fatto sentire bene di dentro, in un modo semplice, naturale e
stupido". Gregory: "Drums and Wires è frammentato quasi
come un juke box, Black Sea ha una spinta più compatta".
Partridge su Respectable
Street: "Ispirata al mio vicino di casa che passa metà della sua
vita a martellare contro le pareti della casa".
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