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| Allmusic Biography : After leaving the Buzzcocks in 1977, vocalist Howard Devoto formed Magazine with guitarist John McGeoch, bassist Barry Adamson, keyboardist Bob Dickinson, and drummer Martin Jackson. One of the first post-punk bands, Magazine kept the edgy, nervous energy of punk and added elements of art rock, particularly with their theatrical live shows and shards of keyboards. Devotos lyrics were combinations of social commentary and poetic fragments, while the band alternated between cold, jagged chords and gloomy, atmospheric sonic landscapes. Magazine performed their first concert in the fall of 1977 and were signed to Virgin Records by the end of the year; by that point, Dickinson had left the group. The band recorded its first single, "Shot by Both Sides," as a quartet; Devoto had written the song with his former Buzzcocks partner, Pete Shelley. Appearing in early 1978, the single gathered good reviews on both sides of the Atlantic and charted in the U.K., peaking at number 41. Before they recorded their debut album, keyboardist Dave Formula joined the lineup. Real Life, released later in 1978, continued the confrontational, arty pop-punk of "Shot by Both Sides." Following their first tour, Jackson left the group and was replaced by John Doyle. The new lineup recorded the bands second album, Secondhand Daylight (1979). Secondhand Daylight was somewhat of a departure from the debut, featuring more keyboards, smoother rhythms, and streamlined lyrics from Devoto. Despite its ambitiousness, the record was poorly received by the press. During this time, McGeoch played with Siouxsie & the Banshees, while Adamson, Formula, and McGeoch were part of Visage, along with Steve Strange. At the beginning of 1980, the band released its third album, The Correct Use of Soap. In the summer of 1980, Magazine released "Sweetheart Contract," which became their second and last British chart hit, peaking at number 54. After it hit the charts, McGeoch left the band to become a full-time member of Siouxsie & the Banshees; he was replaced by Robin Simon. Magazine toured America and Australia and recorded a live album called Play, which was released at the end of 1980. Simon left at the end of the tour, with former Amazorblades guitarist Bob Mandelson taking his place. Magic, Murder and the Weather was released in the spring of 1981; it proved to be Magazines last album until three decades later. Devoto left the group in May of 1981 to pursue a solo career and the band broke up shortly afterward. Devotos activities after the breakup of Magazine included a solo album (1983s Jerky Versions of the Dream), an appearance on This Mortal Coils Itll End in Tears (lead vocals on a cover of Big Stars "Kangaroo"), two albums as part of the duo Luxuria (1988s Unanswerable Lust and 1990s Beast Box), and an album with Buzzcocks Pete Shelley as ShelleyDevoto (Buzzkunst, 2001). Adamson was more active than any of his former bandmates; he played with the Birthday Party and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and recorded regularly as a solo artist, beginning with Moss Side Story (1988). McGeoch left the Banshees in 1982, joined the Armoury Show (beside Doyle) for four years, and then linked with John Lydons Public Image Ltd. from 1986 through 1992. He passed away in 2004. In 2009, Devoto, Adamson, Formula, and Doyle -- along with Devotos Luxuria partner, Noko, as guitarist -- reunited for a handful of performances. After Adamson departed and was replaced by Jon "Stan" White, the band recorded No Thyself -- its fifth studio album -- and released it in 2011. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 16 Title: Real Life Released: 1978-07 Tracks: 9 Duration: 41:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Definitive Gaze (04:28) 2 My Tulpa (04:51) 3 Shot by Both Sides (04:04) 4 Recoil (02:52) 5 Burst (05:01) 6 Motorcade (05:44) 7 The Great Beautician in the Sky (05:00) 8 The Light Pours Out of Me (04:36) 9 Parade (05:18) |
| Real Life : Allmusic album Review : Howard Devoto had the foresight to promote two infamous Sex Pistols concerts in Manchester, and his vision was no less acute when he left Buzzcocks after recording Spiral Scratch. Possibly sensing the festering of punks clichés and limitations, and unquestionably not taken by the movements beginnings, he bailed -- effectively skipping out on most of 1977 -- and resurfaced with Magazine. Initially, the departure from punk was not complete. "Shot by Both Sides," the bands first single, was based off an old riff given by Devotos Buzzcocks partner Pete Shelley, and the guts of follow-up single "Touch and Go" were rather basic rev-and-vroom. And, like many punk bands, Magazine would likely cite David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Roxy Music. However -- this point is crucial -- instead of playing mindlessly sloppy variants of "Hang on to Yourself," "Search and Destroy," and "Virginia Plain," the band was inspired by the much more adventurous Low, The Idiot, and "For Your Pleasure." That is the driving force behind Real Lifes status as one of the post-punk eras major jump-off points. Punks untethered energy is rigidly controlled, run through arrangements that are tightly wound, herky-jerky, unpredictable, proficiently dynamic. The rapidly careening "Shot by Both Sides" (up there with PiLs "Public Image" as an indelible post-punk single) and the slowly unfolding "Parade" (the closest thing to a ballad, its hook is "Sometimes I forget that were supposed to be in love") are equally ill-at-ease. The dynamism is all the more perceptible when Dave Formulas alternately flighty and assaultive keyboards are present: the opening "Definitive Gaze," for instance, switches between a sci-fi love theme and the score for a chase scene. As close as the band comes to upstaging Devoto, the singer is central, with his live wire tendencies typically enhanced, rather than truly outshined, by his mates. The interplay is at its best in "The Light Pours out of Me," a song that defines Magazine more than "Shot by Both Sides," while also functioning as the closest the band got to making an anthem. Various aspects of Devotos personality and legacy, truly brought forth throughout this album, have been transferred and blown up throughout the careers of Momus (the restless, unapologetic intellectual), Thom Yorke (the pensive outsider), and maybe even Luke Haines (the nonchalantly acidic crank). | ||
 | Album: 2 of 16 Title: Secondhand Daylight Released: 1979 Tracks: 13 Duration: 57:51 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Feed the Enemy (05:46) 2 Rhythm of Cruelty (03:05) 3 Cut‐Out Shapes (04:45) 4 Talk to the Body (03:36) 5 I Wanted Your Heart (05:05) 6 The Thin Air (04:08) 7 Back to Nature (06:44) 8 Believe That I Understand (04:03) 9 Permafrost (05:31) 10 Give Me Everything (04:22) 11 I Love You, You Big Dummy (03:54) 12 Rhythm of Cruelty (original single version) (03:04) 13 TV Baby (03:47) |
| Secondhand Daylight : Allmusic album Review : Secondhand Daylight, the second Magazine album, sounds like it must have been made in the dead of winter. You can imagine the steam coming out of Howard Devotos mouth as he projects lines like "I was cold at an equally cold place," "The voyeur will realize this is not a sight for his sore eyes," "It just came to pieces in our hands," and "Today I bumped into you again, I have no idea what you want." You can picture Dave Formula swiping frost off his keys and Barry Adamson blowing on his hands during the intro to "Feed the Enemy," as guitarist John McGeoch and drummer John Doyle zip their parkas. From start to finish, this is a showcase for Formulas chilling but expressive keyboard work. Given more freedom to stretch out and even dominate on occasion, Formula seems to release as many demons as Devoto, whether it is through low-end synthesizer drones or violent piano vamps. Detached tales of relationships damaged beyond repair fill the album, and the band isnt nearly as bouncy as it is on Real Life or The Correct Use of Soap -- its almost as if they were instructed to play with as little physical motion as possible. The drums in particular sound brittle and on the brink of piercing the ears. Despite the sub-zero climate, the lack of dance numbers, and the shortage of snappy melodies, the album isnt entirely impenetrable. It lacks the immediate impact of Real Life and The Correct Use of Soap, but it deserves just as much recognition for its compellingly sustained petulance. Even if you cant get into it, you have to at least marvel at "Permafrost." The albums finale, its an elegant five-minute sneer, and as far as late-70s yearbook scribbles are concerned, "As the day stops dead, at the place where were lost, I will drug you and f*ck you on the permafrost" is less innocuous than "All we are is dust in the wind." | ||
 | Album: 3 of 16 Title: Play. Released: 1980 Tracks: 10 Duration: 43:10 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Give Me Everything (04:30) 2 A Song From Under The Floorboards (04:15) 3 Permafrost (04:58) 4 The Light Pours Out Of Me (04:47) 5 Model Worker (02:59) 6 Parade (06:08) 7 Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (03:55) 8 Because You’re Frightened (03:53) 9 Twenty Years Ago (04:00) 10 Definitive Gaze (03:41) |
| Play. : Allmusic album Review : Play. documents an Australian concert from 1980 that finds Magazine in fine form, spitting out their unsettling, edgy post-punk songs with controlled energy. By this point, guitarist John McGeoch had been replaced by Robin Simon, and although there are some weak patches on the record, he fits into the groups dense interplay remarkably well. Play., however, remains a record for the collector, especially since their best-known song, "Shot by Both Sides," isnt on the record, and an awkward cover of Sly Stones "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 16 Title: The Correct Use of Soap Released: 1980-05-02 Tracks: 10 Duration: 40:08 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Because You’re Frightened (03:56) 2 Model Worker (02:53) 3 I’m a Party (03:05) 4 You Never Knew Me (05:26) 5 Philadelphia (04:08) 6 I Want to Burn Again (05:17) 7 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (03:40) 8 Sweetheart Contract (03:20) 9 Stuck (04:07) 10 A Song From Under the Floorboards (04:11) |
| The Correct Use of Soap : Allmusic album Review : This is something of a return to standard operational form for Magazine, who thawed after recording Secondhand Daylight to throw together an energetic batch of colorful and rhythmically intricate songs. Its an unexpected move considering that they enlisted Martin Hannett (Joy Division, A Certain Ratio, Crispy Ambulance), master of the gray hues, as the producer. A looser, poppier album than its predecessors -- somewhat ironically, a cover of Sly & the Family Stones "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is the most subdued song -- it features the rhythm section of John Doyle and Barry Adamson at their taut, flexible best and guitarist John McGeoch at his most cunningly percussive. Save for the called-for razzle-dazzle on "Sweetheart Contract," keyboardist Dave Formula takes more of a back seat, using piano more frequently and no longer driving the songs to the point of detracting from the greatness of his mates, as the most frequent complaint of Secondhand Daylight goes. Howard Devotos lyrics are also a little less depressive, though theyre no less biting. The closing "A Song from Under the Floorboards" -- another near-anthem, an unofficial sequel to "The Light Pours Out of Me" -- includes sticking Devoto-isms like "My irritability keeps me alive and kicking" and "I know the meaning of life, it doesnt help me a bit." His themes of distrust and romantic turbulence remain focal, evident in "You Never Knew Me" ("Do you want the truth or do you want your sanity?") and "I Want to Burn Again" ("I met your lover yesterday, wearing some things I left at your place, singing a song that means a lot to me"). "Because Youre Frightened" is the closest they came to making a new wave hit, zipping along with as much unstoppable buoyancy as Lene Lovichs "New Toy" or the Teardrop Explodes "Reward," yet its all fraught nerves and paranoia: "Look what fears done to my body!" Song for song, the album isnt quite on the level of Real Life, but it is more effective as a point of entry. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 16 Title: Magic, Murder and the Weather Released: 1981-06 Tracks: 10 Duration: 39:55 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 About the Weather (04:06) 2 So Lucky (04:11) 3 The Honeymoon Killers (03:39) 4 Vigilance (05:15) 5 Come Alive (03:43) 6 The Great Man’s Secret (04:57) 7 This Poison (04:20) 8 Naked Eye (03:30) 9 Suburban Rhonda (03:32) 10 The Garden (02:39) |
| Magic, Murder and the Weather : Allmusic album Review : Magazines final studio album, Magic, Murder and the Weather, finds Dave Formulas washes of cold, brittle keyboards dominating the bitter and cynical music. Occasionally, Howard Devotos weary lyrics surface through the icy mix, but its clear that Devoto and Magazine have both had better days. Its not a graceful way to bow out, but the album has enough strong moments to prevent it from being an embarrassment as well. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 16 Title: After the Fact Released: 1982 Tracks: 10 Duration: 47:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Shot by Both Sides (03:54) 2 Rhythm of Cruelty (03:03) 3 You Never Knew Me (05:23) 4 This Poison (04:20) 5 Back to Nature (06:40) 6 A Song From Under the Floorboards (04:07) 7 The Light Pours Out of Me (04:36) 8 Motorcade (05:41) 9 About the Weather (04:03) 10 Feed the Enemy (05:45) |
| After the Fact : Allmusic album Review : Released after Magazine disbanded in 1981, After the Fact was designed as a career overview for its British release, collecting the groups singles and selected highlights from their four albums. In its American incarnation, After the Fact was radically different. Instead of functioning as an overview, it collected several B-sides, augmenting them with album tracks, and only a few of those overlapped with its U.K. counterpart. So, the British version (which has a green cover) is for the neophyte, and the American version (red cover) is for the collector, which is a strange state of affairs for this distinctly British post-punk band. | ||
 | Album: 7 of 16 Title: Rays and Hail 1978–1981 Released: 1987 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:08:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Shot by Both Sides (04:00) 2 Definitive Gaze (04:28) 3 Motorcade (05:44) 4 The Light Pours Out of Me (04:36) 5 Feed the Enemy (05:43) 6 Rhythm of Cruelty (03:05) 7 Back to Nature (06:41) 8 Permafrost (05:31) 9 Because You’re Frightened (03:56) 10 You Never Knew Me (05:26) 11 A Song From Under the Floorboards (04:11) 12 I Want to Burn Again (05:17) 13 About the Weather (04:06) 14 Parade (06:09) |
| Rays and Hail 1978–1981 : Allmusic album Review : The definitive single-disc collection of Magazine, a perfect starting point for the neophyte, Rays and Hail covers the three years of the bands existence with highlight after highlight on display. Devotos mastery of a lyrical and musical approach that wedded chilly paranoia with explosive punk and post-punk energy -- as suspicious of emotion as Wire or the Gang of Four, yet at the same time more accepting and obsessed with emotion than most others at the time -- resulted in a series of jawdroppingly grand songs. Such compositions as "Feed the Enemy" and "Because Youre Frightened" showcased the balance well, not to mention the excellent performances of such bandmembers as John McGeoch on guitar and Barry Adamson on bass. The only real rarity per se is the original single take on "Shot By Both Sides," one of the many landmark tracks Devoto and Pete Shelleywrote in early days together, and which, in Magazines hands, become a fierce statement of intent. The incorporation of keyboards, in particular, helped give Magazine its smart edge, Devoto sounding both commanding and distanced on such tracks as "Back to Nature" and "A Song From Under the Floorboards" as guitars and queasy synth tones meshed to create weird, alien atmospheres. "The Light Pours out of Me" may well go down as Magazines most epic, evocative song among the well-known numbers, McGeochs guitar hitting truly dramatic heights as the relentless rhythm pounds forward. However, the inclusion of "Permafrost" on this collection makes for what could arguably be the bands most stunning moment. With Devotos at once blunt yet evocative image of a relationship of some sort stretched beyond a breaking point captured in the lyrics, all that the music needed to do was capture the same disturbed vision. That it did, featuring a slow trudge rhythm treated to sound flat and unnatural, Adamsons fretless bass sounding warning notes as it goes. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 16 Title: Scree: Rarities 1978–1981 Released: 1990 Tracks: 16 Duration: 53:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 My Mind Ain’t So Open (02:15) 2 Touch and Go (02:57) 3 Goldfinger (03:49) 4 Give Me Everything (04:22) 5 I Love You You Big Dummy (03:53) 6 Rhythm of Cruelty (03:03) 7 TV Baby (03:45) 8 Twenty Years Ago (03:01) 9 The Book (02:20) 10 Upside Down (03:44) 11 The Light Pours out of Me (03:26) 12 Feed the Enemy (live) (03:52) 13 Twenty Years Ago (live) (03:04) 14 Shot by Both Sides (live) (04:40) 15 In the Dark (02:41) 16 The Operative (02:41) |
 | Album: 9 of 16 Title: BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Released: 1993 Tracks: 6 Duration: 30:46 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Definitive Gaze (04:21) 2 The Great Beautician in the Sky (05:16) 3 Give Me Everything (04:47) 4 My Tulpa (05:06) 5 Back to Nature (06:04) 6 Shot by Both Sides (05:12) |
| BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert : Allmusic album Review : Magazines debut LP was just beginning to gather dust in the bins when they played the Paris Theatre gig documented here. Weeks prior to the November 1978 show, the bands lineup had been improved by the replacement of the flat drumming Martin Jackson in favor of the more dextrous John Doyle. Though the bands first two singles and subsequent LP immediately introduced a post-punk band with a complex and open-minded sound, BBC Radio 1 Live shows that Howard Devotos nervy band was more than capable of pulling off their studio magic on stage. Little is lacking in the performance, but the mix is pretty shaky in spots. Dave Formulas wild keyboard antics all but drown out John McGeochs guitar during most of the proceedings, which is a shame; while its true that a prime characteristic of Magazines sound was indeed Formulas flashy work, McGeochs guitar playing was equally vital. Barry Adamsons thick and propulsive bass is thankfully present from beginning to end, and Howard Devotos vocal performance is strong and as clear as a bell. Doyle seems to have picked up on the bands material quite quickly, too. Though quality fare, its no substitute for the bands studio work. Strictly diehard fodder. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 16 Title: (Maybe It’s Right to Be Nervous Now) Released: 2000-09-18 Tracks: 45 Duration: 2:53:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Shot by Both Sides (alternative recording) (03:59) 2 My Mind Ain’t So Open (02:15) 3 Touch and Go (02:57) 4 Goldfinger (03:49) 5 Give Me Everything (04:22) 6 I Love You You Big Dummy (03:53) 7 My Tulpa (04:51) 8 Definitive Gaze (live) (03:39) 9 Parade (live) (06:08) 10 The Light Pours Out of Me (version) (03:26) 11 Rhythm of Cruelty (03:03) 12 TV Baby (03:46) 13 Back to Nature (06:41) 14 Permafrost (live) (04:57) 15 Feed the Enemy (live) (03:52) 1 A Song From Under the Floorboards (live) (04:19) 2 Twenty Years Ago (03:01) 3 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (live) (03:58) 4 The Book (02:18) 5 Upside Down (03:44) 6 Sweetheart Contract (03:20) 7 Shot by Both Sides (live) (04:36) 8 Because You’re Frightened (live) (03:56) 9 I Want to Burn Again (05:16) 10 Model Worker (live) (03:06) 11 Vigilance (alternative mix) (05:06) 12 In the Dark (02:41) 13 The Operative (02:41) 14 Come Alive (alternative mix) (03:35) 15 The Thinking Flame (‘The Garden’) (alternative mix) (03:50) 1 Touch and Go (Peel Session 14/2/78) (02:50) 2 The Light Pours Out of Me (Peel Session 14/2/78) (04:18) 3 Real Life (‘Definitive Gaze’) (Peel Session 14/2/78) (04:02) 4 My Mind Ain’t So Open (Peel Session 14/2/78) (02:04) 5 Give Me Everything (Peel Session 24/7/78) (04:18) 6 Burst (Peel Session 24/7/78) (04:31) 7 I Love You You Big Dummy (Peel Session 24/7/78) (03:46) 8 Boredom (02:57) 9 TV Baby (Peel Session 8/5/79) (03:34) 10 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Peel Session 8/5/79) (03:53) 11 Permafrost (Peel Session 8/5/79) (05:45) 12 A Song From Under the Floorboards (Peel Session 7/1/80) (04:07) 13 Twenty Years Ago (Peel Session 7/1/80) (03:05) 14 Look What Fear’s Done to My Body (‘Because Youre Frightened’) (Peel Session 7/1/80) (03:59) 15 Model Worker (Peel Session 7/1/80) (02:54) |
| (Maybe It’s Right to Be Nervous Now) : Allmusic album Review : Magazines three-disc box set is a mess. Breaking the groups history down to two eras spread across the first two-thirds of the box and adding a fantastic and well-needed third disc dedicated solely to Peel Sessions, its yet another multi-disc package that half-pleases both fan and neophyte. Only four of the 45 tracks come directly from the bands four studio LPs. Oddly enough, seven-tenths of the decent live album Play is strewn across the first two discs. Why include the majority of a live album that caters to diehards, therefore leaving out the better studio versions? Eight B-sides are scattered throughout, most of which were previously available on Scree. Four "alternative mixes" add further frustration, including a sub-standard (demo?) "Shot by Both Sides." That could be the biggest gripe. Not including the definitive version of "Shot by Both Sides," which is to post-punk what "Anarchy in the U.K." is to punk, would be similar to leaving "Love Is the Drug" off of a Roxy Music collection. So aside from the Peel Sessions, a fan is getting hardly anything new. The neophyte would be better off picking up the single-disc Where the Power Is, which draws from this and obviously costs less. The Peel Sessions disc is the real meat. Four sessions yield 15 thoroughly exciting songs. Everything is delivered with excellence, although Howard Devoto might have wanted to impair keyboardist Dave Formulas busy hands. Some versions might be preferable to their album counterparts, including the furious take on the Devoto/Pete Shelley-penned "Boredom." Despite the numerous complications with this box, the high rating is deserved. Many would argue that it could have been done better, but the material is undoubtedly strong. The package itself is a treat, containing the results of Devotos personal archive ransacking. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 16 Title: Where the Power Is Released: 2000-10-02 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:14:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Shot by Both Sides (03:59) 2 Motorcade (05:44) 3 The Light Pours Out of Me (04:40) 4 Definitive Gaze (04:28) 5 Parade (05:11) 6 Rhythm of Cruelty (03:05) 7 Back to Nature (06:41) 8 Permafrost (05:31) 9 Feed the Enemy (05:43) 10 Sweetheart Contract (03:19) 11 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) (03:39) 12 You Never Knew Me (05:26) 13 A Song From Under the Floorboards (04:08) 14 Because You’re Frightened (03:56) 15 About the Weather (04:06) 16 This Poison (04:20) |
| Where the Power Is : Allmusic album Review : An accurate title, Where the Power Is successfully trots out the bouncier, assaultive side of Magazine. They were one of the best in the early era of post-punk, rarely doing anything mediocre. Released simultaneously with the triple-disc Maybe Its Right to Be Nervous Now, it oddly duplicates much of 1987s Rays and Hail compilation. So why not keep Rays and Hail in print and just reissue it with additional liner notes or something? Well, the answers commerce. A new title means new sales, and even completists will apprehensively shell out again for the same batch of songs. Literally -- theres only a handful of songs here that arent on Rays and Hail. Though some of the versions may differ (album version versus single version), only compulsive completists give a toss about such things. Confusingly, Rays and Hail did remain in print when this was issued, even getting a repressing! Did someone in Virgins catalog department fall asleep? Fine as an isolated release for the newbie, Where the Power Is just makes things quite confusing for the rest, basically a baffler amongst the rest of Magazines discography. Not a great deal can be debated as far as it being representative is concerned, so in that manner it succeeds. | ||
 | Album: 12 of 16 Title: Real Life / Secondhand Daylight Released: 2003 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:24:46 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Definitive Gaze (04:28) 2 My Tulpa (04:51) 3 Shot by Both Sides (04:04) 4 Recoil (02:52) 5 Burst (05:01) 6 Motorcade (05:44) 7 The Great Beautician in the Sky (05:00) 8 The Light Pours Out of Me (04:36) 9 Parade (05:18) 1 Feed the Enemy (05:46) 2 Rhythm of Cruelty (03:05) 3 Cut‐Out Shapes (04:45) 4 Talk to the Body (03:36) 5 I Wanted Your Heart (05:05) 6 The Thin Air (04:08) 7 Back to Nature (06:44) 8 Believe That I Understand (04:03) 9 Permafrost (05:31) |
 | Album: 13 of 16 Title: The Complete John Peel Sessions Released: 2008-10-27 Tracks: 15 Duration: 56:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Touch and Go (02:50) 2 The Light Pours Out of Me (04:18) 3 Real Life (Definitive Gaze) (04:02) 4 My Mind Ain’t So Open (02:04) 5 Give Me Everything (04:18) 6 Burst (04:31) 7 Love You You Big Dummy (03:46) 8 Boredom (02:57) 9 TV Baby (03:34) 10 Thank You for Letting Me Be Myself Again (03:53) 11 Permafrost (05:45) 12 A Song From Under the Floorboards (04:07) 13 Twenty Years Ago (03:05) 14 Look What Fear’s Done to My Body (Because You’re Frightened) (03:59) 15 Model Worker (02:54) |
| The Complete John Peel Sessions : Allmusic album Review : Virgin issued the contents of this set, in the same order, as the third disc of the three-disc Maybe Its Right to Be Nervous Now, a Magazine box set released in 2000. Once again, here are the bands four sessions for John Peels BBC program: February 14, 1978 (just prior to the recording of Real Life); July 24, 1978 (three months after Real Lifes release); May 8, 1979 (just after the release of Secondhand Daylight); and January 7, 1980 (prior to the recording of Magic, Murder and the Weather). Had Virgin not kept the single-disc Where the Power Is in print, this would be a decent introduction to the band, as it features some of their best material -- in addition to a slowed, seething take on Buzzcocks Devoto-era "Boredom" -- in vigorous condition. | ||
 | Album: 14 of 16 Title: Live and Intermittent Released: 2009-02 Tracks: 17 Duration: 1:15:20 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 My Tulpa (05:07) 2 Parade (06:32) 3 Cut‐Out Shapes (04:37) 4 Burst (04:50) 5 Motorcade (05:55) 6 Rhythm of Cruelty (03:07) 7 Permafrost (05:30) 8 The Light Pours Out of Me (05:13) 9 Shot by Both Sides (04:54) 10 Feed the Enemy (03:56) 11 Model Worker (03:00) 12 Stuck (03:50) 13 Sweetheart Contract (03:11) 14 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) (04:00) 15 Twenty Years Ago (03:36) 16 Definitive Gaze (03:25) 17 I Love You, You Big Dummy (04:32) |
| Live and Intermittent : Allmusic album Review : Engineered by the bands Dave Formula, who restored and remastered the material here, Live and Intermittent -- all previously unreleased -- pulls from 1979 performances recorded at New Yorks Hurrah and Los Angeles Whisky A Go Go, as well as a 1980 gig at Sydneys Family Hotel, recorded 11 days prior to the show that made up Play. No song is duplicated, and the sets are made to melt into each other, so the disc has the feel of one extended set. Although these are mixing desk recordings, the New York and Los Angeles material is archivist-only territory, lacking clarity with the band sounding distant behind Howard Devoto. The Sydney gig, as decent as it is in a relative sense, still falls short of Play.s quality. Worth a spin, but certainly not something to be pulled out with any regularity. | ||
 | Album: 15 of 16 Title: Touch and Go: Anthology 02.78–06.81 Released: 2009-02-09 Tracks: 30 Duration: 1:58:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Shot by Both Sides (original single version) (04:01) 2 My Tulpa (04:50) 3 Definitive Gaze (04:29) 4 Parade (05:16) 5 The Light Pours Out of Me (04:39) 6 My Mind Ain’t So Open (02:18) 7 Touch and Go (02:58) 8 Goldfinger (03:50) 9 Rhythm of Cruelty (original single version) (03:04) 10 Back to Nature (06:42) 11 Permafrost (05:30) 12 Feed the Enemy (05:43) 13 Give Me Everything (04:24) 14 I Love You, You Big Dummy (03:55) 15 TV Baby (03:47) 1 A Song From Under the Floorboards (04:10) 2 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (03:39) 3 Sweetheart Contract (03:19) 4 Because You’re Frightened (03:56) 5 I Want to Burn Again (05:17) 6 Model Worker (02:52) 7 Twenty Years Ago (03:02) 8 The Book (02:22) 9 Upside Down (03:47) 10 About the Weather (04:05) 11 Vigilance (05:14) 12 Come Alive (03:42) 13 Thinking Flame (The Garden) (02:40) 14 In the Dark (02:42) 15 The Operative (02:45) |
 | Album: 16 of 16 Title: No Thyself Released: 2011-10-24 Tracks: 10 Duration: 44:34 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Do the Meaning (04:28) 2 Other Thematic Material (04:01) 3 The Worst of Progress… (04:58) 4 Hello Mister Curtis (With Apologies) (04:16) 5 Physics (04:11) 6 Happening in English (04:11) 7 Holy Dotage (04:19) 8 Of Course Howard (1979) (04:44) 9 Final Analysis Waltz (04:50) 10 The Burden of a Song (04:31) |