Various - Lonely Is An Eyesore

Label:

4AD

Catalog#:

CAD 703

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Compilation

Country:

Released:

Jun 1987

Genre:

Electronic, Rock

Style:

Modern Classical, Goth Rock, Indie Rock, Ambient

Tracklist

A1	Colourbox -	Hot Doggie	2:57	X
		Engineer - John Gibbons Guitar - Chris Pye Producer - Martyn Young Written By - S. & M. Young Written-By - M. Young* , S. Young*
A2	This Mortal Coil -	Acid, Bitter And Sad	5:27	X
		Guitar - Chris Pye Producer, Engineer, Performer [All Music] - John Fryer Producer, Performer [All Music] - Ivo* Vocals - Alison Limerick Written-By - T.M.C.*
A3	Wolfgang Press, The -	Cut The Tree	5:35	X
		Engineer, Producer - John Fryer Producer - Wolfgang Press, The Written-By - Gray* , Cox* , Allen*
A4	Throwing Muses -	Fish	4:29	X
		Bass - Leslie Langston Drums, Percussion - David Narcizo Engineer - John Fryer Guitar [Lead], Vocals [Lead], Written-by - Kristin Hersh Producer - Gil Norton Vocals, Percussion - Tanya Donelly
A5	Dead Can Dance -	Frontier	2:58	X
		Mixed By - Jonathan Dee Producer - B. Perry* , L. Gerrard* Recorded By - Ron Stecher Written-By - Brendan Perry , Lisa Gerrard
B1	Cocteau Twins -	Crushed	3:17	X
		Performer - Elizabeth Fraser , Robin Guthrie , Simon Raymonde Producer - Cocteau Twins
B2	Dif Juz -	No Motion	4:49	X
		Bass - Gary Bromley Drums - Richard Thomas (2) Engineer - John Fryer Guitar - Alan Curtis , Dave Curtis Producer - Robin Guthrie Producer, Written-By - Dif Juz
B3	Clan Of Xymox -	Muscoviet Mosquito	4:03	X
		Performer - Anke Wolbert , Pieter Nooten , Ronny Moorings Producer - Clan Of Xymox Producer, Engineer - John Fryer Recorded By - Keith Mitchell
B4	Dead Can Dance -	The Protagonist	8:48	X
		Producer, Engineer - John A. Rivers* Producer, Performer, Written-By - Brendan Perry

Notes

This is the regular version of the album. All tracks were recorded or written exclusively for this album, except Dead Can Dance's 'Frontier'.

A1: Recorded at Gooseberry.
A2: Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London.
A3: Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London: November 1985.
A4: Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London.
A5: Recorded on 4 track in Belgrave, Melbourne 1979. Mixed at Blackwing, London November 1986.
B2: Recorded at Blackwing.
B3: Recorded at Palladium Studios, Edinburgh. Mixed at Blackwing Studios, London.
B4: Recorded and mixed at Woodhine Studios, Leamington Spa.

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Rated 5/5

Review by baj Nov 09, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)

This compilation represents the importance of 4AD to the development of new music in he 1980s.

Until the raft of special edition CD's, re-releases, DVDs, etc. of the late 90's this comp. was _hard_ to find, the tracks themselves even harder to find: "Crushed" was an exclusive track, and "Moscovite Musquito" extremely limited. Some of the tracks aren't favorites, but they range from good to pure classics.

"Eyesore" moved my little 13-year old soul toward moodier progressive/alternative sounds- and I'm sure I was not alone in that. Thank God for 4AD, and for that matter, the Smiths, the Cure, New Order, Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy, the Cocteaus et al....adolescence wouldn't have been the same without them!