Bronski Beat – The Age Of Consent

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Label:	Forbidden Fruit – BITLP 1, Forbidden Fruit – 820 171-1
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	UK
Released:	Oct 15, 1984
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Synth-pop, Hi NRG

Tracklist

	Other Side
A1	Why? Mixed By [Mixing Engineer] – Julian Mendelsohn Written-By – Somerville, Steinbachek, Bronski*	4:02
A2	Ain't Necessarily So Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin	4:34
A3	Screaming Written-By – Somerville, Steinbachek, Bronski*	4:13
A4	No More War Written-By – Somerville, Steinbachek, Bronski*	3:52
A5	Love & Money Written-By – Somerville, Steinbachek, Bronski*	5:08
	This Side
B1	Smalltown Boy Written-By – Somerville, Steinbachek, Bronski*	5:02
B2	Heatwave Written-By – Somerville, Steinbachek, Bronski*	2:41
B3	Junk Written-By – Somerville, Steinbachek, Bronski*	4:17
B4	Need A Man Blues Written-By – Somerville, Steinbachek, Bronski*	4:19
B5	I Feel Love / Johnny Remember Me Written-By – Summer, Goddard, Moroder, Bellotte	5:59

Companies, etc.

Published By – Bronski Music Ltd.
Published By – William A. Bong Ltd.
Published By – Chappell Music Ltd.
Published By – Heath Levy Music Co. Ltd.
Published By – Southern Music
Recorded At – The Garden
Recorded At – Skyline Studios
Recorded At – RPM Studios
Mixed At – Maison Rouge
Mixed At – The Town House
Mixed At – Right Track Recording
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Mastered At – Master Room
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – London Records
Copyright © – London Records
Lacquer Cut At – Master Room
Pressed By – PRS Ltd.

Credits

Band [Uptown Horns], Alto Saxophone, Soloist [Solo] – Cris Cioe*
Band [Uptown Horns], Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Soloist [Clarinet Solo] – Arno Hecht
Band [Uptown Horns], Trombone – Bob Funk
Band [Uptown Horns], Trumpet – Hollywood Paul*
Cello – Beverly Lauridsen, Jesse Levy, Mark Shuman
Choir – The Pink Singers
Congas – John Folarin*
Horns – Uptown Horns
Keyboards, Percussion – Larry*, Bronski*
Mastered By [Sterling Sound] – Jack Skinner
Mastered By [The Master Room] – Aaron Chakraverty*
Mixed By [Mixing Engineer] – Harvey Goldberg (tracks: A2 to B5)
Music By – Bronski Beat
Producer – Mike Thorne
Recorded By [Recording Engineer - (London)] – Peter Griffiths*
Recorded By [Recording Engineer - (NYC)] – Carl Beatty, Dominick Maita
Sleeve – Green Ink
Tap Dance [Tap] – Caroline O'Connor
Vocals, Words By – Jimmy*

Notes

Published by:
A1, A3 to B4 Bronski Music Ltd/William A. Bong Ltd.
A2 Chappell Music Ltd.
B5 Heath Levy Music Co. Ltd./Southern Music Ltd.

Recorded at: The Garden (London), Skyline (NYC), and RPM (NYC).
Mixed at: Maison Rouge (London, Smalltown Boy), The Town House (London, Why) and Right Track Recording (NYC).
Mastered (by) at: Sterling Sound, NYC and The Master Room, London.

℗ 1984 London Records © 1984 London Records

Made in England.

Issued with a printed inner sleeve containing lyrics, credits and pictures.

Another, almost identical, version exists with extra lacquer cutting credit to Arun Chakraverty (Arun) in the runouts: The Age Of Consent.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 42282 01711
Barcode (Scanned): 042282017116
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, variant 1): BITLP1 A // 2 ▽ 420 R 1 1 HELLO NIP! 1 5
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, variant 1): BITLP 1 B // 1 R 1 1 2 5
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, variant 2): BITLP1 A // 2 ▽ 420 R 1 1 HELLO NIP! 1 5
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, variant 2): BITLP1 B // 2 ▽ 420 R 1 1 HELLO NIP 1 5
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, variant 3): BITLP1 A // 2 ▽ 420 R 1 2 1 3 HELLO NIP! 1 5
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, variant 3): BITLP 1 B // 1 R 1 1 2 0

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Age Of Consent (LP, Album)	MCA Records	MCA-5538	US	1984
Recently Edited	The Age Of Consent (LP, Album, Stereo)	London Records	820 171-1	France	1984
Recently Edited	The Age Of Consent (Cassette, Album, Dolby)	Forbidden Fruit, Forbidden Fruit	BITMC 1, (820 171-4)	UK	1984
	The Age Of Consent (LP, Album)	London Records	LON 109	Canada	1984
Recently Edited	The Age Of Consent (LP, Album, Stereo)	Metronome, Metronome, Metronome, Forbidden Fruit, Forbidden Fruit, Forbidden Fruit	820 171-1, 820 171-1 ME, 820 171-1ME	Germany	1984

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Reviews

BagOwire Jun 17, 2023
The 2012 official limited edition CD box set (50 released worldwide) never made it to Discogs. I have a copy, but lack experience in adding items to the website.
http://jimmysomerville.canalblog.com/archives/2012/08/03/24829320.html
kevjarrett Feb 4, 2023
Utterly fantastic album. So far ahead of the game on release and has not (to these ears) dated, unlike a lot of other stuff released at the time. Soulful catchy electronic music to dance to. Subject matter would not be out of place nowadays either. The recording sounds amazing, warm, clear, an excellent record in every way. Treat yourself to an original, you can pick them up surprisingly cheap.
mundayschild Aug 14, 2017
Great and under rated Synth pop LP with some stark lyrical themes wrapped up in simple pop genius. 'Why' is an amazing track that still sounds way ahead of the pack even today. The dour 'Love and Money' is another highlight as is the punchy single 'Small Town Boy' the ideas and messages on this record haven't dated at all.
clayts450 Jul 7, 2014
Back of sleeve refers to track B5 as I Feel Love - no mention of Johnny Remember Me, although this is correct on the label on side B
Spatzo Dec 7, 2012
I have a rare Japanese vinyl lp copy of this album. Unfortunately it is a cut out.