A Certain Ratio – To Each...

More images

Label:	Factory – FACT 35
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold, WEA Pressing
Country:	UK
Released:	Apr 1981
Genre:	Rock, Funk / Soul
Style:	New Wave, Funk

Tracklist

A1	Felch	3:45
A2	My Spirit	2:28
A3	Forced Laugh	5:53
A4	Choir	2:51
A5	Back To The Start	7:49
B1	The Fox	3:46
B2	Loss	3:23
B3	Oceans	3:30
B4	Winter Hill	12:45

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Eastern Artists Recording Studio
Lacquer Cut At – Strawberry Mastering
Published By – Movement Of 24th January
Mixed At – Strawberry Studios
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse
Pressed By – WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton

Credits

Cover [Cover Co-ordination By] – Peter Christopherson
Engineer – Bruce Gerstein, Chris Nagle
Instruments, Songwriter [Songs Written By] – ACR*
Painting – Ann*
Photography By – Colin (21)
Plated By – EG*
Producer – ACR*, Martin Hannet*

Notes

Gatefold sleeve.

Recorded at E.A.R.S., East Orange, New Jersey.
Mixed at Strawberry, Stockport.
Published by M24J
A Factory Product printed by G+L

No durations printed on release.

There are two different versions of this UK pressing. Both have identical gatefold covers but the matrix / runout inscriptions on side B are different and the length of "Winter Hill" differs. On this pressing it runs for the full 12'45". On To Each... it ends prematurely in a locked groove at 11'17" which appears to be an error by the cutting engineer in which there was an underestimation as to how long side B would be, with there being very little gap between the end of the track and the locked groove (roughly 4mm vs. 10mm on this version).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): FACT 35 A2 EG •STRAWBERRY•
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): FACT 35 B1 EG I COULD KNEEL WITH MY ARMS OPEN ! •STRAWBERRY•

Other Versions (5 of 24)

View All

Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
To Each... (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Factory	201881	France	1981
To Each... (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Factory, Factory	FACT 35., FACT.35	Italy	1981
To Each... (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Factory, Edigsa	FACT 35, 19L0184	Spain	1981
To Each... (LP, Album)	Factory, Edigsa	19L0184	Spain	1981
To Each... (LP, Album, Repress, White Label, Gatefold Sleeve)	Factory	FACT 35	UK	1981

Reviews

prominentos Aug 31, 2021
Bleak and minimalistic. Joy Division meets Disciplina Kičme. For example...
themeterman63 Nov 6, 2020
The picture of the tower on the record label is of the water tower at the Metrpolitan Vickers factory in Trafford Park, Manchester
NothingLikeThe80s Jan 24, 2018
Reissue vinyl will be releasing on Mute, 26 Jan 2018.
denisoliver Feb 26, 2003
To me it is not such a brilliant album, but "Winter Hill" is a really tremendous and overwhelming track. Throughout it's 12:45 the tension rises very subtle and finally doesn't simply burst, but slowly fades out as if a wind would blow it into pieces. This is very tricky.
Harry_X Aug 16, 2002
this is one of the groundshaking records in the early 80's - at least for me. ACR's seemly high-pitched, cool space funk with lots of percussion and the permanent growling of space makes you feel kind of weird. this has nothing to do with 'factory sound' -this is beyond...