Tim Jones
pfm Member
What an extraordinary album this is. For my money, the best of the early eighties "torch singer at the front, anonymous bloke at the back twiddling the knobs" records.
It is very well engineered (and produced by Mike Thorne, who signed the Pistols to EMI, and then produced the first three Wire LPs), but is genuinely one of those not-a-duff-track on it records. On a good source (i prefer it on vinyl, where my P8/Ania Pro is doing it more than justice) the interplay between the squelchiness of the synths and Marc's amazing voice is a treat.
I think, on a vaguely political note, that it did something to make gay culture more mainstream. Some of these songs would be massive cover targets if I could ever be bothered to be in a band again -"Bedsit Land", "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" spring to mind. That said, I think a functions band I was in did actually attempt "Sex Dwarf" at a wedding in the early nineties.
It is very well engineered (and produced by Mike Thorne, who signed the Pistols to EMI, and then produced the first three Wire LPs), but is genuinely one of those not-a-duff-track on it records. On a good source (i prefer it on vinyl, where my P8/Ania Pro is doing it more than justice) the interplay between the squelchiness of the synths and Marc's amazing voice is a treat.
I think, on a vaguely political note, that it did something to make gay culture more mainstream. Some of these songs would be massive cover targets if I could ever be bothered to be in a band again -"Bedsit Land", "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" spring to mind. That said, I think a functions band I was in did actually attempt "Sex Dwarf" at a wedding in the early nineties.