release date: Mar. 1, 1989
format: vinyl (fact 244) / cd (2020)
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,82]
producer: Paul Miller, Stephen Street, Vini Reilly
label: Factory Records - nationality: England, UK
Track highlights: A) 1. "Love No More" (4 / 5) - 2. "Pol in G" (5 / 5) - 3. "Opera I" - 4. "People's Pleasure Park" - 5. "Finding the Sea" - - B) 1. "Otis" (4 / 5) - 5. "Requiem Again" (4 / 5) - 6. "My Country" (4 / 5)
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7th studio album by The Durutti Column released on Factory Records and produced by Paul Miller, Stephen Street and Vini Reilly. This is one of my favourite albums by The Durutti Column, which may be the one if I was to pick just one of his brilliant works. Musically, it's a development from his 1987 release The Guitar and Other Machines but here the tracks are much more incorporated as one album instead of being a collection of single tracks. Somehow he succeeds in mixing classical compositions with art pop making his own unique modern classical style.
Finally, it's suggested, perhaps just to answer a lot of questions about the name of the band - "Yes, I am The Durutti Column". Prior to his work on this album, and after finishing his '87 album, Reilly was hired by ex-The Smiths vocalist, Morrissey to play guitar and keyboards on his debut album Viva Hate (1988) - also produced by Stephen Street.
The 2020 remastered 2 CD edition contains a number of live recordings, some of which previously were released as "Womad Live" as well as demo recordings.
Highly recommended.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]
[ collectors' item 'made in England' - from ~ €68,- ]
