23 February 2013

The Sound "All Fall Down" (1982)

All Fall Down
release date: Oct. 23, 1982
format: vinyl (240019-1) / digital (2001 reissue)
[album rate: 4 / 5] [4,16]
producer: The Sound, Nick Robbins
label: WEA - nationality: England, UK

Tracklist: 1. "All Fall Down" (4 / 5) - 2. "Party of the Mind" (4 / 5) (promo video) - 3. "Monument" (5 / 5) - 4. "In Suspense" - 5. "Where the Love Is" (4 / 5) - 6. "Song and Dance" - 7. "Calling the New Tune" (4 / 5) - 8. "Red Paint" - 9. "Glass and Smoke" - 10. "We Could Go Far" (5 / 5)

3rd studio album by The Sound and the band's only for the Korova parent-label. Allegedly, Korova explicitly told the band that a contract with parent label WEA implied that they sought to produce an album with more mainstream-appeal than their previous two albums on Korova; however, this attitude also played a significant part in making an even more complex and lesser mainstream sounding album. Musically, All Fall Down follows closely on the path laid out on the acclaimed From the Lion's Mouth (1981), but it's also the band's so far darkest and most sinister-sounding album.