Genre: New Wave/Indie Rock

Artist country: UK

Country of manufacture of discs: Japan

Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)

Rip type: image+.cue

Audio bitrate: lossless

Availability of scans: yes, dpi 600



Formed: Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom, active 1977-2005. From the ashes of the band Helium Kids.

Musically adventurous group from Swindon, UK, who first made an impact as a post-punk new wave band but have refused to be pigeonholed, recording dub, folk-rock, psychedelia and pure pop as the mood takes them. Original line-up was Andy Partridge (voice & guitar), Colin Moulding (bass & vocals), Barry Andrews (keyboards - replaced by Dave Gregory in 1979) and Terry Chambers (drums - replaced by Peter Phipps in 1982).



Tracklist:

1978 - White Music (2001, Toshiba-EMI, TOCP-65711)

01. Radios In Motion 2:55

02. Cross Wires 2:07

03. This Is Pop 2:41

04. Do What You Do 1:17

05. Statue Of Liberty 2:56

06. All Along The Watchtower 5:43

07. Into The Atomic Age 2:33

08. I'll Set Myself On Fire 3:05

09. I'm Bugged 4:00

10. New Town Animal In A Furnished Cage 1:53

11. Spinning Top 2:41

12. Neon Shuffle 4:38

13. Science Friction 3:13

14. She's So Square 3:07

15. Dance Band 2:41

16. Hang Onto The Night 2:10

17. Heatwave 2:12

18. Traffic Light Rock 1:40

19. Instant Tunes 2:34



1978 - Go 2 (2001, Toshiba-EMI, TOCP-65712)

01. Meccanik Dancing (Oh We Go!) 2:36

02. Battery Brides (Andy Paints Brian) 4:37

03. Buzzcity Talking 2:41

04. Crowded Room 2:53

05. The Rhythm 3:00

06. Red 3:02

07. Beatown 4:37

08. Life Is Good In The Greenhouse 4:41

09. Jumping In Gomorrah 2:04

10. My Weapon 2:20

11. Super-Tuff 4:27

12. I Am The Audience 3:48

13. Are You Receiving Me? 3:06



1979 - Drums And Wires (2001, Toshiba-EMI, TOCP-65713)

01. Making Plans For Nigel 4:14

02. Helicopter 3:55

03. Day In Day Out 3:08

04. When You're Near Me I Have Difficulty 3:22

05. Ten Feet Tall 3:17

06. Roads Girdle The Globe 4:51

07. Reel By Reel 3:47

08. Millions 5:39

09. That Is The Way 2:57

10. Outside World 2:41

11. Scissor Man 4:00

12. Complicated Game 5:05

13. Life Begins At The Hop 3:49

14. Chain Of Command 2:34

15. Limelight 2:27