MAGAZINE The Correct Use Of Soap LP VIRGIN 1980 UK orig V2156 HOWARD DEVOTO
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One of the earliest and best post-punk bands, they kept the nervous energy of punk and added elements of theatrical, atmospheric art rock. After leaving the Buzzcocks in 1977, vocalist Howard Devoto formed Magazine with guitarist John McGeoch, bassist Barry Adamson, keyboardist Bob Dickinson, and drummer Martin Jackson. One of the first post-punk bands, Magazine kept the edgy, nervous energy of punk and added elements of art rock, particularly with their theatrical live shows and shards of keyboards. Devoto's lyrics were combinations of social commentary and poetic fragments, while the band alternated between cold, jagged chords and gloomy, atmospheric sonic landscapes. Magazine performed their first concert in the fall of 1977 and were signed to Virgin Records by the end of the year; by that point, Dickinson had left the group. The band recorded its first single, "Shot by Both Sides," as a quartet; Devoto had written the song with his former Buzzcocks partner, Pete Shelley. Appearing in early 1978, the single gathered good reviews on both sides of the Atlantic and charted in the U.K., peaking at number 41. Before they recorded their debut album, keyboardist Dave Formula joined the lineup...(AllMusic)
"THE CORRECT USE OF SOAP"
tracklist
Side A: BECAUSE YOU'RE FRIGHTENED - MODEL VORKER - I'M A PARTY
YOU NEVER KNEW ME - PHILADELPHIA
Side B: I WANT TO BURN AGAIN - THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN)
SWEETHEART CONTRACT - STUCK - A SONG FROM UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS
1980 LP VIRGIN RECORDS V2156
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER
NOTES: Track B2 misspelled on label reading: Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin).
No subtitle on label for track B5
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LABEL: VIRGIN - RED LABELS w/LOGO at RIGHT - WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: V2156
Catalog on labels: V2156A / V2156B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): V-2156-A3 ∴
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): V-2156-B2 ∴
On labels: rim text reads "All Rights.......Prohibited"
Produced by Martin Hannett
Music by Magazine
Lyrics by........
Published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
℗ 1980 Virgin Records Ltd.
(on Side B): Except* Sly Stone.......
Except* Carlin Music Corp.
On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits
℗ 1980 Virgin Records Ltd.
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This is something of a return to standard operational form for Magazine, who thawed after recording Secondhand Daylight to throw together an energetic batch of colorful and rhythmically intricate songs. It's an unexpected move considering that they enlisted Martin Hannett (Joy Division, A Certain Ratio, Crispy Ambulance), master of the gray hues, as the producer. A looser, poppier album than its predecessors -- somewhat ironically, a cover of Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" is the most subdued song -- it features the rhythm section of John Doyle and Barry Adamson at their taut, flexible best and guitarist John McGeoch at his most cunningly percussive. Save for the called-for razzle-dazzle on "Sweetheart Contract," keyboardist Dave Formula takes more of a back seat, using piano more frequently and no longer driving the songs to the point of detracting from the greatness of his mates, as the most frequent complaint of Secondhand Daylight goes. Howard Devoto's lyrics are also a little less depressive, though they're no less biting. The closing "A Song from Under the Floorboards" -- another near-anthem, an unofficial sequel to "The Light Pours Out of Me" -- includes sticking Devoto-isms like "My irritability keeps me alive and kicking" and "I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit." His themes of distrust and romantic turbulence remain focal, evident in "You Never Knew Me" ("Do you want the truth or do you want your sanity?") and "I Want to Burn Again" ("I met your lover yesterday, wearing some things I left at your place, singing a song that means a lot to me"). "Because You're Frightened" is the closest they came to making a new wave hit, zipping along with as much unstoppable buoyancy as Lene Lovich's "New Toy" or the Teardrop Explodes' "Reward," yet it's all fraught nerves and paranoia: "Look what fear's done to my body!" Song for song, the album isn't quite on the level of Real Life, but it is more effective as a point of entry...(AllMusic)
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