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Singsongs
''Sing-Songs'' is the second EP by the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church (band), The Church, released in December 1982. Unlike its polished predecessors, the material was quickly written and recorded as a demo for the band's U.S. label Capitol Records, who had rejected their previous album, ''The Blurred Crusade'', as too uncommercial. Capitol remained unimpressed and dropped the band, but the recordings were released in Australia by EMI/Parlophone. ''Sing-songs'' was long considered the most difficult item in The Church's catalogue to obtain as it was only released as a fairly limited vinyl pressing. In 2001, EMI, EMI Australia released the compilation album ''Sing-Songs//Remote Luxury//Persia'', which contained remastered versions of all the tracks from the EP in their original running order. Track listing # "A Different Man" (Kilbey) # "Ancient History" (Kilbey) # "The Night is Very Soft" (Kilbey/R. Kilbey) # "In This Room" (Kilbey) # "I Am a Rock" (Paul Simon, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blurred Crusade
''The Blurred Crusade'' is the second album by the Australian alternative rock band the Church, released in March 1982 by EMI Parlophone. Note: Archived n-linecopy has limited functionality. Moving away from the new wave leanings of their debut, it was stylistically more complex and "a smoother, fuller release". "With its mystical lyrics the second album ... brought the group's own style more into focus". The album peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and "Almost With You" reached No. 21 on the related Singles Chart. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974. Background While still dominated primarily by Steve Kilbey's songwriting, ''The Blurred Crusade'' shows a stronger influence from 1960s psychedelia and the beginnings of guitarists Peter Koppes' and Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |