''Coming Down'' is the first solo album by former
Bauhaus
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,
Tones on Tail
Tones on Tail was a British post-punk band formed in 1982, originally as a musical side project of Daniel Ash of the gothic rock group Bauhaus. Their music was described by one critic as "doom-and-dance-pop."
History
While still a member of B ...
, and
Love and Rockets guitar
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player
Daniel Ash
Daniel Ash (born 31 July 1957) is an English musician, songwriter and singer. He became prominent in the late 1970s as the guitarist for the iconic goth rock band Bauhaus, which spawned two related bands led by Ash: Tones on Tail and Love an ...
, released by Beggars Banquet in September 1990. The first single, "This Love", was a number two hit on the ''Billboard''
Modern Rock Tracks
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chart in the United States.
Natasha Atlas
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sings on many of the album's tracks.
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The album peaked at No. 109 on the ''Billboard'' 200.
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Critical reception
''Entertainment Weekly
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'' called the album "insidiously listenable — all thick, pulsating drums and sinewy melodies, topped by Ash’s studio-processed and thus inhuman-sounding vocals."Trouser Press
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'' wrote that the album "takes off in a bunch of different directions, from sedate cocktail swing to low-key salsa (!) to somber atmospherics to jittering dance noise."The Buffalo News
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'' praised the "furtive, moody, electronically draped reflections on reality and romance."
Track listing
# "Blue Moon
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" (Richard Rodgers
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, Lorenz Hart
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)
# "Coming Down Fast"
# "Walk This Way" (Ash, Tito Puente)
# "Closer to You"
# " Day Tripper" (John Lennon
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, Paul McCartney
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)
# "This Love"
# "Blue Angel"
# "Me and My Shadow
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" (Dave Dreyer
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He started off as a pianist with vaudeville greats such as Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, Belle Baker, and Frank Fay. ...
, Billy Rose
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, Al Jolson)
# "Candy Darling"
# "Sweet Little Liar"
# "Not So Fast"
# "Coming Down"
Personnel
*Bass - Daniel Ash (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 11)
*Producer - Daniel Ash, John Fryer (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 7 to 9, 12), John A. Rivers (tracks: 6, 10)
*Vocals - Natacha Atlas (tracks: 1, 3 to 8, 11, 12)
*Vocals, guitar - Daniel Ash
References
1991 debut albums
Daniel Ash albums
Beggars Banquet Records albums
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