''Fire on the Moon'' is

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' seventh album, released in 1990 on

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. It was issued under the alias

Dream Command The Comsat Angels were an English post-punk band from Sheffield, England, initially active from 1978 to 1995. Their music has been described as "abstract pop songs with sparse instrumentation, many of which were bleak and filled with some form ...

, and in limited quantities in the

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and

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only. A promo-only single of "Celestine" was released in similarly small quantities. Frontman

Stephen Fellows Stephen Fellows is an English singer, songwriter and musician. From 1978 to 1995, he was frontman for the band The Comsat Angels. He also managed the band Gomez and helped guide the band the Little Glitches Little Glitches are a folktronic ...

was once asked which of the Comsats' albums was his least favorite. He replied, "Least favourite is not a Comsats album, but a Dream Command one '' ire On The Moon' – what the hell were we thinking about?"Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows Q & A Session May 2002
/ref> ''Fire on the Moon'' was reissued by Edsel Records in November 2015 as part of a two-CD set which also included the 1986 album '' Chasing Shadows'', which was recorded under the band's original name.

Track listing

All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake. #"Celestine" – 3:49 #"Whirlwind" – 3:35 #"Sleepwalking" – 5:13 #"Reach For Me" – 5:01 #"Ice Sculpture" – 4:44 #"Venus Hunter" – 4:37 #"Phantom Power" – 3:45 #"Transport of Delight" – 3:25 #"She's Invisible" – 4:05 #"Mercury" – 2:24

Personnel

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Andy Peake -

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, vocals *

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Mik Glaisher -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*Deborah Goddard - backing vocals on "Whirlwind" and "Reach For Me"

References

{{Authority control 1990 albums The Comsat Angels albums Albums produced by Kevin Bacon (producer) Island Records albums