''LC'' is the second studio album by English band
The Durutti Column
The Durutti Column are an English post-punk band formed in 1978 in Manchester, England.Strong, Martin C. (1999) "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", Canongate, The band is a project of guitarist and occasional pianist Vini Reilly who ...
. It was released in November 1981 through Manchester record label
Factory
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.
Background
The album was the first to feature drummer and percussionist Bruce Mitchell. The song "The Missing Boy" is a tribute to songwriter
Vini Reilly
Vincent Gerard "Vini" Reilly (born 4 August 1953) is an English musician and leader of the post-punk group the Durutti Column. He is known for his distinctively clean, fluid guitar style, which stood out from his punk-era contemporaries in its i ...
's friend and label-mate
Ian Curtis
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of
Joy Division
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Sumner and Hook formed the band after attend ...
, who committed suicide in the previous year.
Release
''LC'' was released in November 1981.
It was reissued in January 2013 on the reactivated
Factory Benelux
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as a double-CD package.
Track listing
2013 track listing
The 2013 reissue includes the Sordide Sentimental single "Danny"/"Enigma", the ''Deux Triangles'' 12" (the original FBN-10), the tracks on ''A Factory Quartet'', Crépuscule compilation album tracks, and demo versions of tracks from ''LC''.
[
; Disc one
# "Sketch for Dawn (1)"
# "Portrait for Frazier"
# "Jaqueline"
# "Messidor"
# "Sketch for Dawn (2)"
# "Never Known"
# "The Act Committed"
# "Detail for Paul"
# "The Missing Boy"
# "The Sweet Cheat Gone"
# "Danny"
# "Enigma"
# "For Mimi"
# "For Belgian Friends"
# "Self-Portrait"
# "Favourite Painting"
# "Zinni"
; Disc two
# "Mavuchka"
# "Experiment in Fifth"
# "Portrait for Paul"
# "The Act Committed"
# "Portrait for Frazier"
# "Never Known"
# "Untitled LC Demo"
# "For Patti"
# "Weakness and Fever"
# "The Eye and the Hand"
# "Party"
# "One Christmas for Your Thoughts"
# "Hommage to Martinů"
# "Sleep Will Come"
# "Piece for an Ideal"
# "Piece of Out of Tune Grand Piano"
]
Reception
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wrote, "As great as ''Return
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'' is, this is perhaps even better, signaling a full flowering of iniReilly's talents throughout the album."Brian Eno
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claimed Reilly's album ''LC'' as his all-time favourite album.
Personnel
; The Durutti Column
* Vini Reilly
Vincent Gerard "Vini" Reilly (born 4 August 1953) is an English musician and leader of the post-punk group the Durutti Column. He is known for his distinctively clean, fluid guitar style, which stood out from his punk-era contemporaries in its i ...
– vocals, all other instruments, production
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* Bruce Mitchell – percussion
; Additional personnel
* Stewart Pickering – production
* EG – mastering
* Les Thompson – sleeve design
* GYL – sleeve artwork
* Jackie Williams – sleeve painting
* John Nichols – sleeve photography
References
External links
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1981 albums
The Durutti Column albums
Factory Records albums