''Pop'' is the only studio album by the English

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band Tones on Tail, a side project of the

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members

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and Kevin Haskins (who later went on to form Love and Rockets with David J), and the Bauhaus roadie Glenn Campling. It was released on 6 April 1984 by the Beggars Banquet record label.

Track listing

Critical reception

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'' opined, "while ''Pop'' ..reveals some draggy recidivist Bauhaus tendencies, it also has real songs of modern music that show taste, delicacy and moderate imagination".

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called it "an impressive, wide-ranging effort collaging a range of influences into an inspired, often unpredictable experience". Dave Thompson, in ''Alternative Rock,'' considered the album "more serviceable ideas than realized majesty", but nonetheless a recording that "holds its place in time".

Personnel

; Tones on Tail *

— vocals, guitar,

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* Glenn Campling — bass, production * Kevin Haskins — drums, percussion, production ; Additional personnel * Juan Pedro Diego Ignatius Barraclough y Valls – rhythm guitar on "War" *

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on "Performance" ; Technical * Ted Sharp –

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on tracks A3 and B1–B4 * Derek Tompkins – engineering on tracks A3 and B1–B4 * Louis Austin – engineering on track A5 * Mr. Atlas – album cover photography

References

External links

* {{Authority control Tones on Tail albums 1984 debut albums Beggars Banquet Records albums Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios