''The Glamour'' is the ninth and final album by
the Comsat Angels
The Comsat Angels were an English post-punk band (music), 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 w ...
, released in 1995 on
RPM Records and on
Caroline Records in the US. In 2007, Renascent reissued the album as a double CD with seven additional tracks.
This was the Comsat Angels' last studio album and the only one with a lineup of five band members. Bass player
Kevin Bacon had left the band after the release of ''
My Minds Eye'' and was replaced by Terry Todd. A second guitarist, Simon Anderson, was also added.
Comsats 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 ...
regretted how rushed they were in producing this album, saying, "We were prevented by deadlines from finishing all the music we were recording."
[Liner notes from Renascent reissue of The Glamour] He also said, in a 1997 interview, "Although I am very pleased with ''The Glamour'' as the last album it was kind of
ik Glashierpiloted that one, he wanted to make a rock album".
[Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/9]
/ref> In his view, the 2007 reissue, with its added tracks, improved the album. Fellows said, "This is much closer to how it should have been".
Track listing (1995)
All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Peake/Todd/Anderson.
#"Psychedelic Dungeon" – 3:57
#"The Glamour" – 3:15
#"Audrey in Denim" – 4:46
#"Oblivion" – 7:42
#"Web of Sound" – 3:52
#"Breaker" – 6:23
#"SS100X" – 3:41
#"Sailor" – 3:24
#"Demon Lover" – 3:15
#"Pacific Ocean Blues" – 4:22
#"Anjelica" – 4:11
#"Valley of the Nile" – 4:32
#"Spaced" – 8:51
Track listing (2007)
All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Peake/Todd/Anderson.
Disc one
#"I Hear a New World" (Alternative Mix, Re-master) – 4:17
#"Goddess" (Re-master) – 3:32
#"Anjelica" (Different Vocals, Alternative Mix) – 4:11
#"Valley of the Nile" (Alternative Mix) – 4:32
#"Sailor" – 3:24
#"Pacific Ocean Blues" – 4:22
#"Oblivion" – 7:42
#"The Niala Game" – 4:27
#"Audrey in Denim" – 4:46
#"Demon Lover" – 3:15
Disc two
#"Psychedelic Dungeon" – 3:57
#"SS100X" (Different Vocals, Alternative Mix) – 3:41
#"The Glamour" – 3:15
#"Breaker" – 6:23
#"Evanescent" – 4:33
#"Hyperprism 1" – 4:14
#"Spaced" – 8:51
#"Web of Sound" – 3:52
#"A Song Called Dave" – 1:59
#"Slayer of the Real" (Demo) – 4:23
Personnel
*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 ...
- vocals
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, guitar
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*Andy Peake - synthesizer
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, vocals
*Mik Glaisher - drums
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*Terry Todd - bass guitar
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*Simon Anderson - guitar
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References
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1995 albums
The Comsat Angels albums