Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the July 2008 Issue of Stereophile!
The second and final studio album, released in 1982 just months before the band broke up, at the pinnacle of their songwriting and performing skills. Unavailable on CD for three years and out of print on vinyl since the 1980s. Bonus DVD contains the entire afternoon set from the final show in Boston in 1983. Fully re-mastered from the original 1/2" tape by George Marino at Sterling Sound. 16-page booklet contains ephemera, photos, and interviews. Vinyl is true all-analog, HQ-180 pressing.
"The almost-pop architecture is opposed by almost-Wagnerian sonic density, a dichotomy between blueprint and chaos - the competition indicated by the album's title" - Village Voice.
Features:
HQ-180g Vinyl
Double LP
Pressing by RTI
True All-Analog remaster
Fully remastered from original tapes
Bonus DVD 1983 afternoon set from the Boston show
16 page booklet
Selections:
1. Secrets
2. Train
3. Trem Two
4. New Nails
5. Dead Pool
6. Learn How
7. Mica
8. Weatherbox
9. Ballad Of Johnny Burma, The
10. Einstein's Day
11. Fun World
12. That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
13. Laugh The World Away
14. Forget
15. Progress
16. OK, No Way
DVD:
Live at the Bradford Ballroom, Boston, March 12, 1983 (afternoon show)
The second and final studio album, released in 1982 just months before the band broke up, at the pinnacle of their songwriting and performing skills. Unavailable on CD for three years and out of print on vinyl since the 1980s. Bonus DVD contains the entire afternoon set from the final show in Boston in 1983. Fully re-mastered from the original 1/2" tape by George Marino at Sterling Sound. 16-page booklet contains ephemera, photos, and interviews. Vinyl is true all-analog, HQ-180 pressing.
"The almost-pop architecture is opposed by almost-Wagnerian sonic density, a dichotomy between blueprint and chaos - the competition indicated by the album's title" - Village Voice.
Features:
HQ-180g Vinyl
Double LP
Pressing by RTI
True All-Analog remaster
Fully remastered from original tapes
Bonus DVD 1983 afternoon set from the Boston show
16 page booklet
Selections:
1. Secrets
2. Train
3. Trem Two
4. New Nails
5. Dead Pool
6. Learn How
7. Mica
8. Weatherbox
9. Ballad Of Johnny Burma, The
10. Einstein's Day
11. Fun World
12. That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
13. Laugh The World Away
14. Forget
15. Progress
16. OK, No Way
DVD:
Live at the Bradford Ballroom, Boston, March 12, 1983 (afternoon show)