7LP Box Set Assembled by Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson!
Includes Wire, XTC, Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush, Tears for Fears, Joy Division, The Cure & More!
Mastered by Phil Kinrade & Cut by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering!
Pressed at Pallas!
Demon Records is proud to release Steven Wilson Presents: Intrigue - Progressive Sounds in UK Alternative Music 1979-89, a compilation assembled by acclaimed musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer Steven Wilson.
"This is my personally curated attempt to redress the balance, and to perhaps introduce any '80s-sceptics out there to the idea that conceptual thinking and ambition didn't suddenly evaporate after '77...ambitious, weird and thrilling music was all around you in the '80s - if you looked in the right places." - Steven Wilson
Featuring 58 tracks, the collection explores the creativity, experimentation and progressive spirit of alternative British music from 1979-1989.
Artists include Wire, XTC, The Stranglers, Ultravox, The Durutti Column, Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush, Tears for Fears, and many more.
Pressed at Pallas on seven 140g-vinyl LPs, housed in printed inner sleeves and a rigid outer slipcase, with a 40-page booklet featuring an introduction by Steven Wilson and extensive track-by-track liner notes by James Nice.
Mastered by Phil Kinrade and cut by Cicely Balston and Barry Grint at AIR Mastering.
A 2LP vinyl edition (DEMLPI1081) is also available, which features 20 highlights.
Features
- 7LP Box Set
- 140g Vinyl
- Assembled/Curated by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree
- Mastered by Phil Kinrade
- Cut by Barry Grint at AIR Mastering
- Pressed at Pallas
- Printed Inner Sleeves
- Rigid Outer Slipcase
- 40-Page Booklet - Introduction by Steven Wilson & Extensive Track-by-Track Liner Notes by James Nice
- Import
- Made in the EU
Selections
LP1
Side A:
- I Should Have Known Better – Wire
- A Better Home In The Phantom Zone – Bill Nelson's Red Noise
- Back To Nature – Magazine
- Complicated Game (Steven Wilson 2014 Stereo Mix) – XTC
Side B:
- Careering – Public Image Limited
- The Raven – The Stranglers
- Puppet Life – Punishment Of Luxury
- Astradyne (Steven Wilson Stereo Mix) – Ultravox
- Contract – Gang Of Four
LP2
Side A:
- I Travel (Extended Version) – Simple Minds
- Sketch For Summer – The Durutti Column
- Cognitive Dissonance (Steven Wilson 2022 Mix) – Robert Fripp And The League Of Gentlemen
- The Fatal Day – In Camera
Side B:
- Health And Efficiency - This Heat
- Burning Car – John Foxx
- I Can't Escape Myself - The Sound
- The Eternal - Joy Division
LP3
Side A:
- Big Empty Field - Swell Maps
- Enemies - Art Nouveau
- The Joy Circuit - Gary Numan
- The Gospel Comes To New Guinea - 23 Skidoo
Side B:
- All My Colours - Echo And The Bunnymen
- Ghost Town (Extended Version) - The Specials
- They All Run After The Carving Knife - New Musik
- The Him - New Order
LP4
Side A:
- White Car In Germany (Single Edit) - The Associates
- Sealand - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
- Talking Drum – Japan
- Faith - The Cure
Side B:
- Hit - Section 25
- Three Dancers (Steven Wilson 2021 Mix) - Twelfth Night
- Airwaves - Thomas Dolby
- Are You Ready? - Crispy Ambulance
- The Outsider - Rupert Hine
LP5
Side A:
- Knife Slits Water - A Certain Ratio
- Memories Fade - Tears For Fears
- Patient - Peter Hammill
- In A Waiting Room - Mr And Mrs Smith And Mr Drake
Side B:
- Donimo - Cocteau Twins
- Close (To The Edit) - The Art Of Noise
- Rawhide - Scott Walker
- Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
LP6
Side A:
- Dalis Car - Dalis Car
- Dream Within A Dream – Propaganda
- Waking The Witch - Kate Bush
- Ivy And Neet - This Mortal Coil
Side B:
- Beehead (7" Version) - Perennial Divide
- This Corrosion – The Sisters Of Mercy
- Ascension - O Yuki Conjugate
- Gutter Busting – SLAB!
LP7
Side A:
- No Motion - Dif Juz
- Murderers, The Hope Of Women - Momus
- The Host Of Seraphim - Dead Can Dance
- R.E.S. - Cardiacs
Side B:
- Good Morning Beautiful - The The
- Omega Amigo - The Shamen
- Night Sky, Sweet Earth - No-Man
- The 3rd Time We Opened The Capsule - Kitchens Of Distinction