Maire says: Today has been a
wonderful day music-wise. THREE hidden gems out of four albums. If only every
day of the challenge was like this.
Album 383/1031
Wire - Pink Flag (1977)
All tracks
written by Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis, Colin Newman, and Robert Gotobed, except as indicated.
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Side one
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No.
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Title
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Length
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1.
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"Reuters"
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3:03
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2.
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"Field Day for the Sundays"
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0:28
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3.
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"Three Girl Rhumba"
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1:23
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4.
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"Ex Lion Tamer"
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2:19
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5.
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"Lowdown"
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2:26
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6.
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"Start to Move"
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1:13
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7.
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"Brazil"
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0:41
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8.
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"It's So Obvious"
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0:53
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9.
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"Surgeon's Girl"
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1:17
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10.
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"Pink Flag"
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3:47
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Side two
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No.
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Title
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Writer(s)
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Length
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11.
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"The Commercial"
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0:49
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12.
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"Straight Line"
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0:44
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13.
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"106 Beats That"
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1:12
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14.
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"Mr. Suit"
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1:25
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15.
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"Strange"
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3:58
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16.
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"Fragile"
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1:18
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17.
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"Mannequin"
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2:37
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18.
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"Different to Me"
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Annette Green
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0:43
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19.
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"Champs"
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1:46
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20.
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"Feeling Called Love"
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1:22
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21.
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"12 X U"
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1:55
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Golf's verdict: I was in the record store this week and there
was a new release from Wire, nearly 40 years after this debut. They are still a
critically acclaimed act and hugely influential. This is relatively
straightforward 'angular' punk-rock, similar to XTC, Gang of Four etc. 'Three
Girl Rhumba' is the track that Elastica basically ripped off (and paid a large
amount of their royalties to Wire for) for their hit 'Connection'. In fact,
Elastica owe much of their appeal to an almost counterfeiter's attention to
detail to the sound Wire originate here.
Maire's verdict: Well, that was a fun start to a pretty miserable day (weather
wise).
Album 384/1031
The Human League - Dare
(1981)
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Side 1
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No.
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Title
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Writing
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Length
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1.
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Oakey, Wright
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4:14
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2.
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Callis, Oakey
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3:53
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3.
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Burden, Oakey
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3:56
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4.
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"Darkness"
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Callis, Wright
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3:56
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5.
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"Do or Die"
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Burden, Oakey
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5:25
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Side 2
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No.
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Title
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Writing
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Length
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6.
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"Get Carter" (Instrumental)
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1:02
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7.
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"I Am the Law"
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Oakey, Wright
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4:09
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8.
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"Seconds"
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Callis, Oakey, Wright
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4:58
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9.
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Burden, Oakey
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4:58
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10.
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Callis, Oakey, Wright
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3:56
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Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! This album is a genuine all time classic. It
finishes with "Don't You Want Me' - one of the best singles of all time,
but it is a reflection of the quality that not once are you tempted to skip to
the end.
Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Another
album I'd forgotten about. I was dancing in my seat at work 😊
Album 385/1031
Scott Walker - Scott 4
(1969)
All tracks
written by Noel Scott Engel.
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Side A
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No.
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Title
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Length
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1.
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"The Seventh Seal"
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4:58
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2.
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"On Your Own Again"
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1:48
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3.
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"The World's Strongest Man"
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2:21
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4.
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"Angels of Ashes"
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4:22
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5.
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"Boy Child"
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3:38
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Side B
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No.
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Title
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Length
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1.
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"Hero of the War"
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2:29
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2.
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"The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist
Regime)"
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3:43
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3.
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"Duchess"
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2:51
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4.
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"Get Behind Me"
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3:14
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5.
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"Rhymes of Goodbye"
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3:04
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Golf's verdict: Now makes avant-garde, VERY difficult to access
music that does reward some investment of time and effort (try 'The Drift'
album). Not here though, where he takes the gorgeous baritone voice he made famous
with The Walker Brothers and - instead of focusing on covering Jacques Brel
songs as on his first 3 solo albums - he sings his own compositions. Absolutely
sublime.
Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! What a
voice. Just wonderful to listen to.
Album 386/1031
Depeche Mode - Music for
the Masses (1987)
All songs
written by Martin Gore.
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Side one
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No.
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Title
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Length
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1.
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4:47
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2.
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"The Things You Said"
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4:02
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3.
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4:56
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4.
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"Sacred"
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4:47
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5.
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4:18
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Side two
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No.
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Title
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Length
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6.
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5:18
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7.
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"I Want You Now"
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3:44
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8.
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"To Have and to Hold"
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2:51
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9.
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"Nothing"
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4:18
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10.
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"Pimpf / Interlude 1 (hidden track, starts at 4:18)"
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4:55
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Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Arguably DM's finest hour, despite some rather
cringe-inducing lyric writing from Martin Gore (see today's post title).
Certainly the jam in the sandwich of their finest triple, coming after 'Black
Celebration' and before 'Violator'.
Maire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Turn it
up and try to remember not to sing along when in the office, particularly if
your singing voice is anything like mine! Absolutely adore this album.
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