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  • From: dpbailey AT att.net
  • To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] Perfect Unpop
  • Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:34:58 +0000

Nice to see Blue Orchids' The Flood getting some attention, in particular. I've never quite understood why it hasn't been on, like, every mix tape ever made.
 
Dan
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> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-various-arti
> sts-perfect-unpop-cherry-red-810836.html
>
> Album: Various Artists, Perfect Unpop (Cherry Red)
>
> (Rated 4/ 5 )
>
> Reviewed by Andy Gill
> Friday, 18 April 2008
>
> Subtitled "Peel Show Hits & Long-Lost Lo-Fi Favourites
> Vol 1 1976-1980", the 24 tracks on this anthology of
> punk-era cottage industry still wield a remarkable punch.
>
> They're a bracing riposte to the later corporatisation of
> those teenage dreams that so inspired the late DJ. Aptly
> enough, The Subway Sect's "Ambition" epitomises the
> approach: the desire to make their point overrules any
> misgivings about technical incompetence. The result is a
> classic from a group who were barely together for more
> than the three minutes it lasts.
>
> The change is most notable in girl groups – or girl
> bands, to give them full credit: the likes of The Mo-
> Dettes and Swiss quartet Kleenex made the most of
> whatever was to hand, and made it on their own terms – as
> did the likes of The Prefects, Monochrome Set, Wreckless
> Eric and Young Marble Giants, all on this splendid
> compilation.
>
> Pick of the album:"Ambition", "Whole Wide World", "Hedi's
> Head", "White Mice"
>
>
> Tracklist: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016CO5IE
> 1. Language School Tours 2:10
> 2. Whips And Furs The Vibrators 2:11
> 3. Ambition Subway Sect 3:07
> 4. Final Day Young Marble Giants 1:41
> 5. Hedi's Head Kleenex 2:10
> 6. On Me Bears 3:12 > 7. Whole Wide World Wreckless Eric 2:59
> 8. Real Shocks Swell Maps 2:16
> 9. Who Is Innocent The Out 3:23
> 10. Thinking Of The USA Eater 3:01
> 11. Mary Millington Disco Zombies 4:17
> 12. White Mice Mo-Dettes 3:37
> 13. Self -Conscious Over You Outcasts 3:08
> 14. Teenage Treats The Wasps 3:04
> 15. Couldn't Believe A Word The 45's 3:10
> 16. This Is Your Life Glaxo Babies 3:06
> 17. Going Through The Motions The Prefects 4:59
> 18. Radio Wunderbar The Carpettes 2:52
> 19. Bad Hearts Tights 3:34
> 20. He's Frank (Slight Return) The Monochrome Set 2:39
> 21. It's Obvious The Au Pairs 5:44
> 22. Happy Feeling The Sinatras 2:41
> 23. Brickfield Nights Boys 3:15
> 24. The Flood Blue Orchids 4:16
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