Released 1978 Release date 1979 | Artist The Outsiders Label Cherry Red Records | |
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Recorded 1978 at Spaceward, Cambridge, England Genres Punk rock, Hard rock, Garage rock People also search for Calling on Youth, Vital Years, From Liberty To Death : The Complete Recordings | ||
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Close Up is the second and final studio album by English punk band the Outsiders, which would later evolve into the Sound. It was released in 1978 by record label Raw Edge.
Contents
Background
In the liner notes of the 2012 reissue of the album, the musical style of Close Up was described: "Gone were the acoustic guitars and lengthy solos, replaced by urgency, stabbing riffs and a full-on, hard-edged punk/new wave sound".
Track listing
- "Vital Hours"
- "Observations"
- "Fixed Up"
- "Touch and Go"
- "White Debt"
- "Count for Something"
- "Out of Place"
- "Keep the Pain Inside"
- "Face to Face"
- "Semi-Detached Life"
- "Conspiracy of War"
Critical reception
Close Up received a lukewarm response from critics, who were more enthusiastically about it than the band's previous album, Calling on Youth. NME reviewer John Hamblett assessed the album as "patchy, but promising", calling the Outsiders "a band with a future". Tony Parsons, on the other hand, reviewing for the same magazine, described it as "tuneless, gormless, gutless".
Personnel
Songs
1Vital Hours2:26
2Observations3:20
3Fixed Up2:37