Compass Kumpas

Reception

Sounding like a combination of early Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Gary Numan and Brian Eno, the album received fairly good reviews upon its release. The NME called the album "refreshingly wry and friendly". However, Red Starr, writing in Smash Hits, described the album as a "characterless, colourless collection.

It reached #54 on the UK pop charts.

The album was ultimately ignored outside of the UK, and before long, Alan Gill left the band to join The Teardrop Explodes, although he returned in 1981.

The album still maintains a reasonable cult following, and the single "Destiny (Dalek I Love You)" remains popular among Doctor Who fans for its oblique lyrics referencing the show's menacing villains, the Daleks.

Track listing

All tracks written by Gill and Hughes; except "You Really Got Me" by Ray Davies
Side 1 – Topsy

1. "The World" – 2:27
2. "8 Track" – 2:27
3. "Dalek I Love You (Destiny)" – 3:37
4. "A Suicide" – 2:53
5. "The Kiss" – 2:00
6. "Trapped" – 4:00
7. "Two Chameleons" – 3:18

Side 2 – Turvy

1. "Freedom Fighters" – 2:08
2. "You Really Got Me" – 1:56
3. "Mad" – 1:48
4. "Good Times" – 2:07
5. "We're All Actors" – 2:52
6. "Heat" – 3:11
7. "Missing 15 Minutes" – 5:36

The 1989 Fontana CD re-release featured the following bonus tracks

1. "Astronauts (Have Landed on the Moon)" – 3:27 (B-side to Heartbeat)
2. "Happy" – 2:33 (B-side to 1980 Dalek I Love You single)
3. "This is My Uniform" – 3:13 (B-side to 1980 Dalek I Love You single)
4. "Heartbeat" – 4:01 (1981 Single)

Album credits

Members:

Guests:

Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth and Amazon Studios, Liverpool, by Hugh Jones and Frazer Henry.

Turvy 2, 7 produced by Dalek I for God Productions