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Fiction Tales

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Released
  
1981

Artist
  
Modern Eon

Label
  
Dindisc

Pieces EP (1979)
  
Fiction Tales (1981)

Release date
  
1981

Genre
  
Post-punk

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Recorded
  
The Manor, Britannia Row Studios

Producer
  
Modern Eon, Lawrence Diana

Modern eon second still


Fiction Tales is the only studio album by English post-punk band Modern Eon. It was released in 1981 on record label Dindisc and reached No. 65 on the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

Modern eon fiction tales full album


Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote, "Although not an easy album to like, Fiction Tales does convey originality and stylishness as well as flashes of accessibility; occasional use of odd instrumentation and a good drummer make this more than just a routine genre exercise".

Personnel

  • Danny Hampson – bass guitar
  • Cliff Hewitt – drums, timpani
  • Tim Lever – guitar, saxophone
  • Alix Johnson – guitar, vocals, Chinese horn, piano
  • Bob Wakelin – synthesizer, strings, percussion, vocals on "High Noon"
  • Technical
  • Modern Eon - production
  • Lawrence Diana – co-production, engineering
  • Songs

    1Second Still4:12
    2The Grass Still Grows3:37
    3Playwrite3:12

    References

    Fiction Tales Wikipedia