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Mesh and Lace

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Released
  
6 April 1981

Producer
  
Modern English

Artist
  
Modern English

Label
  
4AD

Language
  
English

Mesh & Lace (1981)
  
After the Snow (1982)

Release date
  
6 April 1981

Genre
  
Post-punk

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Recorded
  
Jacobs Studios, Farnham, England

Length
  
42:25 72:21 (with bonus tracks)

Similar
  
Modern English albums, Post-punk albums

Mesh & Lace is the debut studio album by English post-punk band Modern English. It was released on 6 April 1981, through record label 4AD. The album was reissued on CD in 1992 with seven bonus tracks.

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press panned the album, calling it "a load of monotonous droning and shouting by a precious art band oppressively weighed down by its self-conscious 4AD pretensions."

Vinyl LP track listing

All tracks written by Modern English.

Personnel

  • Robbie Grey – vocals, production
  • Gary McDowell – guitar, vocals, production
  • Mick Conroy – bass guitar, vocals, production
  • Stephen Walker – keyboards, production
  • Richard Brown – drums, production
    • Technical
  • Ken Thomas – engineering
  • Denis "BilBo" Blackham – mastering
  • 23 Envelope – album cover design

    • Songs

    116 Days4:33
    2Just a Thought4:08
    3Move in Light4:45

    References

    Mesh & Lace Wikipedia
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