Pop (Tones on Tail album)

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Released 6 April 1984 Pop(1984) Tones on Tail(1985) Release date 6 April 1984 Genres Gothic rock, Post-punk		Producer Tones on Tail Artist Tones on Tail Label Beggars Banquet

Recorded Beck, Wellingborough, England; Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales; R. G. Jones, Wimbledon, England Gothic rock albums Everything!, Seventh Dream of Teenage, Burning from the Inside, KUKL à Paris 14984, Pinups

Pop is the only studio album by English post-punk band Tones on Tail, a side project of Bauhaus members Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins (who later went on to form Love and Rockets with David J), and "Bauhaus roadie" Glenn Campling. It was released on 6 April 1984, through record label Beggars Banquet.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tones on Tail (Ash, Glenn Campling and Kevin Haskins).

Critical reception

Trouser Press opined, "while Pop [...] reveals some draggy recidivist Bauhaus tendencies, it also has real songs of modern music that show taste, delicacy and moderate imagination." AllMusic called it "an impressive, wide-ranging effort collaging a range of influences into an inspired, often unpredictable experience."

Personnel

Tones on Tail

Daniel Ash — vocals, guitar, production

Glenn Campling — bass, production

Kevin Haskins — drums, percussion, production

Additional personnel

Juan Pedro Diego Ignatius Barraclough y Valls – rhythm guitar on "War"

Caroline Lavelle – cello on "Performance"

Technical

Ted Sharp – engineering on tracks A3 and B1–B4

Derek Tompkins – engineering on tracks A3 and B1–B4

Louis Austin – engineering on track A5

Mr. Atlas – album cover photography

Songs

1Lions3:57
2War3:19
3Happiness3:08

References

Pop (Tones on Tail album) Wikipedia

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Contents

Track listing

Critical reception

Personnel

Songs

References