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Propaganda (The Sound album)

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Released
  
26 April 1999

Length
  
43:57

Artist
  
The Sound

Label
  
Renascent

Recorded
  
May–June 1979

Producer
  
Bob Borland

Release date
  
26 April 1999

Genre
  
Post-punk

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Propaganda (1999)
  
The BBC Recordings (2004)

Similar
  
Thunder Up, All Fall Down, Heads and Hearts, In the Hothouse, Jeopardy

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Propaganda is an album by English post-punk band The Sound. It was recorded in 1979, before they recorded their debut album Jeopardy, and comprises the earliest material that they recorded. It was not released until April 1999 by record label Renascent, more than 10 years after the band broke up. It was viewed by the band as their true first album.

Contents

Re-recorded versions of three of the tracks appeared on Jeopardy: "Missiles", "Night Versus Day" and "Words Fail Me".

In 2015 the album was re-issued as part of a 5-disc box set that also included the albums Shock of Daylight, Heads and Hearts, In The Hothouse (Live) and Thunder Up.

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Critical reception

AllMusic critic Andy Kellman, while noting the apparent influence of the Stooges, MC5 and Roxy Music, said, "Despite the fact that these people were just getting used to playing with each other, most everything sounds assured, tight, and nearly professional. What these songs suffer from in derivation is equaled in skill, quality, and enthusiasm".

Dan Nishimoto, writing for Prefix Magazine, stated, "There are the timely circumstances. There are the comparisons to peers such as Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen. There are the albums of unquestioned quality, depth and longevity. There are the tragic misfortunes and unrealized dreams. And, now, they are mostly memories."

Track listing

  1. "No Salvation"
  2. "Music Business"
  3. "Words Fail Me"
  4. "Quarter Past Two"
  5. "Missiles"
  6. "Deep Breath"
  7. "Statik"
  8. "Propaganda"
  9. "Night Versus Day"
  10. "One More Escape"
  11. "Cost Of Living"
  12. "Physical World"

Personnel

  • Adrian Borland – vocals, guitar, production
  • Michael Dudley – drums, production
  • Green (Graham Bailey) – bass guitar, production
  • Belinda "Bi" Marshall – keyboard, production
  • Recorded by Bob Borland
  • Remixed by Wally Brill in 1999

    • Songs

    1No Salvation3:12
    2Deep Breath2:41
    3Cost of Living3:53

    References

    Propaganda (The Sound album) Wikipedia
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