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Released
  
April 1984

Length
  
25:01

Artist
  
The Sound

Label
  
A&M Records

Recorded
  
January 1984

Producer
  
Pat Collier

Release date
  
April 1984

Genre
  
Post-punk

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Studio
  
Townhouse Studios, Crow Studio and Elephant Studio, London, England

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Shock of Daylight is an EP by English post-punk band The Sound, released in April 1984 on Statik Records.

Contents

The EP was seen by critics as a comeback for the band, after the band's critically and commercially disappointing previous album, 1982's All Fall Down. Two singles were released from the EP, "Counting the Days" and "Golden Soldiers" (the latter in Spain only).

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Background and content

Shock of Daylight was recorded in Studio 3 of Townhouse Studios, except for "Winter", which was recorded at Elephant Studio in London and a studio only referred to as "Crow".

Sounds described the album's style as "If All Fall Down chipped away at the gothic walls of From the Lions Mouth, Shock of Daylight nails down the carpet, but nervously pulls open the curtains".

Release

Shock of Daylight was released in April 1984 by record label Statik.

"Counting the Days" was released as a single in the UK. "Golden Soldiers" was released as a single in the same year in Spain only.

Reception

Shock of Daylight has been well-received by critics. The Big Takeover described it as "a triumphant comeback for [The Sound], a nice return from the interesting but obviously non-commercial All Fall Down, an LP whose lack of salibility effectively got 'em booted from Korova/Warners, and this first release on Static [sic] is a reminder of why they're such a great band". Melody Maker described the EP as "probably the most fearlessly outgoing music The Sound have produced since Jeopardy".

Track listing

All lyrics written by Adrian Borland.

Personnel

The Sound
  • Adrian Borland – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Colvin "Max" Mayers – keyboards, guitar
  • Graham Bailey – bass guitar
  • Michael Dudley – drums, percussion
    • Additional personnel
  • Sarah Smith – brass, brass arrangement
  • Tim Smith – brass, brass arrangement
  • Alan Douglas – engineering
  • Pat Collier – production
  • Mike Bigwood – tape operator
  • Nick Robbins – drums and bass guitar on "Winter"
  • Graham Simmonds – guitar and vocals on "Winter"

    • Songs

    1Golden Soldiers3:15
    2Longest Days5:07
    3Counting the Days3:36

    References

    Shock of Daylight Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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