Adrenalin/Distant Dreams (Part Two) Explained

Adrenalin
Cover:ThrobbingGristleAdrenalineSingleCoverSide1.jpg
B-Side:Distant Dreams (Part Two)
Type:single
Artist:Throbbing Gristle
Released:23 October 1980
Genre:Industrial, electropop
Label:Industrial[1]
Producer:Throbbing Gristle
Prev Title:'Subhuman / Something Came Over Me'
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:'Discipline'
Next Year:1981

Adrenalin/Distant Dreams (Part Two) is a single by Throbbing Gristle.[2] It was simultaneously released with Subhuman/Something Came Over Me. It was sold in a camouflage printed plastic bag and reached No. 26 in the UK Indie Chart.

Artwork

As with Subhuman/Something Came Over Me, the single contains two distinctive black-and-white photographs, the first of a storefront and the second of an unidentified interior. A 'TG' label is printed on both sides, with each side's respective song and an Industrial Records catalog number. The messages "Second Attempt" and "rident Rool" are scratched in on the A-side.

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Adrenalin" – 3:59

Side B:

  1. "Distant Dreams (Part Two)" – 5:30

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THE GENTLE ART OF PERSUASION – Record Collector Magazine. recordcollectormag.com.
  2. Book: Gimarc, George. Post Punk Diary: 1980–1982. 15 October 1997. Macmillan. 9780312169688. Google Books.
  3. Book: Lazell, Barry . Indie Hits 1980–1989 . Cherry Red Books . 1997 . 5 September 2014 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608045508/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/t.htm . 8 June 2011 .