Drumming the Beating Heart explained

Drumming the Beating Heart
Type:studio
Artist:Eyeless in Gaza
Cover:Drumming the Beating Heart cover.jpeg
Studio:Woodbine Street Recording Studios
Label:Cherry Red
Producer:John A. Rivers
Prev Title:Pale Hands I Loved So Well
Prev Year:1982
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Next Year:1983

Drumming the Beating Heart is the fourth album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1982 by record label Cherry Red.

Content

Regarding the album's style, AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the Nuneaton duo fashioning their stock sonic components into more immediately accessible, conventional song structures, albeit at the avant end of the pop spectrum".[1]

Notes and References

  1. Hill . Dave . July 31, 1982 . Different Drum . . June 27, 2016.
  2. Web site: Drumming the Beating Heart – Eyeless in Gaza | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic |last=Neate |first=Wilson |website=AllMusic] |accessdate=June 27, 2016}}

    Reception

    NME called it "so much better than their previous sluggish experiments not because it’s more “commercial”, but because the endeavour required to redesign their form clarifies and strengthens it."[1]

    Track listing

    All tracks composed by Martyn Bates and Peter Becker

    1. "Transience Blues"
    2. "Ill-Wind Blows"
    3. "One By One"
    4. "Picture the Day"
    5. "Dreaming at Rain"
    6. "Two"
    7. "Veil Like Calm"
    8. "Throw a Shadow"
    9. "Pencil Sketch"
    10. "At Arms Length"
    11. "Lights of April"
    12. "Before You Go"

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