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Title: Tragedy, Luxury, Statues, Parks, Galleries
Review: An amazing album. One of the few early eighties albums granted a review by Rhapsody - and they love it. A guitar-and-keyboards driven martial stomp through European dance and electronica of the post-punk era, from Kraftwerk to Georgio Morodor, by way of the Clash. (Slight return). Groundbreaking, innovative, hummable, danceable - though I admit I've seen Scottish dancefloors pause in confusion during the five-second-or-so pause in 'I Travel'. One thing this album wasn't, was singable. The lyrics are dense and sung in the voice Jim Kerr used before he wanted to only sell records - a deep, robot-with-a-defective-voice-box that heightens the impact of the music even while making little intelligible sense. This wasn't the breathless whine he used to sing "Don't You Forget About Me", "Belfast Child", and other abominations. Buy this one with the one that came after it, Sons and Fascination / Sister Feelings Call. I'm going to.
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