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| Play | 1. Echo Beach | 3:38 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 2. Paint By Number Heart | 3:28 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 3. Saigon | 4:23 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 4. Indecision | 4:23 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 5. Terminal Twilight | 4:42 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 6. Hide And Seek | 3:59 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 7. Monotone | 2:47 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 8. Sinking Land | 5:28 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 9. Revenge (Against The World) | 3:31 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 10. Cheesies And Gum | 3:09 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 11. Insect Love | 4:14 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 12. About Insomnia | 3:13 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 13. Motorbikin | 2:56 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 14. Suburban Dream | 3:27 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 15. Was Ezo | 3:58 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 16. Women Around The World At Work | 3:59 | £0.89 | ||
| Play | 17. This Is The Ice Age | 7:27 | £0.89 |
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This was a catchy and original New Wave offering which sounds as good as it did in 1980 as it does today. I was interested to find a compilation album listed on Amazon of the first three albums, 'Metro Music', 'Trance' and 'This is the Ice Age'. I purchased it expecting that the tracks on the album, which I hadn't heard (all but 'Echo Beach') would be up to the same standard. I was not disappointed. One thing that struck me listening to the songs I hadn't heard was that they were both as catchy as 'Blondie' (who I love), but more accessible than the New Yorkers on the first listen. Perhaps this is physchological due to the band being from the Commonwealth and having a British producer and consequently a sound similar to 'Pretenders'. This album is the first one I have listened to all the way through for a long time as it is so accessable. Martha Ladly has a pleasant, listenable style and I enjoy the way the sax and organ have been used as lead instruments on some tracks as well as guitars. The songs have a no nonsense feel which makes them simple but effective, and very little dated in the present music climate.
The songs are original, especially 'Insect Love' (Interspecies romance, anyone?) and the cover of 'Motorbikin'' is well done. Buy this album and get turned on to a great band that was unfairly passed over, and really needs to be appreciated today. The only fault is that the liner notes should have some more information for budding M+M fans like myself. Recommended!
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