- Audio Cassette (14 Jun 1994)
- Format: Import
- Label: Db Records
- ASIN: B00000EJHG
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
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Track Listings
| 1. Volume |
| 2. Feast on My Heart |
| 3. Precaution |
| 4. Weather Radio |
| 5. Human Body |
| 6. Read a Book |
| 7. Driving School |
| 8. Gravity |
| 9. Danger |
| 10. Working Is No Problem |
| 11. Stop It |
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A much needed reissue
10 Jun 2008
Format:Audio CD
I can't believe there aren't more reviews here on Amazon of this classic postpunk cornerstone. DFA have done a wonderful job of digging up all of Pylon's early recordings - The Gyrate LP, Pylon! 10" EP, Cool/Dub single, and a previously unreleased track - and finally making them widely available. Contemporaries of the tense, angular, bass-heavy art/punk bands like Gang of Four, Au Pairs, Delta 5, Mekons, Mission of Burma, etc., that were flourishing at the time, Pylon are essential listening for anyone interested in that amazingly creative period from about 1978 to 1982 when, inspired by punk, bands were inventing new sounds and expanding rock & roll's horizons in amazing leaps. It seemed like a completely innovative new band was emerging every week, and Pylon were one of the very best. Definitely check this out, along with DFA's reissue of the band's second album (with bonus tracks) Chomp.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A Post Punk New Wave Masterpiece
8 Dec 2007
Format:Audio CD
Without question one of the best, most defining albums of the early eighties post punk/new wave scene. Sounds just as fresh today as it did when it was originally released. Punky, spikey, dancy rhythms, jagged guitars, pulsing bass, pounding drums and one of the best female vocalists ever! Vanessa is amazing. An absolute must!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Great band
14 Nov 2009
Format:Audio CD
This disc collects Pylon's best recorded work, though it's all eminently great. They were never better than on the "Cool/Dub" EP, which opens this disc, IMHO. All of "Gyrate" is really great, though. My personal favorites are "The Driving School," "Feast on My Heart," and "Gravity."
Nothing can match, really, though, the ferocious intensity that was Pylon live back in the day. I saw them on a bill with the B-52's at the Agora Ballroom in Atlanta circa 1980, and the sheer energy and joy issuing from the stage was just awesome. I thought I would die from dancing so hard. Pylon's monstrous rhythms would just make you move, whether you wanted to or not.
The whole band is great, but Vanessa is just fierce. I don't think she ever really understood just how primal her vocals were at the time. Recordings can't really capture the transcendental experience that Pylon was, but this comes pretty close.
Now, where are the Method Actors on CD?
Nothing can match, really, though, the ferocious intensity that was Pylon live back in the day. I saw them on a bill with the B-52's at the Agora Ballroom in Atlanta circa 1980, and the sheer energy and joy issuing from the stage was just awesome. I thought I would die from dancing so hard. Pylon's monstrous rhythms would just make you move, whether you wanted to or not.
The whole band is great, but Vanessa is just fierce. I don't think she ever really understood just how primal her vocals were at the time. Recordings can't really capture the transcendental experience that Pylon was, but this comes pretty close.
Now, where are the Method Actors on CD?
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