- Audio CD (23 April 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Label: Essential
- ASIN: B000056F61
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 75,921 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is easily one of the best albums of all time! The soundtrack to the early 80s. Much harder than Pete's later works. Fantastic.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Peter Wylie's first Wah! album took an equal place alongside his peers in the early 1980s with Echo and Teardrop Explodes. The wall of sound with guitars on full distortion, tribal drums with maximum echo and PW's rampant vocals almost lost in the back of the mix were great bedsitter music, but not something you would listen to with your girlfriend. A great and under-acknowledged work. Subsequent stuff like Story of the Blues was an initally successful attempt for pop stardom but lacked the bite of the first two albums. Recent stuff has some moments but there's too much self-pity which isn't even funny
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Under rated 80s Album
16 Mar 2010
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm 46 so I suppose I am of the post punk generation. Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes. But there were some under rated ones I preferred, eg. Magazine, The Sound, & Wah! I had this LP way back in the early 80s. I didn't thrash it so I'm not sick of it, strange title & cover I suppose didn't help. Good nostalgia for myself. It's funny how Pete Wylie sounds more mature on this first album, and later gets poppy & younger sounding eg. "sinful" similar to what The Cure, Avril Lavigne and Gomez did (I suppose it usually works because the sales seem to improve)but in Wah's case I think I prefer the darker, "older sounding" less poppy style.
Unknown Masterpiece
15 Feb 2005
Format:Audio CD
A brilliant, seminal work. If you liked the Liverpool sound of the early 1980's, buy this. You've never heard anything quite like it.
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