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Track Listings
| 1. Now martins gone |
| 2. Atmospherics |
| 3. Can't keep away part 2 |
| 4. Looking For A Bonfire - Tom Robinson |
| 5. Merrily up on high |
| 6. Those days |
| 7. In The Cold - Tom Robinson |
| 8. The night tide |
| 9. Duncannon |
| 10. Love comes |
| 11. Tango An Der Wand - Tom Robinson |
| 12. Now Richard's Gone - Tom Robinson |
| 13. Alptraum tango dub |
| 14. Any favours |
| 15. Out To Lunch - Tom Robinson |
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I highly recommend all of these recordings up through "North by Northwest," especially to those who find that their Clash albums have lost none of their appeal after all these years. Robinson's music has much the same social/political view and his songwriting talent is easily on a par with Strummer / Jones.
Neophytes are encouraged to start with the "Power in the Darkness" CD. "North by Northwest" may be the most difficult of Robinson's first four albums, and perhaps the darkest of mood, but that dark mood is captivating.
My only caveat would be that, for those familiar with the original vinyl recordings, the track listing is different than the original US issue and, though I haven't checked to be sure, I think one or two songs ("Looking for a Bonfire," for one) have been remixed significantly. Upon the first couple of listenings, "Bonfire" sounds like it may be a radio or single mix. The synthesizer figure that snakes through the original recording sounds as though it has been brought up and brightened in the mix and the vocals have been changed and augmented (perhaps even re-recorded). To my ears, not an improvement and a minor disappointment, especially since "Bonfire" is one of this CD's (and Robinson's) best songs.
That aside, the bonus tracks (5) are brilliant at best and interesting at least. The CD transfer is in general great and the packaging faithfully reproduces all of the original LP artwork.
One final note: Tom Robinson can be heard online five days a week as a presenter on BBC Radio 6Music (weekdays, 7 - 10 p.m. - UK time). His show is called the "Evening Sequence" and I recommend it HIGHLY to all discerning music fans. It is a marvelous mix of music, old and new, along with frequently fascinating on-air guest interviews. If you have a high-speed internet connection, by all means check it out via the BBC website.
In this masterpiece of a recording, Robinson explores what it's like to be a gay caballero in a series of hypnotic, enthralling tunes that definitely show a Bowie-esque influence.
Now Martin's Gone, one of the best tracks on the album, is a rapid-fire, danceable lament of the sorrows of a romantic parting that is more than a little reminiscent of Bowie's own "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps," and "Duncannon," a somber yet catchy tale of a young gay fellow with a case of the love-sparks, has a rhythmic, infectious quality on the order of "Ashes to Ashes."
Other standouts include the wistful "Looking For a Bonfire," the sardonic "Merrily Up on High," and the plaintive "Love Comes." Which begs the question, why DIDN'T Robinson become as big a star as Bowie?
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