Colin Newman - A-Z [2CD limited]

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In 1980, Newman released his debut solo album A-Z, which, as the title suggests, offers up a wide spectrum of musical approaches and sees multiple envelopes being pushed. Now, for the first time, the album has been completely remastered, and is augmented with an additional disc of bonus tracks, including out-takes, alternate versions, B-sides, demos and home recordings (CD version only).

A-Z picks up exactly where Wire’s classic first three albums left off. In fact, Newman’s debut is one of post-punk’s great lost masterpieces, mixing slanted lyrics, fizzing analogue synths and Newman’s trademark angular guitar work. Highlights include the bass propelled stomp of album opener ‘I’ve Waited Ages’, which features heavily distorted guitar loops and some seriously bizarre lyrics which could give Spike Milligan a run for his money. Whilst the Syd Barrett on steroids mania of ‘S-S-S-Star Eyes’ sees Newman constructing a strangely catchy song from just one note, around which are woven numerous counter melodies.

Elsewhere, the melancholic and brooding ‘Alone’ (which has text by Wire’s Graham Lewis) propels itself into view with such majestic menace that it would later earn a well deserved place on the Silence of the Lambs soundtrack. Despite the unforced experimentation, tracks such as ‘Inventory’, with its brisk guitar and synth stylings, prove that Newman never lost touch with his ‘pop side’. As the NME review of the time so accurately observed, A-Z is “An album in which experiment and accessibility co-exist”.

CD1:
1 I'VE WAITED AGES
2 & JURY
3 ALONE
4 ORDER FOR ORDER
5 IMAGE
6 LIFE ON DECK
7 TROISIèME
8 S-S-S-STAR EYES
9 SECONDS TO LAST
10 INVENTORY
11 BUT NO
12 B

CD2:
1 LIFE ON DECK (RIVERSIDE DEMO)
2 THE CLASSIC REMAINS (RIVERSIDE DEMO)
3 DON'T BRING REMINDERS (RIVERSIDE DEMO)
4 IMAGE (RIVERSIDE DEMO)
5 NOT ME (RIVERSIDE DEMO)
6 BUT NO (RIVERSIDE DEMO)
7 TROISIèME (RIVERSIDE DEMO)
8 I'VE WAITED AGES (RIVERSIDE DEMO)
9 ORDER FOR ORDER (RIVERSIDE DEMO)
10 ALONE ON PIANO (STUDIO RECORDING)
11 THE CLASSIC REMAINS (STUDIO RECORDING)
12 ORDER FOR ORDER (HOME STUDIO DEMO)
13 NOT ME (HOME STUDIO DEMO)
14 THE CLASSIC REMAINS (HOME STUDIO DEMO)
15 TROISIèME (HOME STUDIO DEMO)
16 STANDARD PRACTICE (HOME STUDIO DEMO)
17 PART OF OUR HISTORY (HOME STUDIO DEMO)

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