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..well perhaps it's fortunate then i can only hear it through tinny PC office "speakers" with people screaming and shouting, phones ringing etc over the top of it....

CONFUSION!!!!

Tears For Fears: The Hurting

their best

I've been listening to lots of John Cale lately. Yesterday it was "Fear" and today at work it was "Slow Dazzle" and "Helen of Troy." I think tomorrow will be "Stainless Steel Gamelan" if I'm feeling mellow or "Sabotage Live" if work makes me cranky. Man's an underrated (if erratic) and all-too-often-forgotten genius. It's insane how huge a debt many punk and new wave and indie and alternative artists owe to him for the influence his solo recordings from the early-to-mid 70s had on their sounds.

Agreed. Their best by far - and certainly the most consistent.

Bright Eyes "Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground" - an absolute masterpiece.

Media Form "Beauty Reports" - have had this for years courtesy of a great like-minded friend - an incredibly rich and mysterious ambient record.

William Basinski "Melancholia"

The Caretaker "A Stairway to the Stars" - a selection of memories from the haunted ballroom: beautiful and ghostly (naturally), I was reminded of the movie "Carnival of Souls" (also courtesy of the same great like-minded friend).

Today I listened to Songs From The Big Chair: TFF. The Working Hour is my fave folowed by Head Over Heels.

Sadly, anything after this album I have very mixed feelings about.

Japan - 'Tin Drum'.

Hey Martin

I am not sure I am aware of any of the three I have selected from your post above - are they released mixes?

cheers

Mark

Six By Seven: The Closer You Get.

I agree,someone recently played me a couple of tracks from The Seeds Of Love and i was nearly physically sick.