Various Artists
Lonely Is An Eyesore (LP)
FormatLPLabel4ADGenreExperimental
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condition (record/cover): EX / EX
With original innersleeve and 2 inserts included.
If the artsy British independent label 4AD has a calling card, it's 1987's Lonely Is an Eyesore. Featuring many exclusive selections from their late-'80s staples, you get tribal mysticism from Dead Can Dance ("Frontier," "The Protagonist"), fractured pop mysticism from Throwing Muses ("Fish"), dream pop mysticism from the Cocteau Twins ("Crushed"), gothic mysticism from This Mortal Coil and Clan of Xymox ("Acid, Bitter and Sad" and "Muscoviet Musquito," respectively), instrumental mysticism from Dif Juz ("No Motion"), sound collage mysticism from Colourbox ("Hot Doggie"), and pop art mysticism from the Wolfgang Press ("Cut the Tree"). It isn't exactly a sought-after independent label sampler in the manner of Rough Trade's Wanna Buy a Bridge?, and it's not as legendary as Factory's A Factory Sampler, but it does offer some fine examples of 4AD's excellence, especially in the cases of the Throwing Muses and Dif Juz selections.
Release notes
This is the regular version of the album. All tracks written or recorded specifically for this "Lonely Is An Eyesore" compilation and its accompanying video, except Dead Can Dance's "Frontier", which is the original 4 track recording. Pressed at MPO Averton Includes printed inner sleeve and also a double-sided insert with the 4AD catalog. A1: Recorded at Gooseberry. Published by Blue Mountain Music/M'n'S Music. A2: Recorded at Blackwing Studios, London. Published by Momentum Music Ltd. A3:…
| A1 | Hot Doggie | ||
| A2 | Acid, Bitter And Sad | ||
| A3 | Cut The Tree | ||
| A4 | Fish | ||
| A5 | Frontier | ||
| B1 | Crushed | ||
| B2 | No Motion | ||
| B3 | Muscoviet Mosquito | ||
| B4 | The Protagonist |
- 23 Envelope
- Design [Sleeves Designed By]
- Nigel Grierson
- Film Director [Stills From " Lonely Is An Eyesore " Video]
- Danger Video
- Film Director [Stills From Throwing Muses' " Fish " Video]
- JA
- Lacquer Cut By, Mastered By
- Arthur Parker
- Liner Notes [Inner Sleeve Commentaries By]
