Pindrop is the debut studio album by English post-punk band The Passage, released in 1980 by record label Object.
| Pindrop | ||||
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| Released | November 1980 | |||
| Recorded | July 1980 | |||
| Studio | Graveyard Studios, Prestwich | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Label | Object | |||
| Producer | The Passage | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| NME | very favourable[2] |
| Sounds | [3] |
| Trouser Press | very favourable[4] |
Pindrop has received a positive critical reception. NME called it "a word of disciplined intellectual aggression, frantic emotions and powerfully idiomatic musicality". Sounds called the album "as innovative and individual as 154 and Unknown Pleasures were".[3] Trouser Press called it "easily one of the most mysteriously brilliant albums ever".[4]
Track listing
editAll tracks composed by Dick Witts; all lyrics by Dick Witts except where noted.
- Pin side
- "Fear"
- "Troops Out"
- "Carnal"
- "Watching You Dance"
- "Hunt"
- "Anderton's Hall"
- "From the Heart"
- Drop side
- "Locust"
- "2711"
- "16 Hours" (Witts, Tony Friel)
- "Carmen"
- "A Certain Way to Go"
- "Prelude"
Personnel
edit- The Passage
- Dick Witts - vocals, treatments
- Technical
- Stewart Pickering - engineer
- Jeremy Greenwood - cover design
References
edit- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Pindrop – The Passage | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ Morley, Paul (18 October 1980). "Fear! Anger! Power! Love!—And More Mancunian Melodies". NME. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ a b Sanai, Terri (25 October 1980). "Horror, Revulsion and Pain". Sounds. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ a b Gibbons, Scott. "The Passage – Review – Pindrop". thepassage.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2016.