The Sound / Jeopardy, From The Lion's Mouth, All Fall Down... Plus (4CD Boxset) Жанр: Indie Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk Носитель: CD Страна-производитель диска (релиза): Europe Год издания: 2014 Издатель (лейбл): Edsel Records Номер по каталогу: EDSB 4012 Страна исполнителя (группы): UK Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac) Тип рипа: tracks+.cue Битрейт аудио: lossless Продолжительность: 04:41:46 Источник (релизер): waffles.fm Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: Треклист:
CD1
Jeopardy
1-1 I Can't Escape Myself
1-2 Heartland
1-3 Hour Of Need
1-4 Words Fail Me
1-5 Missiles
1-6 Heyday
1-7 Jeopardy
1-8 Night Versus Day
1-9 Resistance
1-10 Unwritten Law
1-11 Desire Bonus Tracks 'Physical World' E.P.
1-12 Physical World B-Side Of 'Heyday' Single
1-13 Brute Force 'Live Instinct' E.P.
1-14 Heartland
1-15 Brute Force
1-16 Jeopardy
1-17 Coldbeat BBC Session October 1980
1-18 Heartland
1-19 Unwritten Law
1-20 Jeopardy
1-21 I Can't Escape Myself
CD2
From The Lion's Mouth
2-1 Winning
2-2 Sense Of Purpose
2-3 Contact The Fact
2-4 Skeletons
2-5 Judgement
2-6 Fatal Flaw
2-7 Possession
2-8 The Fire
2-9 Silent Air
2-10 New Dark Age Bonus Tracks Single B-Sides
2-11 Point Of No Return
2-12 Hot House
2-13 Coldbeat
2-14 New Dark Age (Live) BBC Session November 1981
2-15 Fatal Flaw
2-16 Skeletons
2-17 Hothouse
2-18 New Dark Age
CD3
All Fall Down
3-1 All Fall Down
3-2 Party Of The Mind
3-3 Monument
3-4 In Suspense
3-5 Where The Love Is
3-6 Song And Dance
3-7 Calling The New Tune
3-8 Red Paint
3-9 Glass And Smoke
3-10 We Could Go Far Bonus Tracks From The 'All Fall Down' Sessions
3-11 The One And A Half Minute Song
3-12 Sorry
3-13 As Feeling Dies
3-14 We Could Go Far (Unreleased Original Version) 'This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal E.P.' 1983
3-15 Kevin Hewick & The Sound Plenty
3-16 Kevin Hewick & The Sound 'Neath Dancing Waves
3-17 Kevin Hewick & The Sound Amber
3-18 Kevin Hewick & The Sound Scapegoat In A Country Churchyard
CD4
BBC Live In Concert Originally Broadcast 21st November 1981
4-1 Pete Drummond BBC Intro
4-2 The Sound Unwritten Law
4-3 The Sound Skeletons
4-4 The Sound Fatal Flaw
4-5 The Sound Winning
4-6 The Sound Sense Of Purpose
4-7 The Sound Heartland
4-8 The Sound New Dark Age Originally Broadcast 15th June 1985
4-9 Pete Drummond BBC Intro + Intro Music
4-10 The Sound Golden Soldiers
4-11 The Sound Under You
4-12 The Sound Total Recall
4-13 The Sound Burning Part Of Me
4-14 The Sound Whirlpool
4-15 The Sound Missiles
TITLE "Jeopardy" PERFORMER "The Sound" CATALOG 0740155401238 REM GENRE "Indie Rock" REM DATE "1981" REM DISCNUMBER 1 REM TOTALDISCS 1 REM DISCID 29116315 FILE "01 - I can't escape myself.wav" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "I can't escape myself" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300228 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "Heartland" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300229 INDEX 00 03:54:38 FILE "02 - Heartland.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 03 AUDIO TITLE "Hour of Need" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300230 INDEX 00 03:33:54 FILE "03 - Hour of Need.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 04 AUDIO TITLE "Words fail me" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300231 INDEX 00 03:02:30 FILE "04 - Words fail me.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 05 AUDIO TITLE "Missiles" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300232 INDEX 00 02:58:33 FILE "05 - Missiles.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 06 AUDIO TITLE "Heyday" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300233 INDEX 00 05:27:02 FILE "06 - Heyday.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 07 AUDIO TITLE "Jeopardy" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300234 INDEX 00 03:02:13 FILE "07 - Jeopardy.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 08 AUDIO TITLE "Night Versus Day" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300235 INDEX 00 03:37:63 FILE "08 - Night Versus Day.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 09 AUDIO TITLE "Resistence" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300236 INDEX 00 03:16:25 FILE "09 - Resistence.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 10 AUDIO TITLE "Unwritten Law" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300237 INDEX 00 02:47:68 FILE "10 - Unwritten Law.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 11 AUDIO TITLE "Desire" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT0300238 INDEX 00 03:39:39 FILE "11 - Desire.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 12 AUDIO TITLE "Physical World" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBBLG7900475 INDEX 00 03:14:35 FILE "12 - Physical World.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 13 AUDIO TITLE "Brute Force" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1300609 INDEX 00 02:13:19 FILE "13 - Brute Force.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 14 AUDIO TITLE "Heartland" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1400098 INDEX 00 03:18:22 FILE "14 - Heartland.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 15 AUDIO TITLE "Brute Force" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1400099 INDEX 00 03:19:09 FILE "15 - Brute Force.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 16 AUDIO TITLE "Jeopardy" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1400100 INDEX 00 04:06:16 FILE "16 - Jeopardy.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "17 - Coldbeat.wav" WAVE TRACK 17 AUDIO TITLE "Coldbeat" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1400101 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 18 AUDIO TITLE "Heartland" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400013 INDEX 00 04:08:59 FILE "18 - Heartland.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 19 AUDIO TITLE "Unwritten Law" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400014 INDEX 00 03:14:23 FILE "19 - Unwritten Law.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 20 AUDIO TITLE "Jeopardy" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400015 INDEX 00 03:36:69 FILE "20 - Jeopardy.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 21 AUDIO TITLE "I can't escape myself" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400016 INDEX 00 03:47:20 FILE "21 - I can't escape myself.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00
CD2
TITLE "From The Lion's Mouth" PERFORMER "The Sound" CATALOG 0740155401238 REM GENRE "Indie Rock" REM DATE "1981" REM DISCNUMBER 1 REM TOTALDISCS 1 REM DISCID F611F712 FILE "01 - Winning.wav" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "Winning" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100075 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "Sense Of Purpose" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100076 INDEX 00 04:16:29 FILE "02 - Sense Of Purpose.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 03 AUDIO TITLE "Contact The Fact" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100077 INDEX 00 03:50:65 FILE "03 - Contact The Fact.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "04 - Skeletons.wav" WAVE TRACK 04 AUDIO TITLE "Skeletons" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100078 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 05 AUDIO TITLE "Judgement" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100079 INDEX 00 03:26:70 FILE "05 - Judgement.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 06 AUDIO TITLE "Fatal Flaw" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100080 INDEX 00 05:01:70 FILE "06 - Fatal Flaw.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 07 AUDIO TITLE "Possession" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100081 INDEX 00 04:34:71 FILE "07 - Possession.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "08 - The Fire.wav" WAVE TRACK 08 AUDIO TITLE "The Fire" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100082 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 09 AUDIO TITLE "Silent Air" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100083 INDEX 00 02:50:72 FILE "09 - Silent Air.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 10 AUDIO TITLE "New Dark Age" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1100084 INDEX 00 04:11:51 FILE "10 - New Dark Age.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 11 AUDIO TITLE "Point Of No Return ("Sense Of Purpose" B-Side)" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1400102 INDEX 00 05:51:48 FILE "11 - Point Of No Return ("Sense Of Purpose" B-Side).wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 12 AUDIO TITLE "Hothouse (Single A-Side)" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1300613 INDEX 00 03:05:56 FILE "12 - Hothouse (Single A-Side).wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 13 AUDIO TITLE "Coldbeat ("Sense Of Purpose" B-Side)" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1400104 INDEX 00 03:20:50 FILE "13 - Coldbeat ("Sense Of Purpose" B-Side).wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 14 AUDIO TITLE "New Dark Age (Live In Holland) ("Hot House" B-Side)" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1400103 INDEX 00 03:21:16 FILE "14 - New Dark Age (Live In Holland) ("Hot House" B-Side).wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 15 AUDIO TITLE "Fatal Flaw (BBC John Peel Show, November 9th, 1981)" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400017 INDEX 00 07:37:55 FILE "15 - Fatal Flaw (BBC John Peel Show, November 9th, 1981).wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 16 AUDIO TITLE "Skeletons (BBC John Peel Show, November 9th, 1981)" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400018 INDEX 00 04:26:28 FILE "16 - Skeletons (BBC John Peel Show, November 9th, 1981).wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 17 AUDIO TITLE "Hothouse (BBC John Peel Show, November 9th, 1981)" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400019 INDEX 00 03:23:46 FILE "17 - Hothouse (BBC John Peel Show, November 9th, 1981).wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 18 AUDIO TITLE "New Dark Age (BBC John Peel Show, November 9th, 1981)" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400020 INDEX 00 03:50:15 FILE "18 - New Dark Age (BBC John Peel Show, November 9th, 1981).wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00
CD3
TITLE "All Fall Down" PERFORMER "The Sound" CATALOG 0740155401238 REM GENRE "Indie Rock" REM DATE "1982" REM DISCNUMBER 1 REM TOTALDISCS 1 REM DISCID 25103F12 FILE "01 - All Fall Down.wav" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "All Fall Down" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200363 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "Party of the Mind" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200364 INDEX 00 02:28:38 FILE "02 - Party of the Mind.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 03 AUDIO TITLE "Monument" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200365 INDEX 00 03:56:60 FILE "03 - Monument.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 04 AUDIO TITLE "In Suspence" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200366 INDEX 00 05:06:26 FILE "04 - In Suspence.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 05 AUDIO TITLE "Where the Love is" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200367 INDEX 00 04:04:17 FILE "05 - Where the Love is.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 06 AUDIO TITLE "Song and Dance" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200368 INDEX 00 04:09:34 FILE "06 - Song and Dance.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "07 - Calling the New Tune.wav" WAVE TRACK 07 AUDIO TITLE "Calling the New Tune" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200369 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "08 - Red Paint.wav" WAVE TRACK 08 AUDIO TITLE "Red Paint" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200370 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 09 AUDIO TITLE "Glass and Smoke" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200371 INDEX 00 03:16:11 FILE "09 - Glass and Smoke.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "10 - We could go far.wav" WAVE TRACK 10 AUDIO TITLE "We could go far" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1200372 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 11 AUDIO TITLE "The one and a half minute song" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1300611 INDEX 00 04:00:65 FILE "11 - The one and a half minute song.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 12 AUDIO TITLE "Sorry" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1300610 INDEX 00 01:30:53 FILE "12 - Sorry.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 13 AUDIO TITLE "As Feeling Dies" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1300612 INDEX 00 03:46:43 FILE "13 - As Feeling Dies.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 14 AUDIO TITLE "We could go far (original)" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBAHT1400120 INDEX 00 04:36:42 FILE "14 - We could go far (original).wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 15 AUDIO TITLE "Plenty" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBBLY8400013 INDEX 00 03:30:73 FILE "15 - Plenty.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 16 AUDIO TITLE "'Neath Dancing Waves" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBBLY8400019 INDEX 00 04:49:16 FILE "16 - 'Neath Dancing Waves.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "17 - Amber.wav" WAVE TRACK 17 AUDIO TITLE "Amber" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBBLY8400014 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 18 AUDIO TITLE "Scapegoat in a country churchyard" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBBLY8300088 INDEX 00 03:56:44 FILE "18 - Scapegoat in a country churchyard.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00
CD4
TITLE "BBC Live In Concert" PERFORMER "The Sound" CATALOG 0740155401238 REM GENRE "Indie Rock" REM DATE "1985" REM DISCNUMBER 1 REM TOTALDISCS 1 REM DISCID D70E6F0F FILE "01 - Pete Drummond Intro.wav" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "Pete Drummond Intro" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400021 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "02 - Unwritten Law.wav" WAVE TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "Unwritten Law" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400022 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "03 - Skeletons.wav" WAVE TRACK 03 AUDIO TITLE "Skeletons" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400023 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "04 - Fatal Flaw.wav" WAVE TRACK 04 AUDIO TITLE "Fatal Flaw" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400024 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "05 - Winning.wav" WAVE TRACK 05 AUDIO TITLE "Winning" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400025 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "06 - Sense Of Purpose.wav" WAVE TRACK 06 AUDIO TITLE "Sense Of Purpose" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400026 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "07 - Heartland.wav" WAVE TRACK 07 AUDIO TITLE "Heartland" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400027 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "08 - New Dark Age.wav" WAVE TRACK 08 AUDIO TITLE "New Dark Age" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400028 INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 09 AUDIO TITLE "Intro - Monument" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400029 INDEX 00 05:52:07 FILE "09 - Intro - Monument.wav" WAVE INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "10 - Golden Soldiers.wav" WAVE TRACK 10 AUDIO TITLE "Golden Soldiers" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400030 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "11 - Under You.wav" WAVE TRACK 11 AUDIO TITLE "Under You" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400031 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "12 - Total Recall.wav" WAVE TRACK 12 AUDIO TITLE "Total Recall" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400032 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "13 - Burning Part Of Me.wav" WAVE TRACK 13 AUDIO TITLE "Burning Part Of Me" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400033 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "14 - Whirlpool.wav" WAVE TRACK 14 AUDIO TITLE "Whirlpool" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400034 INDEX 01 00:00:00 FILE "15 - Missiles.wav" WAVE TRACK 15 AUDIO TITLE "Missiles" PERFORMER "The Sound" ISRC GBCAD1400035 INDEX 01 00:00:00
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AMG Artist Profile
The Sound's inability to break through to the type of '80s post-punk prominence reserved for the likes of Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen, the two bands The Sound fell in between sound-wise, isn't all that easy to explain away. When a deserving band fails at to become something of a household name, the easy targets -- the industry, the press, the drug problems, the coke-head producer who mangled what was supposed to be the "Big Record" -- are normally fingered. But none of those targets truly apply here in the strictest sense. While most of The Sound's records weren't released in the U.S., no American record executive can take any blame; they can simply point to the fact that The Sound were merely respectable unit shifters -- a prototypical cult act -- in their homeland of England, so they wouldn't have fared well across the pond. The press was generally supportive, especially early on; collectively they gave the band more positive reviews than most others, which makes perfect sense because none of The Sound's five studio LPs suffered from uneven characteristics. Each one made progress from the previous and each one ranged from good to spectacular. Their songs had hooks and emotional impact without bombast, with lyrics that often confronted the problems of young adulthood without simply moping and falling into escapist chutes. The members themselves weren't cute teen idol types (though they were far from being tough on the eye), and they didn't have big personalities or say big things during interviews, but that's obviously no fault of their own. They were able to cultivate large followings in Germany and Holland, but aside from those countries and a couple other European territories, indifference and history has made them all but invisible. The Sound formed in South London in 1979, shortly after a band called the Outsiders dissolved. It isn't a very well-distributed fact, but the Outsiders' 1977 LP Calling on Youth was the first self-released British punk LP, issued roughly four months after Buzzcocks' infamous Spiral Scratch 7". Guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Adrian Borland led the Outsiders though a couple of other releases, but the band sputtered out three years after their 1976 formation. Bassist Graham Bailey (aka Graham Green), who had joined the band in time for their final recordings, followed Borland into the new group with a drummer named Michael Dudley and a saxophonist/clarinetist/keyboardist named Bi Marshall. Fittingly enough, Borland's motivation to cut ties to the punk movement mirrored that of original Buzzcocks member Howard Devoto, who left his own band after Spiral Scratch. Like Devoto, who had gone on to pioneer yet another field called post-punk with Magazine, Borland looked around, saw all the bands who played straight-ahead chug-chug-chug rock & roll, and decided that the tired blueprint was in need of a little more depth and variation; atmospheres, tensions, and unfamiliar twists on the interplay between the instruments would be needed. Lyrics were another thing. Not content with simply railing against the government or grunting and yelping about trivial matters to merely keep a song moving, Borland became one of the few post-punk songwriters whose lyric sheets were truly worth ingesting and analyzing. Former Outsider Adrian Janes aided the cause, remaining involved with Borland in a behind-the-scenes manner, writing some of the band's lyrics with his former bandmate. The Sound made their first recordings in the living room of the Borland family home, with Adrian's supportive father Bob acting as recording engineer. As demonstrated on Propaganda, a posthumous release from 1999 that collects these sessions, the band was gradually -- not so drastically and suddenly -- leaving the Stooges/Velvets axis and applying touches that would be developed into something all their own. They received their first break of sorts from Stephen Budd, an early supporter since the Outsiders days, who had recorded and released some material by Bailey and Borland's electronically inclined side project, Second Layer. Budd's label, Tortch-R, made a small profit from a Second Layer release, so he opted to put it right back into The Sound's first release. Budd also became the band's manager, booking studio time for them with Nick Robbins in Elephant Studios and finding places for the band to gig. The first release made a humble impression. Physical World was reviewed positively in the NME by Paul Morley, and DJ John Peel took minor interest, playing it a couple times during his influential BBC program. Though The Sound hadn't the will to pine for a major label deal, the WEA-affiliated Korova label (home of Echo & the Bunnymen) came knocking when they found out the band was going back into the studio to make a full album. Korova heard the rough mixes of the album and a deal was made. Regardless of the label's involvement, Jeopardy was recorded cheaply, and upon its release was reviewed extremely favorably by all the important outlets. Reviews in the NME, Sounds, and Melody Maker gave it five stars. Rightfully likened to the Bunnymen, the Teardrop Explodes, and Joy Division in those reviews, one only needs to hear the weakest song from the record to realize that The Sound -- from the very beginning -- belonged in that high class. Bi Marshall left the band and was replaced by Max Mayers (aka Colvin Mayers) before The Sound went in to work with master producer Hugh Jones, who had previously worked with the Teardrops and the Bunnymen, for the follow-up. From the Lion's Mouth took full advantage of the band's atmospheric, mind-bending capabilities by coating their songs -- accessible and economical as ever -- with richly layered productions that didn't hide the rock-solid foundation the songs were built on. Another round of positive reviews and another round of general indifference from the public ensued, though a cult following was festering. Korova became a little anxious with the band and wanted some hits. Surely, the next one would break them. It wouldn't happen. Working again with Nick Robbins, the band was pressured by the label to compromise and play the pop game. Not only that, but the band was shifted to WEA proper, a move that probably had more to do with taxes than music. The heat from the label and the climate it spawned resulted in All Fall Down, one of those historically troubled third albums (i.e., the one that super-diehard fans defend to their grave). The Sound responded to the situation with their least penetrable record by a couple brick walls. And WEA responded to the response with no promotion. Criticized for being too willfully distant, for cannibalizing the back catalog, and for lacking immediacy (i.e., "tunes"), the record still has much to give the listener. Although it's not the band's best moment by a long shot, it's hardly something the band would feel ashamed of later on. To little surprise, the band wound up without a label and decided to reconsider their direction. The period of dormancy involved a collective realization that the enthusiasm for making music and playing it, despite being a little drained from their experiences with WEA, had never really waned. Several major labels expressed interest in signing them, but in the end Statik won out; the band decided it would be better to go with the small independent. (Surprisingly enough, the band worked out a short-term deal with A&M to release material in the States, but it was pretty pointless.) Shock of Daylight, a six-song EP, was released in 1984. The time off served them well, resulting in some of the band's most fiery and uplifting material. This carried through to the following year's glassy/classy Heads and Hearts, the band's fourth studio album. Two dates at the Marquee during August were recorded for the double live album In the Hothouse, which was released in 1986. For their final album, 1987's Thunder Up (released on Play It Again Sam in Belgium and Nettwerk in Canada), the band allowed the darkness from All Fall Down and the shivering, plaintive desolation of Shock of Daylight's "Winter" to creep back in. Few were still paying attention, but The Sound released a swan song that most of the members considered to be their finest work, with plenty of variety that hangs together. Nearly a decade of empty wallets and minor personality clashes had eroded the band's resilience, so the band decided to stop shortly after its release. Borland continued in music throughout the next two decades, producing other acts and releasing another batch of under-appreciated records as a solo artist and as a member of a couple side projects (the Honolulu Mountain Daffodils, White Rose Transmission). Bailey, Dudley, and Mayers left music for the most part. Mayers passed away in the early '90s, a victim of AIDS. And on April 26, 1999, Borland took his own life. Thanks to the Renascent label's reissuing program in the late '90s and early 2000s, The Sound's discography has been restored and revitalized. - Andy Kellman, AMG
