Negativland_(album)

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Negativland (album)

1980 studio album by Negativland


Negativland is Negativland's first album, released in 1980.[6][7] Each copy of the album has a different cover.[7] The initial pressing was 500 copies.[8][9] Unlike all other Negativland albums, the album has no titles for the songs, just numbers. It is the rarest Negativland album, next to the misprinted Dispepsi albums and the U2 E.P.

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Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "it's a very subtle record on balance, though, only here and there being as flat-out jarring and, dare it be said, epic as later albums, but with a fine ear to offsetting what might be pure ambient sound with a sense of both dynamics and construction."[2] Trouser Press called the album "evocative yet very elusive."[1]

Track listing

All songs by Mark Hosler/Richard Lyons/David Wills.

  1. 1 (1:01)
  2. 2 (1:25)
  3. 3 (2:16)
  4. 4 (1:22)
  5. 5 (5:19)
  6. 6 (1:18)
  7. 7 (0:57)
  8. 8 (1:01)
  9. 9 (2:02)
  10. 10 (1:36)
  11. 11 (0:47)
  12. 12 (0:33)
  13. 13 (1:55)
  14. 14 (0:38)
  15. 15 (2:12)
  16. 16 (3:17)
  17. 17 (1:12)
  18. 18 (1:34)
  19. 19 (5:04)
  20. 20 (1:09)

Personnel

  • Mark Hosler - tapes, electronics, rhythms, Booper, clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc.
  • Richard Lyons - tapes, electronics, rhythms, Booper, clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc.
  • David Wills - synthesizer, voice, tape
  • Peter Dayton - guitars, viola
  • W. Kennedy M. (Bill McFarland) - guitar
  • Joan Alderdice - bellbeating

References

  1. "Negativland". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 138.
  3. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 803.
  4. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 266.
  5. Gimarc, George (October 15, 1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312169688 โ€“ via Google Books.

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