Young Marble Giants

Colossal Youth (40th Anniversary Edition)


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Limited 2LP+DVD : Clear Vinyl

2LP+DVD : Standard Black Vinyl

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Comprised of guitarist-songwriter Stuart Moxham, brother and bassist Philip, and singer Alison Statton, YMG emerged from the punk and post-punk landscape with a sound like no one else. Recorded in five days, Colossal Youth went on to influence whole legions from Sheffield to Seattle, looking to de-grungify gangs of four or more. They found fans in the likes of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, Belle & Sebastian, David Byrne, Sonic Youth, The Magnetic Fields. 

Cited as one of the most definitive records of the post-punk era, there is something almost canonical about the album’s use of voice, muted instruments and space. Colossal Youth’s attention to sparse detail is now a modus operandi for haunted electronica auteurs and spectral singer-songwriters alike, but ultimately, only the Young Marble Giants sound like Young Marble Giants.

Tracklist
  1. Searching For Mr Right
  2. Include Me Out
  3. The Taxi
  4. Eating Noddemix
  5. Constantly Changing
  6. N.I.T.A.
  7. Colossal Youth
  8. Music For Evenings
  9. The Man Amplifier
  10. Choci Loni
  11. Wurlitzer Jukebox
  12. Salad Days
  13. Credit In The Straight World
  14. Brand – New – Life       
  15. Wind In The Rigging
  16. Have Your Toupee Ready
  17. The Man Shares His Meal With His Beast
  18. Hayman
  19. Loop The Loop 
  20. Ode To Booker T
  21. Final Day
  22. Radio Silents
  23. Cakewalking
  24. This Way
  25. Posed By Models
  26. The Clock
  27. Clicktalk
  28. Zebra Trucks
  29. Sporting Life

Tracks 16-19 from Salad Days; 20 from Is The War Over compilation; 21-23 from “Final Day” single and 24-29 from Testcard EP

+ DVD – Live at Hurrah, New York, November 1980

  1. N.I.T.A.
  2. Choci Loni 
  3. Radio Silents
  4. Music For Evenings
  5. Colossal Youth
  6. Credit In The Straight World
  7. Brand – New – Life
  8. Include Me Out
  9. Wurlitzer Jukebox
  10. Cakewalking
  11. Final Day
  12. Salad Days
  13. Searching For Mr Right
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