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The Sound - Dutch Radio Recordings [5 CD Set] (2006)

Genre: Post-Punk/New Wave

Review by James G @ Buy It at Lowest Price on Amazon

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I was initially full of trepidation as regards listening to 5 – yes, 5 – albums from a band who…well… ANY band, really. But I’m so glad I did.

Recorded between 1981 and 1985 at various venues and festivals throughout the Netherlands, they document The Sound’s seemingly inevitable position as one of music’s Outsiders (also their original name - a nod to Mr. Camus, methinks), a gem-littered collection of songs, always knocking on the door, always thereabouts, always appreciated by the discerning few, yet never quite accepted by the mainstream, er, alternative.

Maybe it was an aesthetic thing. Although they had the songs – my goodness, they had the songs, alright…the anti-nuclear classic ‘Missiles’, "who the hell makes those missiles? Well, they know what they can do!", the aching, melodramatic optimism of ‘Where The Love Is’, and the sadly prophetic ‘I Can’t Escape Myself’, "so many feelings, pent up in here, left alone I’m with, the one I most fear…", yes, they had the songs – they never quite had the image. "I can’t escape this sick world!" screams Borland during one of the live performances of ‘I Can’t Escape Myself’, and, in between songs at the Utrecht No Nukes recordings asks "Is there anyone who doesn’t like this?...F*CK OFF!"

Borland’s performances throughout are at least equal to any of Ian Curtis’ almost maniacal shows, and the highlight (of which there are many), of the entire collection is the Arnhem Stokvishal rendition of ‘Party Of The Mind’, sounding like the top 20 hit it should have been, and never was.

For those old enough to remember The Sound, and who, like me, had dipped an aural toe into their rock pool, I would suggest that this collection is an essential purchase. Chiefly in order to join the dots between the albums ‘Jeopardy’, ‘All Fall Down’, ‘From The Lions Mouth’ and ‘Heads And Hearts’.

For those NOT old enough to remember The Sound, I would suggest that this collection is an essential purchase. Chiefly in order to get the REAL feeling of life in the eighties. Life full of angst, intensity, concerns regarding the seemingly inevitable nuclear war, mass unemployment and social isolation. Oh, and the superb music offered by bands like The Sound; somewhere in the hinterland between new wave, post punk and classy synth driven pop.

The Sound. What a waste. We should have loved them more.

Tracklisting:

DISC 1: 08-03-81 Amsterdam (Paradiso) (53:16)

1. Winning

2. I Can't Escape Myself

3. The Fire

4. Fatal Flaw

5. Brute Force

6. Heartland

7. Hour Of Need

8. Skeletons

9. Unwritten Law

10. Heyday

11. Missiles

12. Resistance (encore 1)

13. Heyday (again!) (encore 2)

DISC 2: 09-04-82 Utrecht, No Nukes Festival (60:05)

1. All Fall Down

2. Sense Of Purpose

3. I Can't Escape Myself

4. Hothouse

5. Winning

6. Where The Love Is

7. Glass And Smoke

8. Heartland

9. New Dark Age

10. Silent Air (encore)

11. Missiles (encore)

DISC 3: 14.01.83 Arnhem, Stokvishal (64:03)

1. Skeletons

2. Red Paint

3. Possession

4. All Fall Down

5. In Suspense

6. Oiled

7. Monument

8. Where The Love Is

9. New Dark Age

10. Hour Of Need

11. Who's Sorry Now

12. Sense Of Purpose

13. Party Of The Mind (encore 1)

14. Winning (encore 1)

15. Heartland (encore 2)

DISC 4: 01.07.84 Den Haag, Parkpop Festival (56:46)

1. Unwritten Law

2. Winning

3. Under You

4. Total Recall

5. The Fire

6. Burning Part Of Me

7. Monument

8. Counting The Days

9. Golden Soldiers

10. Sense Of Purpose

11. Heartland

12. New Dark Age

13. Party Of The Mind (encore)

DISC 5: 09.04.85 Utrecht, Vrije Vloer (76:10)

1. Golden Soldiers

2. Counting The Days

3. Under You

4. Total Recall

5. Where The Love Is

6. Love Is Not A Ghost

7. World As It Is

8. Winning

9. Restless Time

10. Silent Air

11. Wildest Dreams

12. Burning Part Of Me

13. Whirlpool

14. Sense Of Purpose

15. The Fire

16. Missiles (encore 1)

17. Party Of The Mind (encore 2)

Total Time: 310:21 (5h 10m 21s)

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Rating:
2.5 out of 5 by Book123