Album

Y

The Pop Group

1979 · Electronic, Rock

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Y by The Pop Group

Y is an Alt/Indie album by The Pop Group, originally released in 1979. On Gatefold: 37 pressings tracked, owned by 7 collectors.

About

Don't expect “pop” music. This groundbreaking 1979 debut album, along with works by The Fall, Wire, and PiL, announced the start of postpunk: a genre best known for incorporating other genres as seen fit. <i>Y</i> displays more of The Pop Group's dub influence than their later material. Yet several songs here—“She Is Beyond Good and Evil” (later a live favorite of St. Vincent), “Thief of Fire,” “Bloody Money,” and “We Are Time”—are among their best known and most iconic, instructing a new world of musicians on how to fuse elements of reggae, free jazz, Captain Beefheart, funk, and political rhetoric for their own ends.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Thief Of Fire
  2. A2Snowgirl
  3. A3Blood Money
  4. A4Savage Sea
  5. A5We Are Time

Side B

  1. B1Words Disobey Me
  2. B2Don't Call Me Pain
  3. B3The Boys From Brazil
  4. B4Don't Sell Your Dreams

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Post-Punk
  • angular
  • chaotic
  • art school

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

The runouts are hand-etched apart from the '1' before 'EG', which is stamped and rotated 90°.
Sleeve:
G+L
Includes a large fold out collage poster with lyrics.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Bruce Smith
  • Gareth Sager
  • John Waddington
  • Mark Stewart
  • Simon Underwood

Production & Engineering

  • Brian GaylorENGINEER [ASSISTANT, STUDIO RIDGE FARM]
  • Brian GaylorENGINEER [ASSISTANT]
  • Brian GaylorENGINEER [ASST]
  • Dennis BovellPRODUCER
  • Mike BlaineENGINEER [STUDIO RIDGE FARM]
  • Mike DunneENGINEER
  • The Pop GroupPRODUCER
  • The Pop GroupPRODUCER, WRITTEN-BY
  • The Pop GroupWRITTEN-BY, PRODUCER

7 collectors on Gatefold own this · 37 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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