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The Anvil | |||
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Studio album by | |||
Released | March 1982 | ||
Recorded | 1981 at Mayfair Studios in Primrose Hill, London | ||
Genre | Synthpop, new wave | ||
Length | 40:33 | ||
Label | Polydor | ||
Producer | Visage & Midge Ure | ||
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Singles from The Anvil | |||
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The Anvil is the second studio album by the British rock/pop band Visage, released in March 1982 by Polydor Records. The album reached No. 6 in the UK and was certified 'Silver' by the British Phonographic Industry in April 1982. The album's name and concept came from the legendary NYC Gay after-hours club The Anvil. Famed Danceteria DJ Bill Bahlman curated the 'New Wave Nights At The Anvil'.
Recording[edit]
The only musician of the first album line-up that did not participate in this album's recording was John McGeoch. McGeoch commented in an interview: 'One time I was in Spain [touring with Siouxsie and the Banshees] at the same time as Visage were recording the second album in London. Rusty [Egan] wanted me to put a guitar solo on something or other but I only had one day off and there was no way that I could fly home on my one day off. Rusty is not a man to be put off by such things and he was actually trying to put together a satellite linkup from Madrid to London for this one guitar part. Not surprisingly it didn't come off but I was sorry not to have been as involved on The Anvil as I had been on the first album'.[1]
Release[edit]
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The Anvil was released in March 1982. It reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart,[2] which was the band's highest ever chart peak in the UK, and was certified 'Silver' by the British Phonographic Industry in April 1982.[3] The album sparked a brief controversy at the time of its release for being named after New York's famous gay bar/nightclub of the era.
The album's first single was 'The Damned Don't Cry' which was released three weeks ahead of the album and reached No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] The second single released was 'Night Train' in June 1982, reaching No. 12.[2] The album's title track was remixed and released as a promo single as well as a German-language 12' version ('Der Amboss'), and 'Whispers' was also released as a single in Japan (where both it and 'Night Train' were used in TDK television commercials).
The album's front cover photograph was taken by Helmut Newton. The original vinyl release of the album came in an embossed/textured sleeve (considered as deluxe packaging for the time), and a limited number of copies (3,000) came with a free poster of Steve Strange posing with a number of models at the Hôtel George-V in Paris (the poster is an extended shot of the 12' single cover of 'The Damned Don't Cry').
The Anvil was the last Visage record to feature Ultravox frontman Midge Ure, who left the band after its release. Commenting on his departure the following year, Ure stated: Rf attack speed hack: full version software.
'The trouble with Visage was that there were too many chiefs, six characters all wanting an equal say without putting in an equal amount of work. I was doing most of the writing and producing, and we all knew Steve [Strange] was the frontman, but when it became successful, jealousy and the nasty side of the business crept in. That was never the way it was intended.
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The album's first release on the compact disc format was in Germany in 1983. It was re-issued on CD in the United States in 1997 by One Way Records, complete with two bonus tracks (though they are tracks from the 1980–81 era and not that of The Anvil). The Anvil was re-issued in the UK on CD by Cherry Red Records on 17 March 2008, containing six bonus tracks and detailed liner notes.
Reception[edit]
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Record Collector | [6] |
In his retrospective review, Dan LeRoy of AllMusic wrote that 'almost all the band's efforts on The Anvil are extremely well-crafted synth pop.'[5] Emily Mackay of Record Collector opined that the album '[still] sounds remarkably fresh.'[6]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks written by Visage (Billy Currie, Rusty Egan, Dave Formula, Steve Strange and Midge Ure).
Side A | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'The Damned Don't Cry' | 4:43 |
2. | 'Anvil (Night Club School)' (known as 'The Anvil' elsewhere, including various compilation albums and singles) | 4:39 |
3. | 'Move Up' | 4:25 |
4. | 'Night Train' | 4:29 |
Side B | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | 'The Horseman' | 4:41 |
2. | 'Look What They've Done' | 4:49 |
3. | 'Again We Love' | 4:44 |
4. | 'Wild Life' | 4:24 |
5. | 'Whispers' | 5:39 |
1997 reissue bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
10. | 'We Move (Dance Mix)' | 6:28 |
11. | 'Frequency 7 (Dance Mix)' | 5:02 |
2008 reissue bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
10. | 'We Move (Dance Mix)' | 6:28 |
11. | 'Frequency 7 (Dance Mix)' | 5:02 |
12. | 'The Damned Don't Cry (Dance Mix)' | 5:45 |
13. | 'Motivation' | 3:51 |
14. | 'I'm Still Searching' | 3:41 |
15. | 'Mind of a Toy (Dance Mix)' | 5:14 |
Personnel[edit]
- Visage
- Steve Strange – lead vocals
- Midge Ure – guitars, backing vocals, synthesizer
- Dave Formula – synthesizer
- Billy Currie – electric violin, synthesizer
- Rusty Egan – drums, backing vocals, electronic drums
- Additional personnel
- Barry Adamson – bass
- Gary Barnacle – saxophone
- Perri Lister – backing vocals
- Lorraine Whitmarsh – backing vocals
References[edit]
- ^'John McGeoch interview'. ZigZag. February 1984.
- ^ abc'Visage | Artist | Official Charts'. Official Charts. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^BPI (enter 'Visage' in search terms)
- ^Steels, Mark (23 June 1983). 'Midge, Bill, Warren & Chris (An Interview with Ultravox)'. Smash Hits. EMAP Metro. 5 (13): 45.
- ^ abLeRoy, Dan. 'The Anvil – Visage | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ abMackay, Emily (June 2008). 'The Anvil review'. Record Collector (350). Retrieved 27 December 2014.
External links[edit]
- The Anvil at Discogs (list of releases)
1997 reissue bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
10. | 'We Move (Dance Mix)' | 6:28 |
11. | 'Frequency 7 (Dance Mix)' | 5:02 |
2008 reissue bonus tracks | ||
---|---|---|
No. | Title | Length |
10. | 'We Move (Dance Mix)' | 6:28 |
11. | 'Frequency 7 (Dance Mix)' | 5:02 |
12. | 'The Damned Don't Cry (Dance Mix)' | 5:45 |
13. | 'Motivation' | 3:51 |
14. | 'I'm Still Searching' | 3:41 |
15. | 'Mind of a Toy (Dance Mix)' | 5:14 |
Personnel[edit]
- Visage
- Steve Strange – lead vocals
- Midge Ure – guitars, backing vocals, synthesizer
- Dave Formula – synthesizer
- Billy Currie – electric violin, synthesizer
- Rusty Egan – drums, backing vocals, electronic drums
- Additional personnel
- Barry Adamson – bass
- Gary Barnacle – saxophone
- Perri Lister – backing vocals
- Lorraine Whitmarsh – backing vocals
References[edit]
- ^'John McGeoch interview'. ZigZag. February 1984.
- ^ abc'Visage | Artist | Official Charts'. Official Charts. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^BPI (enter 'Visage' in search terms)
- ^Steels, Mark (23 June 1983). 'Midge, Bill, Warren & Chris (An Interview with Ultravox)'. Smash Hits. EMAP Metro. 5 (13): 45.
- ^ abLeRoy, Dan. 'The Anvil – Visage | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ abMackay, Emily (June 2008). 'The Anvil review'. Record Collector (350). Retrieved 27 December 2014.
External links[edit]
- The Anvil at Discogs (list of releases)
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