Sad Lovers and Giants / Feeding The Flame
Artist Sad Lovers and Giants
Album Title: Feeding The Flame
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Primary Genre Rock: Psychedelic Rock
Format CD
Released 00/00/1983
Label Midnight Music (Records) LTD
Catalog No CHIME 00.03 CD
Bar Code No 5 017715 000329
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Imagination (6:24)
2. Cow Boys (5:36)
3. 3 Lines (3:14)
4. Big Tracks Little Tracks (3:31)
5. On Another Day (5:00)
6. Sleep (Is For Everyone) (5:05)
7. Vendetta (4:36)
8. Man Of Straw (6:19)
9. Close To The Sea (4:46)
10. Strange Orchard (6:11)
11. Burning Beaches (4:10)
12. Your Skin And Mine (5:25)
13. In Flux (6:00)
Date Acquired 07/30/1989
Personal Rating
Acquired from Northern Lights
Purchase Price 19.89

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Notes

All tracks recorded at Spaceward in 1983 except "3 Lines", recorded live at The Brunel Rooms, Swindon, 1983.
"Cow Boys" was remixed at The Twilight Zone, Berry Street, 1998.
Contains the nine tracks found on the "Feeding the Flame" LP (CHIME 00.03), plus four bonus tracks: "Imagination", "Cow Boys", "3 Lines", and "Close to the Sea".
The version of "Man of Straw" here is not the original LP cut, but rather the version found on the "Man of Straw" 12-inch (DONG 5).
Arranged By – Sad Lovers & Giants
Bass, Keyboards – Cliff Silver
Drums, Percussion – Nigel Pollard
Engineer – Joe Bull
Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Tristan Garel-Funk
Keyboards, Percussion, Saxophone – David Wood
Photography By [Cover] – Andrée Jenni
Producer – Nick Ralph, Steve Burgess
Vocals, Lyrics By – Garce
Written-By – Silver (tracks: 1 to 4, 9, 11), Wood (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 10, 11), Pollard (tracks: 1, 4, 11, 12), Allard (tracks: 1 to 10, 12, 13), Garel-Funk (tracks: 1, 3 to 9, 11 to 13)
Published By – Midnight Music Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Midnight Music (Records) Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Midnight Music (Records) Ltd.
Recorded At – Spaceward Studios
Recorded At – The Brunel Rooms
Remixed At – The Twilight Zone
Made By – MPO
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR13      -0.00 dB   -15.84 dB      6:24 01/13-Imagination
DR13      -0.00 dB   -14.82 dB      5:36 02/13-Cow Boys
DR11      -0.00 dB   -14.48 dB      3:15 03/13-3 Lines
DR15      -0.00 dB   -17.57 dB      3:32 04/13-Big Tracks Little Tracks
DR14      -1.17 dB   -17.17 dB      5:01 05/13-On Another Day
DR13      -0.00 dB   -18.43 dB      5:05 06/13-Sleep (Is for Everyone)
DR14      -2.06 dB   -20.53 dB      4:37 07/13-Vendetta
DR12      -2.37 dB   -17.25 dB      6:20 08/13-Man of Straw
DR14      -0.50 dB   -18.29 dB      4:47 09/13-Close to the Sea
DR14      -2.15 dB   -18.90 dB      6:11 10/13-Strange Orchard
DR14      -2.13 dB   -20.76 dB      4:10 11/13-Burning Beaches
DR17      -0.08 dB   -20.59 dB      5:25 12/13-Your Skin and Mine
DR13      -0.95 dB   -18.71 dB      6:00 13/13-In Flux
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Number of tracks: 13
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 749 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review by Alex Ogg:

Watford, England's Sad Lovers & Giants made few headlines but some strong LPs, arguably the best of which, and certainly the most somber, is this collection. Its deftly played and arresting post-punk songs are built around Tristan Garel-Funk and David Woods' subtle evocations of mood. Singer Garce Allard's voice is at once brittle-sounding but self-assured. Both factors complement the sophisticated musical structures of songs such as "Imagination" and "Sleep (Is for Everyone)." They should be one of their generation's more celebrated discoveries, but sat out time on a label much less fashionable than, say, Factory. The intricacy of Garel-Funk's guitar on "Big Tracks Little Tracks" certainly puts them on a par with the Durutti Column. "Your Skin and Mine" has an innate grandeur that, keeping indulgence at arm's length, conveys a sense of pain and isolation that echoes Joy Division. It's an album that argues for a reappraisal of one of the '80s' best-kept secrets.

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