Neon Hearts - Popular Music

Original Release Date

1979

Release Information

UK LP 1979 (Satril - SATL 4012)

A1 Popular Music 2:08
A2 Armchair Thriller 2:32
A3 Answers 2:28
A4 Pin Cushions 4:49
A5 Body Language 3:01
B1 Number One Fan 2:14
B2 Hideaway 3:28
B3 Pretty As Picture 4:04
B4 Get So Many Pains 2:13
B5 Party Games 3:13

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UK CD 2002 (Overground - OVER 94 VPCD)

1 Popular Music 2:08
2 Armchair Thriller 2:32
3 Answers 2:28
4 Pin Cushions 4:49
5 Body Language 3:01
6 Number One Fan 2:14
7 Hideaway 3:28
8 Pretty As Picture 4:04
9 Get So Many Pains 2:13
10 Party Games 3:13
11 Answers (7" Version) 2:30
12 Armchair Thriller (7" Version) 2:31
13 Regulations 2:35
14 Venus 2:40

Chart Placings

None

Credits

Tone Dial - vocals
Paul Raven - bass guitar
Steve Heart - saxophone
Keith Allen - drums
Martin Ratcliffe - guitar

Produced by: Henry Hadaway
Arrangements: Neon Hearts
Recorded at: Pye Studios & Magritte Studio, London
Engineers: Larry Bartlett, Dan Priest
Photography: Keith Bernstein
Cutting Engineer: Tim Young at CBS Studios

Thanks to: Jon Raven, Jon Mostyn of Oak Agency, Pete Langdon, Stuart Field of Randall Amplification

Reviews & Opinions

PHIL SUTCLIFFE, SOUNDS: ....a pretty lively album from one of the names that seems to have been around as long as the new wave itself without ever gaining much media attention. The N. Hearts are a five-piece who give the impression that they may have had to unlearn sophisticated musical skills in order to sound crudely a la mode. For instance, the feature of the whole LP is Steve Heart's sax. When the rest of the band are at their most ordinary you'll find him in your left headphone blasting away with scant regard for tune or riff, though sometimes seeming to be engaged in an anarchic dialogue with Tone Dial's vocals. His weedy tone wouldn't be commended by aficionados but I just keep finding myself focused on.him as he injected sulphur into the veins of songs no better than alright.

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