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Alternative TV - Strange Kicks

Original Release Date

1981

Release Information

UK LP 1981 (IRS/A&M - SP 70023)
US LP 1981 (IRS/A&M - SP 70023)

A1 The Ancient Rebels 2:56
A2 Strange Kicks 2:44
A3 Communicate 2:47
A4 Mirror Boy 3:03
A5 Anye Is Back 2:46
A6 My Hand Is Still Wet 3:22
B1 Fun City 2:47
B2 TV Operator 3:20
B3 There Goes My Date With Doug 2:55
B4 Cold Rain 3:49
B5 Who Are They? 3:23
B6 Sleep In Bed 3:04

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UK CD 2004 (Overground - OVER101VPCD)

1 The Ancient Rebels 2:56
2 Strange Kicks 2:44
3 Communicate 2:47
4 Mirror Boy 3:03
5 Anye Is Back 2:46
6 My Hand Is Still Wet 3:22
7 Fun City 2:47
8 TV Operator 3:20
9 There Goes My Date With Doug 2:55
10 Cold Rain 3:49
11 Who Are They? 3:23
12 Sleep In Bed 3:04
Bonus Tracks
13 Dub In Bed 3:01
14 Obsession 2:29
15 Mirror Boy 3:33
16 Pick It Up 3:29
17 Can You Feel The Heat? 2:57
18 Love Lies Limp 4:24

Chart Placings

None

Credits

LP:

Ray Weston - drums
Dennis Burns - bass guitar
Mark Perry - vocals
Alex Ferguson [sic] - guitar
Alex Gruner - keyboards
A.T.V. were assisted by:
Richard Mazda - guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Dee Dee Thorn - vocals on "There Goes My Date With Doug"
Brian James - guitar on "There Goes My Date With Doug"

Recorded at Matrix Recording Studios, London, August, 1981
Produced by Richard Mazda

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Additional Credits on CD:

Track 14 recorded by Alex Fergusson at Denmark Street Studio.
Trackd 15-18 were recorded live at the 101 Club, Clapham, 1981.
Lo-fi recording courtesy of Leugh Goorney.

Additional Credits

13: B-Side of The Ancient Rebels single.
14: B-Side of Communicate single.
15-18: Previously unreleased

Reviews & Opinions

PUNKY GIBBON: After farting around with The Door & The Window (with Nag) and The Lemon Kittens, Perry and Burns reconvened ATV with Fergusson, thank God, and two members of Fergusson's one-off side project Cash Pussies. Strange Kicks is a very likeable if lightweight pop album, offering bits of ska, Madness-style jaunty pop, a love song inspired by the Brady Bunch (sung by a female vocalist, and featuring Brian James on guitar) and all kinds of cool stuff. Apart from the gloomy 'Cold Rain', Perry actually seems to be enjoying himself! New Order fans should check out 'Communicate'.

CHARLES P. LAMEY/JIM GREEN, THE TROUSER PRESS RECORD GUIDE, 1991: Come 1981, Perry, Bums and the more pop-minded Fergusson reunited (adding a drummer and a keyboard player) for Strange Kicks, an album that's a different proposition altogether. The one-time quasi-nihilist says, "What the hey!" and rattles off smart, vernacular humor, easygoing if still reasonably cynical, thereby unifying ATV's snappy romp through an assortment of styles (ska, pop-punk, even electro-dance), produced by Richard Mazda. Still, "There must be more to life than a heading in a record store."

IAN CANTY, RECORD COLLECTOR, 2004: Mark P gives in to pressure from Miles Copeland for commercial album. [read full review here]