Positive NoiseHeart Of Darkness

Label:

Statik Records – stat lp1

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album
Vinyl , 7", 45 RPM, Single Sided, Single, Limited Edition , Love Like Property

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

New Wave

Tracklist

A1 Darkness Visible
GuitarKeith Levene
SaxophoneGary Barnacle
6:16
A2 Hypnosis 4:00
A3 No More Blood And Soil
Backing VocalsDerek Forbes
5:18
A4 ...And Yet Again
SaxophoneGary Barnacle
5:09
A5 Down There
PianoRoss Middleton
4:53
B1 Treachery! 5:31
B2 Warlords 4:45
B3 Love Is A Many-Splintered Thing 3:23
B4 Refugees 5:21
B5 Ghosts 4:44
C Love Like Property

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Statik Records
  • Pressed ByLyntone Recordings Ltd. – LYN-9518
  • Pressed ByLyntone Recordings Ltd. – LYN-9517
  • Pressed ByLyntone Recordings Ltd. – LYN 9736
  • Published ByVirgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
  • Recorded AtThe Town House
  • Lacquer Cut AtTape One

Credits

  • Artwork ByA.S.
  • Bass, Backing VocalsFraser Middleton*
  • Drums, Percussion, Backing VocalsLes Gaff
  • EngineerNick Launay
  • Guitar, Backing VocalsRussell Blackstock
  • Keyboards, Backing VocalsGraham Middleton
  • Lacquer Cut ByBilBo (3)
  • Photography ByHerbie Yamaguchi
  • Photography By [Inside Photograph]Robert Sharp (3)
  • Photography By [Of Fraser]Paul Slattery
  • ProducerPositive Noise
  • VocalsRoss Middleton
  • Words ByR. Middleton*

Notes

Initial release with free 7-inch single, this version with 'Love Like property' track.

Recorded December '80 at the Townhouse.
Special thanks to Laurie and Mary and Bill McCarron and Ewan Cameron (the seventh man)

℗ 1981 statik records
Made in
Released with a cardboard inner credits-sleeve

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): statlp1a
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): statlp1b
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side C): STAT 5A
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): STAT - 1 - A2 PLEASURE OF THE TEXT. BilBo TA1PE LYN-9518-ITO A0
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): STAT - 1 - B1 WEEKEND IN AFRICA BilBo TA1PE LYN-9517-ITO A0
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C): STAT - 5 - A I AM NOT PRINCE HAMLET. LYN 9736-ITO A0 BilBo TA1PE
  • Other (Cat # 45): STAT 5

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Heart Of Darkness (LP, Album, Bonus Track) Statik Records STAT 3101 Greece 1981
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Heart Of Darkness (LP, Album) Statik Records stat lp1 Italy 1981
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Heart Of Darkness (LP, Album, White Label) Statik Records STAT 3101 Greece 1981
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Heart Of Darkness (LP, Album) Statik Records stat lp1 New Zealand 1981

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Reviews

  • stasinlav's avatar
    stasinlav
    Edited 6 years ago
    Amazing! Powerful drums and bass sounds closer to post-punk, but nearly histerical vocals and sax make their sound brighter than Joy Division and other similar bands. Overall the album less darker and more avantgarde than mostly post-punk albums in the end of 1970's and early 1980s. Their uniqueness can be compared with another great band - 23 Skidoo but Positive Noise have their style which has nothing to do with 23 Skidoo. Just compared as both bands are unique. I don't know why PN still unknown band for mostly people of the world, but they definetly not worse than other great bands in this genre: Joy Division, The Cure, Bauhaus. One of the best albums in that era.
    By the way high quality of 80's UK vinyl makes listening to this album very enjoyable.

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