Gyrate (album)
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Released | 1980 | |||
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Label | DB | |||
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Pitchfork | 8.8/10[3] |
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Gyrate is the debut studio album by American rock band Pylon, released in 1980 by record label DB.
In a 1981 Trouser Press Review of Gyrate, Jon Young noted the album had "forceful rhythms and a kooky aura...jagged broken-glass textures and earnestly overbearing lyrics." He said the band has a "nervous, paranoid vibe," similar to the early Talking Heads. Young concludes, "Pylon prods and prods and prods."[6]
Track listing
- All songs written and arranged by Pylon, except where noted (Copyright Watteau Music).
Side A
- "Volume" – 4:10
- "Feast on My Heart" – 3:28 (Pylon, with additional lyrics by Craig Woodall)
- "Precaution" – 2:45
- "Weather Radio" – 2:08
- "The Human Body" – 3:00
- "Read a Book" – 1:55
Side B
- "Driving School" – 3:47†
- "Gravity" – 2:31
- "Danger" – 5:32
- "Working Is No Problem" – 3:24
- "Stop It" – 2:59
† The original DB Records pressing of the LP in 1980 opened with the tune "Driving School" on Side B; The 1988 DB Records reissue[7] removed the song, replacing it with "Recent Title". Later reissue versions, such as the CD below, featured both tunes.
Gyrate Plus – 2007 reissue
- "Cool" – 3:21
- "Dub" – 4:42
- "Volume" – 4:17
- "Feast on My Heart" – 3:34
- "Precaution" – 2:52
- "Weather Radio" – 2:15
- "Human Body" – 3:07
- "Read a Book" – 2:00
- "Driving School" – 3:54
- "Recent Title" – 2:27
- "Gravity" – 2:39
- "Danger" – 5:39
- "Working Is No Problem" – 3:32
- "Stop It" – 3:05
- "Danger!!" – 5:40
- "Functionality" – 4:29
- Tracks 1 and 2 are from the "Cool"/"Dub" single released in 1979; tracks 3 to 14 from Gyrate; track 15 from 10-inch 45 RPM released in UK and as a 12-inch EP in the US and Italy in 1980; track 16 is a studio demo previously unreleased.
Personnel
- Vanessa Ellison – vocals
- Randy Bewley – guitar
- Michael Lachowski – bass
- Curtis Crowe – drums
References
- ^ "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste. 30 August 2016.
- ^ Mason, Stewart. "Gyrate – Pylon | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ Bowers, William (November 28, 2007). "Pylon: Gyrate Plus Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (December 13, 2007). "Debut from Eighties Dance-Rock Band Who Taught R.E.M. a Thing or Two". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ "Pylon – Pylon | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- ^ Young, Jon (April 1981). "Hit and Run". Trouser Press. Vol. 8, no. 2. New York. p. 51. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
- ^ "Pylon – Gyrate (1988, Vinyl)". Discogs.