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Pindrop (album)

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Pindrop
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1980 (November 1980)
RecordedJuly 1980
StudioGraveyard Studios, Prestwich
GenrePost-punk
LabelObject
ProducerThe Passage
The Passage chronology
Pindrop
(1980)
For All and None
(1981)

Pindrop is the debut studio album by English post-punk band The Passage, released in 1980 by record label Object.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
NMEvery favourable[2]
Sounds[3]
Trouser Pressvery favourable[4]

Pindrop has received a positive critical reception. NME called it "a word of disciplined intellectual aggression, frantic emotions and powerfully idiomatic musicality". Sounds called the album "as innovative and individual as 154 and Unknown Pleasures were".[3] Trouser Press called it "easily one of the most mysteriously brilliant albums ever".[4]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Dick Witts; all lyrics by Dick Witts except where noted.

Pin side
  1. "Fear"
  2. "Troops Out"
  3. "Carnal"
  4. "Watching You Dance"
  5. "Hunt"
  6. "Anderton's Hall"
  7. "From the Heart"
Drop side
  1. "Locust"
  2. "2711"
  3. "16 Hours" (Witts, Tony Friel)
  4. "Carmen"
  5. "A Certain Way to Go"
  6. "Prelude"

Personnel

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The Passage
Technical
  • Stewart Pickering - engineer
  • Jeremy Greenwood - cover design

References

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  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Pindrop – The Passage | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ Morley, Paul (18 October 1980). "Fear! Anger! Power! Love!—And More Mancunian Melodies". NME. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Sanai, Terri (25 October 1980). "Horror, Revulsion and Pain". Sounds. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b Gibbons, Scott. "The Passage – Review – Pindrop". thepassage.co.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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