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Gyrate (album)

Gyrate is the debut studio album by American rock band Pylon, released in 1980 by record label DB.

Gyrate
Studio album by
Pylon
Released1980
Genre
LabelDB
Producer
  • Bruce Baxter
  • Kevin Dunn
  • Pylon
Pylon chronology
Gyrate
(1980) 		Chomp
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork8.8/10[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
Tiny Mix Tapes[5]

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 edit

  • All songs written and arranged by Pylon, except where noted (Current Copyright: Pylon Music Two / Administered by BMG Bumblebee (BMI)[7]

Side A

  1. "Volume" – 4:10
  2. "Feast on My Heart" – 3:28 (Pylon, with additional lyrics by Craig Woodall)
  3. "Precaution" – 2:45
  4. "Weather Radio" – 2:08
  5. "The Human Body" – 3:00
  6. "Read a Book" – 1:55

Side B

  1. "Driving School" – 3:47†
  2. "Gravity" – 2:31
  3. "Danger" – 5:32
  4. "Working Is No Problem" – 3:24
  5. "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 removed the song, replacing it with "Recent Title". Later reissue versions, such as the CD below, featured both tunes.

Gyrate Plus – 2007 reissue

  1. "Cool" – 3:21
  2. "Dub" – 4:42
  3. "Volume" – 4:17
  4. "Feast on My Heart" – 3:34
  5. "Precaution" – 2:52
  6. "Weather Radio" – 2:15
  7. "Human Body" – 3:07
  8. "Read a Book" – 2:00
  9. "Driving School" – 3:54
  10. "Recent Title" – 2:27
  11. "Gravity" – 2:39
  12. "Danger" – 5:39
  13. "Working Is No Problem" – 3:32
  14. "Stop It" – 3:05
  15. "Danger!!" – 5:40
  16. "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.

Gyrate (Remastered) – 2020 reissue
Side A

  1. ”Volume” - 4:10
  2. ”Feast” - On My Heart 3:28
  3. ”Precaution” - 2:45
  4. ”Weather Radio” - 2:08
  5. ”The Human Body” - 3:00
  6. ”Read A Book” - 1:55


Side B

  1. ”Driving School” - 3:47
  2. ”Gravity” - 2:31
  3. ”Danger” - 5:32
  4. ”Working Is No Problem” - 3:24
  5. ”Stop It” - 2:59
  • Remastered from the original tapes and reissued by New West Records in 2020 on vinyl, CD and digital. Also, part of ‘Box’— a definitive Boxset of Pylon’s early output. [8]

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste. 30 August 2016.
  2. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Gyrate – Pylon | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Bowers, William (November 28, 2007). "Pylon: Gyrate Plus Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Pylon – Pylon | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  6. ^ Young, Jon (April 1981). "Hit and Run". Trouser Press. Vol. 8, no. 2. New York. p. 51. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  7. ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/21465673-Pylon-Gyrate
  8. ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/21465673-Pylon-Gyrate

External links edit

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