Field Of Glass by The Triffids was released as a 12" extended play in 1985.[1] All three tracks were generally recorded live at BBC Studio 5, Maida Vale, London. The EP was produced by Mark Radcliffe,[1] engineered by Mike Robinson, engineered by Owen Davies and remixed by Nick Cook at Townhouse 3.[2]
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| Released | February 1985 | |||
| Recorded | BBC Studio 5, Maida Vale, London November 6, 1984 | |||
| Genre | Rock / Folk rock | |||
| Label | Hot Records | |||
| Producer | Mark Radcliffe | |||
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Details edit
The first two songs, "Bright Lights, Big City" and "Monkey On My Back", deal directly with David McComb’s drug abuse[citation needed] and are infused with bitterness and desperation. The song which gave its name to the EP tells the tale of a loner who has some unrequited love issues with a rich girl who’s just finished school. He pleads with her to ride with him on a baking hot summer's night and she goes along. Driven mad by the intolerable heat and by her rejection he murders her. This song was originally two songs - "Field of Glass" and "Pleasure Slide".
McComb later said, "When we got to London I think we sort of felt we had to make a kind of statement. We recorded the Field of Glass EP just when we got there, which is still I guess the most aggressive and violent record that we had done. It gave us heaps of confidence."[3]
"Evil" Graham Lee noted the EP was, "a psychodrama from beginning to end, with a ferocious, partly improvised maelstrom of a sound to match the tortured, twisted and sometimes very funny lyrics. Nothing The Triffids had done to this point could have prepared listeners for the onslaught of Field Of Glass."[4]
Track listing edit
All tracks written by David McComb.[5]
- "Bright Lights, Big City"
- "Monkey on My Back"
- "Field of Glass"
Personnel edit
The Triffids edit
Credited to:[1]
- David McComb - vocals, guitar
- Robert McComb - guitar, percussion, vocals
- Alsy MacDonald - drums, vocals
- Martyn Casey (aka Daubney Carshott) - bass
- Jill Birt - keyboard
Notes edit
- ^ a b c Holmgren, Magnus; Skjefte, Morten; Warnqvist, Stefan; Simonetti, Vince. "The Triffids". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 28 July 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Listings for Field Of Glass". Discogs. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ^ Tracee Hutchison (1992). Your Name's On The Door. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Enterprises. p. 87. ISBN 0-7333-0115-0.
- ^ Alex Denney. "A Beautiful Waste: in search of The Triffids". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2018-07-29.
- ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05. Retrieved 2007-12-19.