Negativland is Negativland's first album, released in 1980.[6][7] Each copy of the album has a different cover.[7] The initial pressing was 500 copies.[8][9] Unlike all other Negativland albums, the album has no titles for the songs, just numbers. It is the rarest Negativland album, next to the misprinted Dispepsi albums and the U2 E.P.
| Negativland | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 1980 | |||
| Recorded | December, 1979-April 1980 | |||
| Genre | Experimental | |||
| Length | 36:38 | |||
| Label | Seeland Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Negativland | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [4] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 5/10[5] |
Critical reception edit
AllMusic wrote that "it's a very subtle record on balance, though, only here and there being as flat-out jarring and, dare it be said, epic as later albums, but with a fine ear to offsetting what might be pure ambient sound with a sense of both dynamics and construction."[2] Trouser Press called the album "evocative yet very elusive."[1]
Track listing edit
All songs by Mark Hosler/Richard Lyons/David Wills.
- 1 (1:01)
- 2 (1:25)
- 3 (2:16)
- 4 (1:22)
- 5 (5:19)
- 6 (1:18)
- 7 (0:57)
- 8 (1:01)
- 9 (2:02)
- 10 (1:36)
- 11 (0:47)
- 12 (0:33)
- 13 (1:55)
- 14 (0:38)
- 15 (2:12)
- 16 (3:17)
- 17 (1:12)
- 18 (1:34)
- 19 (5:04)
- 20 (1:09)
Personnel edit
- Mark Hosler - tapes, electronics, rhythms, Booper, clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc.
- Richard Lyons - tapes, electronics, rhythms, Booper, clarinet, organ, viola, loops, guitar, etc.
- David Wills - synthesizer, voice, tape
- Peter Dayton - guitars, viola
- W. Kennedy M. (Bill McFarland) - guitar
- Joan Alderdice - bellbeating
References edit
- ^ a b "Negativland". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Negativland - Negativland | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 138.
- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 803.
- ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 266.
- ^ "All's Fair in Love and Negativland". exclaim.ca.
- ^ a b "Negativland | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Gimarc, George (October 15, 1997). Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312169688 – via Google Books.
- ^ Ratliff, Ben (April 27, 2016). "Richard Lyons, 57, a Founder of the Subversive Band Negativland, Dies (Published 2016)" – via NYTimes.com.