Rust Red September is the fifth album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1983 by record label Cherry Red. This was the first recording where Eyeless In Gaza employed overdubs, as all their previous releases were recorded in one take straight to tape.

Rust Red September
Studio album by
Released1983 (1983)
StudioWoodbine Street Recording Studios
LabelCherry Red
ProducerJohn A. Rivers
Eyeless in Gaza chronology
Drumming the Beating Heart
(1982)
Rust Red September
(1983)
Back from the Rains
(1986)

Track listing edit

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Changing Stations"2:23
2."Pearl and Pale"3:27
3."New Risen"2:48
4."September Hills"3:46
5."Taking Steps"3:25
6."Only Whispers"4:32
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Leaves Are Dancing"3:12
2."No Perfect Stranger"4:45
3."Corner of Dusk"3:49
4."Bright Play of Eyes"3:20
5."Stealing Autumn"4:33

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Soundsmixed-to-favourable[2]

Sounds wrote "With 'Rust Red September', Eyeless in Gaza have stumbled over a devastatingly simple truth, but haven't yet learnt how to harness it for their best purposes. Still, it makes (occasionally) great listening until they come up with their real masterpiece."[2]

In an AllMusic review Ned Raggett wrote: "Rust Red September finds the group further moving away from the brusquer hooks of its earliest days to a calmer reflectiveness. If anything, the duo also achieved a light, airy pop feeling with this album".[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Rust Red September – Eyeless in Gaza | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b Waller, Johnny (1983). "Sight for Sore Ears". Sounds. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

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