Drumming the Beating Heart

Drumming the Beating Heart
Studio album by
Eyeless in Gaza
Released1982 (1982)
StudioWoodbine Street Recording Studios
LabelCherry Red
ProducerJohn A. Rivers
Eyeless in Gaza chronology
Pale Hands I Loved So Well
(1982) 		Drumming the Beating Heart
(1982) 		Rust Red September
(1983)

Drumming the Beating Heart is the fourth album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1982 by record label Cherry Red.

Content

Regarding the album's style, AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the Nuneaton duo fashioning their stock sonic components into more immediately accessible, conventional song structures, albeit at the avant end of the pop spectrum".[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Smash Hitsunfavourable[2]
Trouser Pressfavourable[3]

NME called it "so much better than their previous sluggish experiments not because it’s more “commercial”, but because the endeavour required to redesign their form clarifies and strengthens it."[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Martyn Bates and Peter Becker

  1. "Transience Blues"
  2. "Ill-Wind Blows"
  3. "One By One"
  4. "Picture the Day"
  5. "Dreaming at Rain"
  6. "Two"
  7. "Veil Like Calm"
  8. "Throw a Shadow"
  9. "Pencil Sketch"
  10. "At Arms Length"
  11. "Lights of April"
  12. "Before You Go"

References

  1. ^ a b Neate, Wilson. "Drumming the Beating Heart – Eyeless in Gaza | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ^ Shelley, Jim (16 September 1982). "[Drumming the Beating Heart review]". Smash Hits. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ^ W., John (January 1983). "[Drumming the Beating Heart review]". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. ^ Hill, Dave (31 July 1982). "Different Drum". New Musical Express. Retrieved 27 June 2016.