The Wake - Testament (Best Of)

£ 15

$ 19

£ 15 Sold For

Nov 25, 2015 Sold Date

Oct 21, 2015 Start Date

1 Number Of Bids

Germany Country Of Seller

eBay Sold at

save auction

Description

General

Article name: Testament (Best Of)
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Factory Benelux Number of tracks: 31

Tracklist LP - 1

1. The Wake - On Our Honeymoon 2. The Wake - Favour 3. The Wake - Something Outside 4. The Wake - Talk About the Past 5. The Wake - O Pamela 6. The Wake - Melancholy Man 7. The Wake - Of the Matter 8. The Wake - Pale Spectre 9. The Wake - Crush the Flowers 10. The Wake - Methodist

Tracklist CD - 2

11. The Wake - Move with the Times 12. The Wake - Communion 13. The Wake - No More Green Space 14. The Wake - Move with the Times (Reprise) 15. The Wake - Move with the Times 16. The Wake - Cold Home 17. The Wake - Communion 18. The Wake - No More Green Space 19. The Wake - Patrol 20. The Wake - Give Up 21. The Wake - Careering 22. The Wake - Favour 23. The Wake - Cold Home 24. The Wake - Forced to Think 25. The Wake - Patrol 26. The Wake - Give Up 27. The Wake - Move with the Times 28. The Wake - Immaculate Conception 29. The Wake - Chance 30. The Wake - Judas 31. The Wake - Company

Description

Starting off laboring in the long shadow of New Order, Scottish band the Wake managed to carve out a nice niche for themselves by always evolving but remaining true to their core sound. Their time on Factory yielded some very good post-punk and synth pop singles and albums, most notably the wonderful "O Pamela" and "Talk About the Past," which beat New Order at their own game. From there, they moved to Sarah Records for a string of solid singles and albums that showcased their simplified songcraft and spiky lyrics. After shutting down in 1995 when Sarah did, they hooked up with Bobby Wratten of the Field Mice to form the Occasional Keepers before returning under the Wake name in 2009 to play some shows; they then released an unsurprisingly strong new album in 2012. Testament (Best Of) spans their career, picking their best tracks from each era and even dishing out a late-period unreleased gem ("Clouds Disco"). The selection is heavy on the Factory years, since that's the period they're best known for, with a nice mix of singles and albums tracks. A rare 7" edit of "Gruesome Castle" is a nice treat that almost makes up for the lack of Sarah material. Best to just break down and buy the reissues of the two albums they made for them. In fact, once fans of post-punk and indie pop who don't already have all the Wake's output hear this collection, they'll likely think real hard about tracking down all their reissues. Until then, this will do fine. [A two-LP, 31-track set was also released.] ~ Tim Sendra

Tim Sendra