Young Marble Giants
Colossal Youth
Label ©  Crepuscule
Release Year  1980
Length  57:44
Genre  Post Punk
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  Y-0004
Bitrate  ~226 Kbps
  Other  
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      Searching For Mr Right   (Stuart Moxham
       3:03  
      2.  
      Include Me Out   (Stuart Moxham
       2:01  
      3.  
      The Taxi   (Stuart Moxham
       2:07  
      4.  
      Eating Noddemix   (Alison Statton and Philip Moxham
       2:04  
      5.  
      Constantly Changing   (Stuart Moxham
       2:04  
      6.  
      N.I.T.A   (Stuart Moxham
       3:31  
      7.  
      Colossal Youth   (Stuart Moxham
       1:54  
      8.  
      Music For Evenings   (Stuart Moxham
       3:02  
      9.  
      The Man Amplifier   (Stuart Moxham
       3:15  
      10.  
      Choci Loni   (Stuart Moxham and Philip Moxham
       2:37  
      11.  
      Wurlitzer Jukebox   (Stuart Moxham
       2:45  
      12.  
      Salad Days   (Stuart Moxham and Alison Statton
       2:01  
      13.  
      Credit In The Straight World   (Stuart Moxham
       2:29  
      14.  
      Brand - New - Life   (Stuart Moxham
       2:54  
      15.  
      Wind In The Rigging   (Stuart Moxham
       2:25  
      16.  
      This Way   (Stuart Moxham and Philip Moxham
       1:41  
      17.  
      Posed By Models   (Stuart Moxham and Philip Moxham
       1:25  
      18.  
      The Clock   (Stuart Moxham and Philip Moxham
       1:39  
      19.  
      Clicktalk   (Stuart Moxham and Philip Moxham
       2:42  
      20.  
      Zebra Trucks   (Stuart Moxham and Philip Moxham
       1:33  
      21.  
      Sporting Life   (Stuart Moxham and Philip Moxham
       1:04  
      22.  
      Final Day   (Stuart Moxham
       1:43  
      23.  
      Radio Silents   (Stuart Moxham
       1:53  
      24.  
      Cakewalking   (Stuart Moxham
       2:49  
      25.  
      Ode To Booker T.   (Stuart Moxham
       3:03  
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      Young Marble Giants' 1980 debut Colossal Youth unknowingly sparked an underground movement that it still influences today. Their haunting post-punk come down sounds are likened to Tricky, Portishead and Joy Division. This 1994 reissue through Crepuscle features 25 tracks including 4 bonus tracks, 'Final Day', 'Radio Silents', 'Cakewalking' & 'Ode To Booker T.'. Pias. 2003.

      Review by Richie Unterberger

      Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth, is a collection of sparse, evocative tunes emphasizing Alison Statton's floating vocals and minimal guitar/organ/bass/drum machine arrangements. Comparable to little else from its time or since, this is rock music at its most austere. The original album had 15 songs; a subsequent CD added a few more. But the 1994 edition on Crepuscule is the one to buy, pushing the total to 24 tracks, with additions from the Testcard EP, the 1979 "Final Day" single, and a compilation cut -- everything they ever did, in fact.
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