Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam

by Bill Nelson

Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1981
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 50:23
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Bill Nelson's 'Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam' presented his post-Be-Bop Deluxe work in a concise new wave and synthpop form. The album's home-studio sensibility, bright guitar lines, and electronic arrangements helped define Nelson's prolific early solo period.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, repetitive, synth, electronic, dance, synthesizers, guitars, experimental, eccentric, sci-fi

Tracklist

  1. Banal (3:53)
  2. Living In My Limousine (4:10)
  3. Vertical Games (3:15)
  4. Disposable
  5. False Alarms (2:51)
  6. Decline And Fall (4:43)
  7. Life Runs Out Like Sand (5:23)
  8. A Kind Of Loving (4:16)
  9. Do You Dream In Colour (3:46)
  10. U.H.F. (4:41)
  11. Youth Of Nation On Fire (4:05)
  12. Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam (3:39)

Credits

  • Ray Staff - lacquer cut by
  • Ian Nelson - saxophone
  • Rick Ford - bass [fretless]
  • Steve Peer - drums
  • Andy Clark - keyboards
  • Tom Kellican - drums
  • Bill Nelson - Primary Artist

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