Beast Box

by Luxuria

Beast Box cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Beggars Banquet
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 51:31
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Dave Formula, Howard Devoto, Noko, Richard Jeffries, Mark Sanderson, Jono Podmore, Michele Drees, Lucy Gilmour

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The final release from the collaboration between Howard Devoto and Norman Fisher-Jones offers a sophisticated, darkly romantic blend of post-punk tension and synth-driven pop. The sleek, dramatic arrangements perfectly complement the frontman's famously literate and cynical poetry.

Genres

Descriptors: literate, guitar-driven, atmospheric, theatrical, dark-humor, melodic, synthesizers, sleek

Tracklist

  1. The Beast Box Is Dreaming (4:19)
  2. Stupid Blood (2:47)
  3. Against the Past (4:48)
  4. Our Curious Leader (3:13)
  5. We Keep On Getting There (4:11)
  6. Ticket (4:05)
  7. Animal in the Mirror (4:39)
  8. Dirty Beating Heart (3:54)
  9. Smoking Mirror (3:56)
  10. I've Been Expecting You (5:22)
  11. Karezza (1:49)
  12. Beast Box (3:48)
  13. Jezebel (4:34)

Credits

  • Noko - guitar, bass guitar, viola, banjo [banjolin], backing vocals, keyboards, programmed by [programs], written-by
  • Howard Devoto - lyrics by, vocals, keyboards, programmed by [programs], written-by
  • Jessamy Calkin - lyrics by, written-by
  • Wayne Shanklin - lyrics by, written-by
  • James Gardner - sounds [sound synthesis], music librarian [sound library], effects [enhancement], piano, effects [glissando canon], keyboards [additional], organ, strings, accordion
  • Simon Hoare - drums [additional]
  • Mark Sanderson - bass guitar
  • Lucy Gilmour - cello

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