Songs to Remember

by Scritti Politti

Songs to Remember cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 September 1982
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 43:27
  • Community rating: 3.32/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Michael McEvoy, Niall Jinks, Mae McKenna, Jamie Talbot, Joe Cang, Jackie Challenor, Adam Kidron, Green Gartside, Robert Wyatt, Tom Morley, Mgotse Mothie, Lorenza Johnson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking Green Gartside's radical shift from abrasive DIY post-punk toward polished, soul-inflected pop, 'Songs to Remember' pairs Marxist philosophy with immaculate, radio-friendly hooks. The project subverted mainstream pop conventions by injecting dense academic theory into deeply accessible, melodic structures.

Genres

Descriptors: political, socialism, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Asylums In Jerusalem (3:12)
  2. A Slow Soul (3:15)
  3. Jacques Derrida (4:58)
  4. Lions After Slumber (6:08)
  5. Faithless (4:13)
  6. Sex (4:20)
  7. Rock-A-Boy Blue (5:49)
  8. Gettin' Havin' & Holdin' (5:16)
  9. The Sweetest Girl (6:16)

Credits

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