Waiting for a Miracle

by The Comsat Angels

Waiting for a Miracle cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 September 1980
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:16
  • Community rating: 3.87/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Andy Peake, Mik Glaisher, Kevin Bacon, Steve Fellows

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A remarkably focused and intensely brooding debut, The Comsat Angels crafted a definitive post-punk classic built entirely around sparse, cavernous basslines and crystalline guitars. 'Waiting for a Miracle' is a deeply introspective, highly rhythmic, and intensely anxious examination of modern existential dread, drenched in remarkably cold, nocturnal paranoia.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, existential, atmospheric, melodic, synthesizers, guitars, spacious

Tracklist

  1. Missing In Action (4:01)
  2. 'Baby' (2:57)
  3. Independence Day (3:46)
  4. Waiting For A Miracle (2:56)
  5. Total War (3:47)
  6. On The Beach (3:40)
  7. Monkey Pilot (4:23)
  8. Real Story (3:44)
  9. Map Of The World (3:49)
  10. Postcard (4:08)

Credits

  • The Comsat Angels - primary artist, design, producer, songwriter
  • Alwyn Clayden - art direction, design
  • Kevin Bacon - bass guitar
  • Mik Glaisher - drums
  • Steve Fellows - guitar, vocals
  • Andy Peake - keyboards, vocals
  • Tony Bridge - lacquer cut by
  • Frank Silver - management [for swingbest ltd.]
  • Martyn Goddard - photography by
  • Peter Wilson - producer

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