Degenerates

by The Passage

Degenerates cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 June 1982
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:01
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Passage's 'Degenerates' merges synthpop minimalism with post-punk rhythms and deadpan vocals. The album's quirky mechanical textures address urban anxiety with rhythmic drive. It captured the band's distinctive voice within the early 1980s Manchester scene.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, lgbtq, electronic, DIY, retro, synthesizers, guitars, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. XOYO (3:56)
  2. Fleck (3:25)
  3. Revelation (5:12)
  4. Love Is As (4:38)
  5. Born Every Minute (5:33)
  6. (Ourselves) (4:31)
  7. Go To Seed (4:22)
  8. Armour (4:47)
  9. Time Will Tell (5:49)
  10. Empty Words (4:48)

Credits

  • Jeremy Greenwood - artwork
  • Dick Witts - music by, text by, arranged by [treatments], performer [the passage is]
  • Andy Wilson - performer [the passage is]
  • Paul Mahoney - performer [the passage is]

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