Slow Crimes

by The Work

Slow Crimes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Recommended Records
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:30
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Bill Gilonis, Catherine Jauniaux, Rick Wilson, Mick Hobbs

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Former Henry Cow members Chris Cutler and Tim Hodgkinson joined guitarist Bill Gilonis and bassist Geoff Leigh for The Work's 'Slow Crimes'. The album merges post-punk drive with avant-prog complexity and noisy improvisation. Recommended Records release highlighted intersections between rock experimentalism and the avant-garde tradition.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, dissonant, avant-garde, experimental, rhythmic, political, guitars, saxophone, complex

Tracklist

  1. Nearly Empty (2:55)
  2. Balance (2:10)
  3. Pop (4:42)
  4. Flies (2:22)
  5. Like This (2:53)
  6. Knives (3:27)
  7. Cain & Abel (4:11)
  8. State Room (3:24)
  9. Brickyard (4:37)
  10. Do It (2:18)
  11. Le Travail (3:34)
  12. Maggot Song (2:57)

Credits

  • Bill Gilonis - bass, euphonium, jew's harp, guitar, vocals
  • Mick Hobbs - bass, cover, drums, guitar, tape, ukulele, vocals
  • Rick Wilson - bass, drums, vocals
  • Bob Van De Breuve - featuring
  • Chris Cutler - featuring
  • Lepke Buchvalter - featuring
  • Tim Hodgkinson - guitar [hawaiian], saxophone, keyboards, vocals
  • Porky - lacquer cut by

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