Smiling at Grief

by Twelfth Night

Smiling at Grief cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1982
  • Label: Twelfth Night Music
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 41:30
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Andy Revell, Brian Devoil, Rick Battersby, Geoff Mann, Clive Mitten

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally distributed strictly on cassette, this pivotal recording captures the British neo-progressive pioneers during an intense period of stylistic transition. Introducing the highly theatrical frontman Geoff Mann, the band effectively bridged sprawling 1970s progressive rock structures with the raw, nervous energy of post-punk. It laid the critical foundation for the genre's subsequent resurgence in the UK.

Genres

Descriptors: alienation, theatrical, melodic

Tracklist

  1. East Of Eden (3:29)
  2. This City (3:13)
  3. The Honeymoon Is Over (2:35)
  4. Creep Show (10:13)
  5. Puppets (Intro) (1:26)
  6. Puppets (2:50)
  7. Three Dancers (2:54)
  8. Makes No Sense (4:02)
  9. Fur Helene Pt. II (10:48)

Credits

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