Early

by A Certain Ratio

Early cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 April 2002
  • Label: Soul Jazz
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:42:48
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Tony Wilson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A vital Soul Jazz Records retrospective documenting the intensely rhythmic, industrial-funk origins of the seminal Factory Records post-punk ensemble. Highlighting their sharp, early 1980s recordings produced by Martin Hannett, the compilation showcases their unparalleled ability to fuse bleak Northern English post-punk with Latin batucada and New York disco. It remains an essential cornerstone of the Manchester alternative dance lineage.

Genres

Descriptors: funky, dance, experimental, avant-garde, compilation

Tracklist

  1. Do The Du (2:54)
  2. Flight (6:04)
  3. Waterline (4:09)
  4. Shack Up (3:16)
  5. The Fox (3:49)
  6. Blown Away (3:12)
  7. Gum (3:00)
  8. Life's A Scream (6:36)
  9. Skipscada (2:11)
  10. Knife Slits Water (7:34)
  11. Sounds Like Something Dirty (7:10)
  12. Touch (5:03)
  13. Saturn (3:50)
  14. All Night Party (3:37)
  15. Faceless (2:22)
  16. Do The Du (2:54)
  17. All Night Party (3:37)
  18. Flight (6:04)
  19. Choir (2:57)
  20. Skipscada (2:11)
  21. Felch (Original NYC Mix)
  22. Abracadubra (3:33)
  23. Tumba Rhumba
  24. Si Fermir O Grido (3:22)
  25. Tribeca (6:05)

Credits

  • A Certain Ratio - primary artist
  • Adrian Self - compiled by
  • Stuart Baker - compiled by
  • Michael Shamberg - film director

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