Postpunk Chronicles: Scared to Dance

by Various Artists

Postpunk Chronicles: Scared to Dance cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: January 1999
  • Label: Rhino
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:03
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Part of Rhino's Postpunk Chronicles series, 'Scared to Dance' surveys the nervy guitar music that followed punk in Britain and America. Its selections trace the shift from punk's abrasion toward dance rhythms, angular funk and early new wave pop.

Genres

Descriptors: jangly, guitars, compilation, retro, underground

Tracklist

  1. Do It Clean (2:46)
  2. Duchess (2:32)
  3. (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (4:12)
  4. Life In A Day (4:07)
  5. The Light Pours Out Of Me (4:39)
  6. Hiroshima Mon Amour (5:15)
  7. Enola Gay (3:35)
  8. New Values (2:40)
  9. Ressurection Joe (4:17)
  10. We Are Time (6:32)
  11. Incubus (Blue Suit) (3:51)
  12. Visions Of China (3:39)
  13. Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag (3:41)
  14. Hungry, So Angry (3:58)
  15. Change (4:00)
  16. Scared To Dance (3:19)

Credits

  • John Seabury - illustration [cover illustration]
  • Cedipus & Bill Inglot - other [special thanks]
  • Daniel Goldmark - research [editorial research]
  • Steve Woolard - research [research assistance]
  • Julee Stover - supervised by [editorial supervision]
  • Patrick Milligan - supervised by [project supervision]

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