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Colossal Youth
Young Marble Giants appeared on the British music scene in the early 80s, releasing one perfect album and a handful of tracks. All those songs, as well as album demos, are collected here for the first time. A must-have for fans of The Slits, Pere Ubu, Wire, Suicide, PiL, and the Pop Group. Since 1980, YMG have influenced countless bands as disparate as Belle & Sebastian and Hole (both of whom have covered the group's songs). This deluxe 3xCD package is the definitive collection and includes liner notes from Simon Reynolds, a bonus disc of an unreleased John Peel Session, and a 32-page booklet of unpublished photos, old gig posters, and other publicity memorabilia. more
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- Posted: Sep-28-2008
Nostalgia
I loved the Collosal Youth album back in the early 80's and to now have this collection is vital. A classic album the music haunts my memories past and present. If music were this beautiful then lot's of the over produced stuff today would be better off. Raw and ripe this music bites and allows...
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- Posted: Sep-06-2008
One of my all time favorite albums
I've been trying to remember when and how I first heard of Young Marble Giants. My best guess is that it was reading one of the 1980s editions of Ira Robbins Trouser Press Guide. I also can't recall if I first discovered it on LP, cassette, or CD. I do know that I flipped over it on the very...
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- Posted: Aug-20-2008
Young Magic Giants
The simplicity of a good and simple fantastic short and to the point song . Less is definitely more at it's origins . I was luky to have been at the time it came out . It opened my mind for the 80's . It put me in track , as Led Zepellin did in 1970 for the 70's , and u2 for the 90's and White...
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- Posted: Jul-16-2008
This is excellent
A certain claustrophobic vibe is here in this whole album, like there is an enormous amount rage just waiting to explode and yet it never does. After listening to enough loud and angry music to make my head explode, this album is a welcome detour.The melodies are amazing and the typewriter...
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- Posted: May-03-2008
Must-have collection from a crucial band
I never write these, I do read alot of them though. I grew up with this band, along with their cousins Weekend and The Gist. I never get tired of listening to their transcendental music. This collection of their music is what a reissue is all about. Read Chris bct's review as he pretty much...
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- Posted: Jan-28-2008
This is what reissues are all about
First off, who is aware of YMG? Definitely an under the radar band even in punk rock. When their album came out in 1980 punx I knew were all into it. It wasn't punk. Still isn't. Yet it somehow is part of modern new rock, post rock, punk rock. Not new wave. It's so minimalist. There's a...
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- Posted: Sep-19-2007
Definitive Version of the Essential Post-Punk Classic.
I have to admit I was completely unfamiliar with this band prior to this reissue and came to it via a recommendation. This is an excellent presentation of the music, as, rather than squeezing all the material on to two CDs as you might expect, we get: Disc 1, the immaculate album: Disc 3, the...
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