A band that mixed the stark, stern pulse of Joy Division with a Stranglers-styled gut punch, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry’s discography has experienced an embarrassment of riches since about 2002, with one excellent compilation after another appearing. This three-disc set is another winner, and while it’s fatter than most other sets and ignores the band’s later years on RCA, the contents are still quite desirable.
Disc one features the band’s 1985 album Talk About the Weather while disc two features 1986’s Paint Your Wagon, both discs rounded out by singles and B-sides. Disc three includes the band’s sessions for BBC radio from 1983-1984, plus the physical release comes with a booklet filled with essays and reproductions of artwork…
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…from 7″s and 12″s. There are better intros, and the band’s later output should be heard as well, but the bang for the buck here just can’t be beat.
CD1: Talk About the Weather (Plus Singles and B-Sides)
1. Talk About The Weather [03:57]
2. Hand On Heart [03:39]
3. Feel A Piece [02:33]
4. Hollow Eyes [03:30]
5. This Today [03:13]
6. Sometimes [02:53]
7. Strange Dream [03:06]
8. Happy [03:15]
9. Beating My Head [1982 Beating My Head EP][03:14]
10. I’m Still Waiting [1982 Beating My Head EP[03:54]
11. Take It All [1983 Take It All EP][02:47]
12. Happy (Single Version) [1983 Take It All EP][03:30]
13. He’s Read [1983 He’s Read EP] [02:50]
14. See The Fire [1983 He’s Read EP][02:24]
15. Monkeys On Juice [1984 Monkeys On Juice EP][03:04]
16. Push [1984 Monkeys On Juice EP][02:53]
17. Silence [1984 Monkeys On Juice EP][02:21]
18. Hollow Eyes (12″ Version) [1984 Hollow Eyes EP][03:34]
19. Russia [1984 Hollow Eyes EP] [03:02]
CD2: Paint Your Wagon (Plus Singles and B-Sides)
1. Walking On Your Hands [02:32]
2. Jipp [02:50]
3. Last Train [02:10]
4. Head All Fire [02:28]
5. Mescal Dance [02:33]
6. Shout At The Sky [02:56]
7. Which Side [01:58]
8. Tear Me Up [02:21]
9. Save My Soul [02:36]
10. Blitz [03:39]
11. Paint Your Wagon [1986 LP Bonus 7″][02:30]
12. More Jipp [1986 LP Bonus 7″] [02:49]
13. Chance [1985 Chance EP] [05:11]
14. Generation [1985 Chance EP] [02:58]
15. Spinning Round [1985 Spinning Round EP][02:42]
16. Hold Yourself Down [1985 Spinning Round EP][02:45]
17. Jipp (Instrumental Mix) [1986 Walking On Your Hands EP][02:50]
18. Cut Down [1986 Cut Down EP] [03:39]
20. Pushed Me [1986 Cut Down EP] [02:09]
21. Crawling Mantra [1987 Crawling Mantra EP][02:32]
22. Hang Man [1987 Crawling Mantra EP][03:06]
23. All The Same [1987 Crawling Mantra EP][02:46]
CD3: BBC Sessions 1983-1984
1. Sometimes (Peel Session 13 January 1983)[02:50]
2. Happy (Peel Session 13 January 1983)[03:45]
3. Silence (Peel Session 13 January 1983)[02:18]
4. Conscious Decision (Peel Session 13 January 1983)[02:55]
5. See The Fire (Peel Session 16 November 1983)[02:15]
6. Strange Dream (Peel Session 16 November 1983)[03:09]
7. Monkeys On Juice (Peel Session 16 November 1983)[02:57]
8. Feel A Piece (Long Session 27 September 1984)[02:28]
9. Hand On Heart (Long Session 27 September 1984)[03:38]
10. Sometimes (Long Session 27 September 1984)[02:49]
11. This Today (Long Session 27 September 1984)[03:11]