Closer To The Edits
The Art Of Noise - Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noise? [206 492 DEU 1985 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]
The shy musical trio of Dudley, Langan, Jeczalik were able to hide behind the pestiferous persona of Mancunian NME scribe Paul Morley and the bespectacled 'buggle'ish' Trevor Horn for a few years as part of the ZTT empire. Their early ZTT works should always be regarded as among the most important electronic music releases of all-time. Who's Afraid Of? was their first album, originally released on ZTT in the UK in 1984 - my copy is a 1985 German Sonopress reissue and despite its age, it ripped really rather well.
These Kings (& Queen) of the Fairlight eventually became sick of Morley's inane wank-speak and jumped the ZTT ship for Chrysalis Records offshoot China Records where they then had some of their biggest pop chart hits.
For me, it will always be those three fabulous ZTT singles, Beat Box, Close (To The Edit) and the immortal Moments In Love, all of which feature on this record.
Enjoy.
A1 A Time For Fear (Who's Afraid)
A2 Beat Box (Diversion One)
A3 Snapshot
A4 Close (To The Edit)
B1 Who's Afraid (Of The Art Of Noise)
B2 Moments In Love
B3 Memento
B4 How To Kill
B5 Realisation
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ReplyDeleteYes! Thanks for posting. I loved this album so much back in the day (though I'm fairly sure I didn't get it until '85 if not late 84.) Sadly, I had the Island Records version of the cover which graphically is inferior to the other covers. Curious to know about the differences (if any) on the audio end of things between these editions.
ReplyDeletefinally all caught up. thanks a mil for everything you do
ReplyDeleteGreat album, thanks a lot!
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