Secondhand Daylight

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Secondhand Daylight
Magazine's studio album

Publication
(s)

1979

Label (s) Virgin Records

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Post punk

Title (number)

9

running time

42:33

occupation
  • Drums: John Doyle
  • Keyboard: Dave Formula

production

Colin Thurston

Studio (s)

Good Earth Studios , London

chronology
Real Life
(1978) 		Secondhand Daylight The Correct Use of Soap
(1980)

Secondhand Daylight is the second album by the British post-punk band Magazine .

History of origin

After the lack of commercial success of the single Shot by Both Sides and the album Real Life , the band tried to increase awareness by touring. Drummer Martin Jackson left the band in July and Paul Spencer stepped in for a few concerts in mainland Europe in September and October. In October, John Doyle became Magazine's new drummer. In late October, Give Me Everything was recorded with Tony Wilson as producer and released as the band's third single by Virgin Records in November . Magazine used I Love You, You Big Dummy by Captain Beefheart as the B-side . The single was not marketed by Virgin and the band completed more concerts until December to promote the single.

Devoto intensified the work with Adamson and Formula in the compositions for the album, who were only involved in one track on the debut. In January 1979 the band went back to the studio to record their second album. Devoto originally wanted John Barry as producer and when that proved impossible he suggested Tony Visconti , David Bowie's producer . Ultimately, the album was produced by Colin Thurston, who worked with Visconti as a sound engineer on Bowie's Low and Iggy Pop's The Idiot . The recordings mostly take place in Visconti's Good Earth Studios and were completed in Virgin's mobile studio.

Track list

  1. Feed the Enemy (Devoto / Formula) - 5:46
  2. Rhythm of Cruelty (Devoto / McGeoch / Adamson) - 3:05
  3. Cut-out Shapes (Devoto) - 4:45
  4. Talk to the Body (Devoto / McGeoch) - 3:36
  5. I Wanted Your Heart (Devoto / Formula / Adamson) - 5:05
  6. The Thin Air (Devoto / McGeoch) - 4:08
  7. Back to Nature (Devoto / Formula) - 6:43
  8. Believe That I Understand (Devoto / Adamson) - 4:03
  9. Permafrost (Devoto) - 5:31

An edition remastered in 2007 also includes two singles from the time the album was released:

  1. Give Me Everything (Devoto) - 4:23
  2. I Love You, You Big Dummy ( van Vliet ) - 3:54
  3. Rhythm of Cruelty - Original Single Version (Devoto / McGeoch / Adamson) - 3:03
  4. TV Baby (Devoto / Formula) - 3:48

Record cover

The record cover shows a lithograph by the British illustrator and cartoonist Ian Pollock.

Publication and chart success

The album was released by Virgin Records on March 30, 1979. A tour of the UK in February and March saw the album hit the charts in April. It reached number 38 and lasted eight weeks.

reception

The album was recorded differently. While Nick Kent of the NME judged magazines to be a force to be reckoned with (“Magazines are a force to be reckoned with”), Garry Bushell of Sounds saw the album as a step backwards into the lie of progressive rock (“retreat to the '70ies progressive lie "). Andy Kellmann from Allmusic says: "It lacks the immediate impression of Real Life and The Correct Use of Soap, but it deserves just as much recognition for its irresistible irritability." of Soap, but it deserves just as much recognition for its compellingly sustained petulance. ")

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Secondhand Daylight Magazine. In: allmusic.com. ROVI Corporation, accessed January 29, 2012 .
  2. ^ Secondhand Daylight in the British album charts. In: officialcharts.com. Retrieved November 18, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Liner notes on the remastered version of the 2007 album by Kieron Tyler
  4. ^ Andy Kellmann: Secondhand Daylight Magazine. In: allmusic.com. ROVI Corporation, accessed January 29, 2012 .

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