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Colossal Youth (CD)

By: Young Marble Giants (Artist)

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Young Marble Giants Artist Snapshot:

In stark contrast to the anything-goes, noise-derived post-punk aesthetics that held sway in the early, heady days of Rough Trade Records, the Welsh trio Young Marble Giants were the embodiment of studied minimalism: a Casio keyboard, clean but energetic guitar strums, and Alison Statton's honest and unschooled vocals. Stuart Moxham's songwriting, though low-key, did not prevent him from creating melodically compelling and poetic songs of heartache, anger, remorse, and love. The entire recorded output of this unassuming ensemble was a beautiful album and two memorable EPs, all recorded within the space of about 18 months, but their unique take on pop music was immeasurably influential on the twee indie-pop bands of the 1980s, '90s, and '00s.

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DISC 1 for Colossal Youth (CD) Album By Young Marble Giants (Artist)
1   Searching For Mr Right
2   Include Me Out
3   Taxi, The
4   Eating Noddemix
5   Constantly Changing
6   N.I.T.A.
7   Colossal Youth
8   Music For Evenings
9   Man Amplifier, The
10   Choci Loni
11   Wurlitzer Jukebox
12   Salad Days
13   Credit In the Straight World
14   Brand-New-Life
15   Wind In the Rigging
 
DISC 2 for Colossal Youth (CD) Album By Young Marble Giants (Artist)
1   This Way
2   Posed By Models
3   Clock, The
4   Clicktalk
5   Zebra Trucks
6   Sporting Life
7   Final Day
8   Radio Silents
9   Cakewalking
10   Ode To Booker T
11   Have Your Toupee Ready
12   N.I.T.A.
13   Brand - New - Life
14   Zebra Trucks
15   Choci Loni
16   Wind In the Rigging
17   Man Shares His Meal With His Beast, The
18   Taxi, The
19   Constantly Changing
20   Music For Evenings
21   Credit In the Straight World
22   Eating Noddemix
23   Ode To Booker T
24   Radio Silents
25   Hayman
26   Loop the Loop
 
DISC 3 for Colossal Youth (CD) Album By Young Marble Giants (Artist)
1   Searching For Mr Right
2   Brand - New - Life
3   Final Day
4   N.I.T.A.
5   Posed By Models
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Their one album, COLOSSAL YOUTH, was a hit in the U.K. post-punk scene of the 1980s, but its cult has just kept growing over the years."
Spin (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[C]oolly minimal and warmly human, all understated guitar and bass lines, chintzy organ riffs, and cheap-drum-machine click tracks.."

Title Note

British trio Young Marble Giants were the Raymond Carver of the post-punk era. While the band's lone album, 1980's COLOSSAL YOUTH, incorporated the influences of punk, dub, and funk as per the spirit of the times, these sounds were filtered through a homespun, minimalist sensibility. Recorded dry, with no reverb or other effects, the scratchy guitar, bobbing bass, and thrift-store organ are transmuted into a striking modernist tableaux, with Alison Statton's appropriately affectless voice floating above. COLOSSAL YOUTH prefigured post-rock by some 15 years, but this generous repackaging appending EP and single cuts as well as early recordings and live material is a testament to their lasting influence.

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