Alan Renwick
@alrenwick
Musak. Fitba. Meeja. Bristolian, from 🏴
They always seemed to be slightly behind the curve in the era of music weeklies’ micro-measurement of trends. But this is a magnificent record. They should have told Reg to keep his prog cover art in the bin🫤. #5debutalbumsSF3
Now seems universal and iconic. In 1979 it felt like the few people I knew who had this album had passed through a hidden door into a new form of beauty. #5debutalbumsSF3
One of the most perfect albums ever made? 13 extraordinary tracks, a unique worldview, huge variety in sound and feel but it all hangs together #5debutalbumsSF3
This really did come from somewhere different. 1980 was teeming with great bands, but the Furs were stranger and cooler that the rest. Imitation of Christ and Blacks/Radio at the top of the list. #5debutalbumsSF3
I’m not the only one who can truly say that music changed my life. I was a nerdy wee boy, obsessed with sortable things like dinosaurs and coin collecting. During 1978 my obsession swivelled to music and this album, released 2 days before my 12th birthday, was at the heart of it. #5debutalbumssf3
The seeds of Sulk’s theatricality are planted, but in a more mainstream (though still wildly innovative) new wave soundscape. A single cheapo sesh somehow coughed up two works of genius in this and Seventeen Seconds #5debutalbumsSF3
A debut album that’s basically a greatest hits set with an ace piano piece as coda #5debutalbums9599
An astonishing mix of noise and beauty, and his greatest work IMHO #5debutalbums9599
Stuck in development hell for 6 years, thus qualifying for #5debutalbums9599 The ultimate Bristol album
Well this is going to be difficult! First thoughts on #5debutalbums9599 contenders:
Without saying your age, post your favourite film that was released the year you turned 18
#5debutalbums1519 Say LouLou - Lucid Dreaming A peak for dreampop with a darker edge
#5debutalbums1519 Starless - Starless Can’t believe it’s a decade since Paul McGeechan got this amazing project off the ground. So may amazing things have flowed from it
#5debutalbums0509 Gothic colossus, approaching a concept album? Danger Mouse a genius
Post an album that was important to you when you were 11. A portal to a new world
One of my favourite albums of all time, so must be a contender for #5debutalbums0509