Virgin Prunes
...If I Die, I Die
Label: Rough Trade (UK)
Catalog#: ROUGH 49
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Greece
Released: 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Goth Rock, Experimental
Tracklist
A1 Ulakanakulot
A2 Decline And Fall
A3 Sweethome Under White Clouds
A4 Bau-Dachong
B1 Baby Turns Blue
B2 Ballad Of The Man
B3 Walls Of Jericho
B4 Caucasian Walk
B5 Theme For Thought
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& only one extra song, Pagan Lovesong , sorry!
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If I Die, I Die is the Virgin Prunes' proper debut album. The first three (of seven) parts of a conceptual work entitled A New Form of Beauty, issued as 7", 10", and 12" singles preceded it in the same calendar year. Produced by Wire's Colin Newman, the album's 14 tracks are the epitome of post-punk adventurism. Here, tribal drums and edgy, spooky, detuned guitars and bouzoukis cross paths and meld with synthesizers and primitive drum machines in an onslaught of off-kilter creativity where everyone from the Fall, PIL, New Order, Siouxsie & the Banshees, and even Bruce Springsteen are called in for reference in a brew that is dangerous, primal, and excessive. Two androgynous frontmen in the foppish Gavin Friday and alluring Guggi create alternate ambiences from warped yet sweet Irish balladry to shrieked poetry. And while the set is messy to be sure, it is far from off-putting. In fact, it is easily the band's most consistent and enduring effort. The albums opens with the haunting, nocturnal minimalism of "Ulakanakulot," an intro with tom toms and drifting keyboards layered carefully in the background, wordless chanted backing vocals and an electric bouzouki courtesy of guitarist Dik. It immediately gives way to its antecedent "Decline and Fall." It's the same tune, only Friday is out in front of it digging deep into the temporality of childhood and what remains of it. Its effect is startling, nocturnal, and tense. In "Sweethome Under White Clouds," the theme is given dimension as Guggi and Friday wail like muzzeins over a reverbed guitar coming from the netherworld
and augmented by a soprano saxophone and a synth bassline. "Pagan Lovesong," the album's proper single, is one of the most angular cuts on the set. Here, the Prunes employ a riff straight out of early Gang of Four, chant their refrains, and swirl the keyboards and drum machines a la Devo yet keep everything so gothic and strange; it's not only compelling, it's infectious. The rest of the album follows suit, with the raucous new wave of "Baby Turns Blue," and the mainstream rockist "Ballad of the Man" that sounds like a wrong-speed outtake, Springsteen's The River and the Mott the Hoople version of "Sweet Jane!" This is a wonderfully confounding and sometimes campy and often disturbing exercise in unfettered creativity that has stood the test of time very well. It is the most necessary Virgin Prunes record of all and captures best what they were capable of when focused. ~
Thom Jurek
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Ulakanakulot/Decline And Fall Lyrics
See the children play by
Running try to touch the sky
When one falls you hear a cry
“You’re dead, you’re dead, you must die”
“Take a dream and fly away” she will call
They will wait for you not I, see me crawl
And sometimes I feel so old
I never smile nor do cry
Shadows flicker from above
“Seeker save your soul” she said
She will fly, she will fly
He will wait far away
A golden key to open the door
Behind which the answer lies
You sinned in dreams
Now awake in deeper, deeper dreams
“Take a dream and fly away” she will call
They won’t wait for you not I,
they will wait for you not I
See me crawl, she will fly far away.
Decline and fall…
Never return…
Die…
Die…
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Ελληνική κυκλοφορία και αυτή στην PolyGram.
Περισσότερο δουλειά του παραγωγού Colin Newman παρά της μπάντας, άργησε να βρει την θέση που του άξιζε, και σήμερα θεωρείται από τα χαμένα αριστουργήματα της περιόδου.
Οι Virgin Prunes [τι όνομα και αυτό] ήταν από την Ιρλανδία.
Στο ριπ άφησα σε ένα track τα Ulakanakulot και Decline And Fall γιατί πάντα τα άκουγα και τα έπαιζα μαζί, άσε που δυσκολεύτηκα σε ποιο σημείο να τα κόψω...
Κάποια ριπς που βρήκα στο νετ, από το CD έχουν λαθάκια.
Για τον Κώστα αυτή η ανάρτηση... έστω και από το παλιοβινύλιο...
VIRGIN PRUNES - IF I DIE, I DIE (40Th ANNIVERSARY EDITION 2022)
Virgin Prunes – …If I Die, I Die
Label: BMG – VP001CDX
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Remastered
Country: UK & Europe
Released: Nov 11, 2022
Genre: Rock
Style: Goth Rock, Experimental
CD 1 ...IF I DIE, I DIE
1-01. Ulakanakulot 2:26
1-02. Decline And Fall 4:49
1-03. Sweethome Under White Clouds 4:43
1-04. Bau-Dachöng 5:50
1-05. Baby Turns Blue 3:39
1-06. Ballad Of The Man 3:28
1-07. Walls Of Jericho 3:08
1-08. Caucasian Walk 4:42
1-09. Theme For Thought (Words By [Uncredited] – Oscar Wilde) 5:46
CD 2 ...IF I DIE, I DIE - RARITIES
2-01. Baby Turns Blue (Colin Newman Remix 2004) (Remix – Colin Newman) 6:00
2-02. Chance Of A Lifetime (UK 12") 2:55
2-03. Yeo (UK 12") 2:15
2-04. The Faculties Of A Broken Heart (What Should We Do If Baby Turns Blue) (UK 12") 5:06
2-05. King Of Junk (Instrumental) (Rough Mix) 2:50
2-06. Ballad Of The Man (Rough Mix) 3:29
2-07. Fado (Rough Mix) 2:09
2-08. Bau-Dachöng (Rough Mix) 5:34
2-09. Theme For Thought (Rough Mix) 6:47
2-10. Pagan Lovesong (Demo) 3:27
2-11. Pagan Lovesong 3:29
2-12. Dave-Id Is Dead 4:18
2-13. Pagan Lovesong (Vibeakimbo) 6:50
Flac Size: 605 MB