Night Time
©E'G. UK, 1985.
‟Though 1983's essential Fire Dances and its follow-up singles ("Me or You?", "A New Day") showed the band already moving into a more melodic version of its unique, dark post-punk sound, Night Time is where the band truly went for the gold, both figuratively and literally, reaching their commercial and arguably creative peak with this fan-dividing release. Adding more synths, new wave, goth rock, and dance textures into the mix than before, much to the dismay of some of their longtime fans, the fifth and arguably final great album by the band is definitely a major highlight in their discography and comes highly recommended to post-punk and '80s goth rock fans.
While the songs here certainly are more radio-friendly, the hauntingly amazing "Love Like Blood" even cracked the top 20 in the U.K., they don't lack any of the things that made the band great on previous albums and the overall "heaviness" of the band's sound remains mostly untouched. Geordie's inventive guitar work is just as cool as always (see "Tabazan" and the title track for beginners), Jaz Coleman's voice is better than ever and the tight rhythm section of bassist Paul Raven and drummer Paul Ferguson keeps the repetitive groove bouncing along effortlessly the entire length of the album. Besides the aforementioned "Love Like Blood", other singles include the broodingly sinister "Darkness Before Dawn", and fairly straightforward rockers "Kings and Queens" and "Eighties", whose riff was ripped-off by Kurt Cobain for Nirvana's "Come As You Are". Don't let the release date scare you away, this one's a keeper.‟
While the songs here certainly are more radio-friendly, the hauntingly amazing "Love Like Blood" even cracked the top 20 in the U.K., they don't lack any of the things that made the band great on previous albums and the overall "heaviness" of the band's sound remains mostly untouched. Geordie's inventive guitar work is just as cool as always (see "Tabazan" and the title track for beginners), Jaz Coleman's voice is better than ever and the tight rhythm section of bassist Paul Raven and drummer Paul Ferguson keeps the repetitive groove bouncing along effortlessly the entire length of the album. Besides the aforementioned "Love Like Blood", other singles include the broodingly sinister "Darkness Before Dawn", and fairly straightforward rockers "Kings and Queens" and "Eighties", whose riff was ripped-off by Kurt Cobain for Nirvana's "Come As You Are". Don't let the release date scare you away, this one's a keeper.‟
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