Y - Pop Group - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

This is the 40th Anniversary Edition of The Pop Group's highly influential and innovative debut album ‘Y’ released in 1979, remastered (from the original tapes). The Pop Group's Y regularly appears in 'Greatest Album' lists - such as Pitchfork’s Greatest Albums of the 70’s where it is listed at #35, The Wire's 100 Most Important Records Ever Made and Uncut Magazine’s 100 Greatest Debut Albums.

The Pop Group went on to release 2 further singles, We Are All Prostitutes and Where There Is A Will (Split single with the Slits) and 1 further studio album For How Much Do We Tolerate Mass Murder, before splitting up in 1981. Mark Stewart from the band embarked on a solo career releasing his pioneering album Learning To Live With Cowardice in 1983. Gareth Sager and Bruce Smith went on to form Rip Rig & Panic alongside Neneh Cherry.

The Pop Group reformed in 2010 to tour and have since released 2 new studio albums. The band will be touring at the end of 2019 and throughout 2020 in support of the album release.

"This is a record of dire necessity, armed for combat against a long litany of ills—none more than typicality." - Pitchfork, Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (#35)

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. Thief of Fire
2. Snowgirl
3. Blood Money
4. Savage Sea
5. We Are Time
6. Words Disobey Me
7. Don't Call Me Pain
8. Boys From Brazil
9. Don't Sell Your Dreams
10. She is Beyond Good and Evil
11. 3:38

Disc 2

1. Kiss the Book
2. Don't Call Me Pain (First Mix)
3. Thief of Fire (Bass Addict)
4. Words Disobey Me (Dennis the Menace Mix)
5. Don't Sell Your Dreams ('A' Mix)
6. Boys From Brazil (Ridge Reels)
7. Savage Sea (Sparse)
8. Snowgirl (Take 3)
9. Blood Money (Slow Thief)
10. We Are Time (Ricochet)

Disc 3

1. Thief of Fire (Live)
2. Snowgirl (Live)
3. Blood Money (Live)
4. Savage Sea (Live)
5. We Are Time (Live)
6. Words Disobey Me (Live)
7. Don't Call Me Pain (Live)
8. Boys From Brazil (Live)
9. Don't Sell Your Dreams (Live)

Label: Mute | Origin: Holland