5013929102989

Where The Light Shines Through: 1981-2017

Sad Lovers And Giants

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Format: 5CD

Cat No: CRCDMBOX29

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Release Date:  06 September 2019

Label:  Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  5

Barcode:  5013929102989

Genres:  Rock  

  • Description

    • Formed in 1980, Watford band Sad Lovers & Giants carved a unique furrow through the 1980s independent music scene, creating music which was haunting, atmospheric, melodic and evocative and which somehow straddled post-punk, synth pop, psychedelia and indie.

    • Compiled, designed and curated by the band, WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH is the first comprehensive anthology of the band’s recordings.

    • After singles on their own Last Movement label, they signed to Midnight Music, issuing two albums - Epic Garden Music (1982) and Feeding The Flame (1983) – before splitting. This period also witnessed a John Peel session and a live concert for Dutch Radio Hilversum (subsequently issued as Total Sound in 1986). All of these recordings appear here.

    • Sad Lovers & Giants returned with a revitalised line-up in 1987 – still fronted by ever-present vocalist Garce (Simon) Allard. New albums followed - The Mirror Test (1987), Headland (1990) and Treehouse Poetry (1991) - as the band found new audiences in the Netherlands, Spain and France.

    • When Midnight Music dissolved, so too did the band. But Sad Lovers & Giants reunited in the noughties, playing to loyal fans and recording a new album, Melting In The Fullness Of Time. Since then, Sad Lovers & Giants have stayed active, culminating in a short tour of North America in spring 2016, during which they were invited to showcase at the prestigious SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.

    • WHERE THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH spans the band’s entire career, with every recording of note, sleeve-notes by Garce and design by ex-member Simon Blanchard.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. IMAGINATION
      • 2. WHEN I SEE YOU
      • 3. A LANDSLIDE
      • 4. COLOURLESS DREAM
      • 5. THINGS WE NEVER DID
      • 6. LOST IN A MOMENT
      • 7. THE TIGHTROPE TOUCH
      • 8. MAN OF STRAW (7â€Â� Version)
      • 9. SEVEN KINDS OF SIN
      • 10. WHITE RUSSIANS
      • 11. THE BEST FILM HE EVER MADE
      • 12. HIMALAYA
      • 13. HAPPINESS IS FRAGILE
      • 14. ALICE ISN'T PLAYING
      • 15. BEAUTY IS TRUTH
      • 16. BIBLICAL CROWS
      • 17. LIKE THIEVES

      Disc 2

      • 1. ECHOPLAY
      • 2. CLOCKTOWER LODGE
      • 3. CLINT
      • 4. LOPE
      • 5. CLOUD 9
      • 6. ART (BY ME)
      • 7. ALICE ISN'T PLAYING
      • 8. FAR FROM THE SEA
      • 9. COWBOYS
      • 10. BIG TRACKS LITTLE TRACKS
      • 11. AN ANOTHER DAY
      • 12. SLEEP (IS FOR EVERYONE)
      • 13. VENDETTA
      • 14. CLOSE TO THE SEA
      • 15. STRANGE ORCHARD
      • 16. BURNING BEACHES
      • 17. YOUR SKIN & MINE
      • 18. IN FLUX

      Disc 3

      • 1. TAKE SEVEN
      • 2. SEVEN KINDS OF SIN
      • 3. THE GREEN YEARS
      • 4. CUCKOOLAND
      • 5. A MAP OF MY WORLD
      • 6. RETURN TO CLOCKTOWER LODGE
      • 7. WIRE LAWN
      • 8. THE OUTSIDER
      • 9. LIFE UNDER GLASS
      • 10. SUMMER & SMOKE
      • 11. HOUSE OF CLOUDS
      • 12. GODLESS SOUL
      • 13. LIKE THIEVES
      • 14. ONE MAN’S HELL
      • 15. RESTLESS
      • 16. ALASKA

      Disc 4

      • 1. IT’S SNOWING
      • 2. MY HEART’S ON FIRE
      • 3. TOY PLANES (IN A SOUTHERN SKY)
      • 4. LIZARD KING
      • 5. PARACHUTE OF LOVE
      • 6. CHRISTMAS ON EASTER ISLAND
      • 7. CRIMINALLY SANE
      • 8. JUNGLE OF LIES
      • 9. THE SKY IS A GLOVE
      • 10. A DAUGHTER
      • 11. GERMAN CARS
      • 12. SUBMARINE GIRL
      • 13. I’M NOT IN LOVE
      • 14. LEARN
      • 15. MELTING IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME
      • 16. RED SKY
      • 17. BLACK CROW

      Disc 5

      • 1. 50 50
      • 2. THE CHANGE
      • 3. TAKE ME INSIDE
      • 4. INTERLUDE
      • 5. ECHOPLAY
      • 6. A LANDSLIDE
      • 7. SEX WITHOUT GRAVITY (John Peel Session)
      • 8. THERE WAS NO TIME (John Peel Session)
      • 9. CLINT (John Peel Session)
      • 10. ALICE ISN’T PLAYING (John Peel Session)
      • 11. 3 LINES
      • 12. A REFLECTED DREAM
      • 13. STILL RESTLESS
      • 14. ECHOPLAY
      • 15. THINGS WE NEVER DID
      • 16. SLEEP (IS FOR EVERYONE)
      • 17. A LANDSLIDE
      • 18. COWBOYS
      • 19. MAN OF STRAW
      • 20. IMAGINATION
      • 21. THINGS WE NEVER DID (2016 Remix)