Press Color

Press Color
Studio album by Lizzy Mercier Descloux
Released 1979
Recorded 1979
Studio Blank Tapes Studios NYC
Genre Mutant disco, no wave, post-punk
Label ZE Records
Producer Michel Esteban
Lizzy Mercier Descloux chronology
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Uncut[1]
Allmusic[2]

Press Color is the debut album of French no wave singer, Lizzy Mercier Descloux.The album has received some critical acclaim, being called "the real thing" by Uncut magazine.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Lizzy Mercier Descloux unless otherwise noted.

Original release

Side One

  1. "Jim on the Move" (Lalo Schifrin) 2:29
  2. "Aya Mood 3.5" 2:50
  3. "Torso Corso" 1:48
  4. "Wawa" 2:18

Side Two

  1. "Fire" (Arthur Brown) 5:11
  2. "Mission Impossible" (Schifrin) 2:35
  3. "No Golden Throat" 2:38
  4. "Tumor" (Eddie Cooley, John Davenport) 2:57

2003 reissue track listing

  1. "Fire" (Brown) 5:11
  2. "Torso Corso" 1:48
  3. "Mission Impossible" (Schifrin) 2:35
  4. "No Golden Throat" 2:38
  5. "Jim on the Move" (Schifrin) 2:29
  6. "Wawa" 2:18
  7. "Tumour" (Cooley, Davenport) 2:57
  8. "Aya Mood" 2:50
  9. "Mission Impossible 2.0" (Schifrin) 2:20
  10. "Rosa Vertov" (Descloux, D.J. Barnes) 1:43
  11. "Decryptated" (Descloux, Barnes) 1:20
  12. "Herpes Simplex" (Descloux, Barnes) 2:03
  13. "Lacrosse Baron Bic"(Descloux, Barnes) 1:36
  14. "Tso Xin Yu Xin" (Descloux, Barnes) 1:20
  15. "Nina Con Un Tercer Ojo" (Descloux, Barnes) 0:58
  16. "Birdy Num-num" 3:32
  17. "Hard Boiled Babe" 4:28
  18. "Morning High" (Rimbaud /Descloux, Patti Smith) 3:04
  • Tracks 10-15 are originally from the Rosa Yemen EP.
  • Tracks 16-18 are previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Personnel

Musicians

  • Lizzy Mercier Descloux - lead vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
  • D.J. Barnes - guitar, bass, percussion, backing vocals
  • Erik Elliasson - guitar, bass, keyboards, drums on "Wawa"
  • Jimmy Young - drums, percussion

Guest on "Fire"

  • Jack Cavari - Guitars
  • Ken Smith - Bass
  • Bud Maltin - Saxophone
  • Chris Wiltshire, Mary-Jo Kaplan, Ramona Brooks - Backing Vocals
  • Victoria - Percussion
  • Allen Wentz - Synthesizer, Sequenzer

Guest on "Mission Impossible"

  • Allen Wentz - Synthesizer, Sequenzer

Guest on "Tumour"

  • John Rome - Guitars & Backing Vocals

Recorded by Bob Blank & Joe Arlotta at Blank Tapes Studio NYC February 1979
Arranged, Producer & Mixed by Banes, Elliasson, Mercier Descloux
Except "Fire" Mixed by Tom Savarese
Executive Producer Michel Esteban

Sound

Original Sound Recording Made by ZE Records © 1978/1979/1980/2003 Executive Producer Michel Esteban This Selection by Lizzy Mercier Descloux & Michel Esteban Producer Michel Esteban p & © 2009 ZE Records Mundo Ltda

Design

Art Cover Design by Michel Esteban Photos Credits : Front Cover 12 by Seth Tillet Booklet Pages 2,8,912,12 by Seth Tillet • Page 5 by Edo • Pages 6 & 14 by Michel Esteban • Page 14 : Patti Smith & Lizzy as Isabelle & Arthur Rimbaud Inspiration : Malevitch « Croix Noire » 1920 • Joseph Beuys « Gesundheitshotel » 1979 • Yves Klein « Monochrome Bleu » 1980

References

  1. ↑ Uncut review
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ "Music Reviews". Uncut.co.uk. 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
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