Drumming the Beating Heart

Drumming the Beating Heart is the fifth album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1982 by record label Cherry Red.

Drumming the Beating Heart
Studio album by
Released1982 (1982)
StudioWoodbine Street Recording Studios
LabelCherry Red
ProducerJohn A. Rivers
Eyeless in Gaza chronology
Pale Hands I Loved So Well
(1982)
Drumming the Beating Heart
(1982)
Rust Red September
(1983)

Content

Regarding the album's style, AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the Nuneaton duo fashioning their stock sonic components into more immediately accessible, conventional song structures, albeit at the avant end of the pop spectrum".[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
New Musical Expressfavourable[2]
Smash Hitsunfavourable[3]
Trouser Pressfavourable[4]

NME called it "so much better than their previous sluggish experiments not because it’s more “commercial”, but because the endeavour required to redesign their form clarifies and strengthens it."[2]

References

  1. Neate, Wilson. "Drumming the Beating Heart – Eyeless in Gaza | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  2. Hill, Dave (July 31, 1982). "Different Drum". New Musical Express. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  3. Shelley, Jim (September 16, 1982). "[Drumming the Beating Heart review]". Smash Hits. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  4. W., John (January 1983). "[Drumming the Beating Heart review]". Trouser Press. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
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