Description
Songs for a Nervous World is an album by the British alternative pop duo The Technos (Bev Sage and Steve Fairnie), released on Refuge Records in 1988, distributed by Spectra Distribution. The album was recorded by Doug Oberkirker at Grand Slam Studios in West Orange, New Jersey; with Joey Powers producing. Featuring “War: One Voice” written by Paul Field.
The first two tracks, “Friends & Frontiers” and “Dare To Dance”, are re-recordings of two older Technos songs (entitled “European Soldier” and “On the Boards”) featured on the multi-artist sampler Sticky Music Sneak Preview, a cassette-only effort released in the UK on Sticky Music in 1986. (“Dare To Dance”/”On the Boards” actually first appeared as “Mechanical Ballet” on the Casualtease album by The Techno Orchestra, released in the UK on Street Tunes in 1982.)
Songs for a Nervous World was Steve and Bev’s last album. They were not happy with the finished product and decided not to put out any more material that they both didn’t believe in.
LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “Friends & Frontiers” – 4:03
A2. “Dare To Dance” – 3:46
A3. “Share Food Like The Bees” – 3:27
A4. “Beat The Wings” – 3:38
A5. “Mechanical Ballet” – 4:22
Side Two
B1. “Half A Story” – 3:38
B2. “War: One Voice” – 4:19
B3. “Pioneer’s Song” – 4:27
B4. “Walk Into The Light” – 4:26
B5. “What You Believe” – 3:30
Note: Simultaneously released on 12-inch vinyl LP and CD by Refuge Records.
CREDITS. Produced by Joey Powers. Arranged by George Small. Engineered by Doug Oberkirker with assistance from Dan Rudin. Recorded at Grand Slam Studios, W. Orange, NJ. Album Cover Art: Canvas Chair/Photographs: David Rose. All songs written by Sage and Fairnie, except track A2 co-written with Hughes, track A3, A5, and B3 co-written with Hewson, track A4 and B4 co-written with Pope, B1 co-written by Fairnie and Rowles, and track B3 written by Paul Field.
Musicians: George Small (Keyboards), Cydell Carter (Saxophone), Ronnie Drayton (Guitar), David Prater (Drums). Backing Vocals: Bev Sage, Carolyn Nieto, Cynthia Rizas, Martin Bass, Steve Fairnie.
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