Description
Reassembly is a studio album by the British alternative pop band Talking Drums, released on Sticky Music in 1985. (The band also released a cassette-only album on Sticky Music in 1982 entitled Fighting to the Finish, plus an album entitled Demos. The band as well released a few vinyl singles.)
Before there was Lies Damned Lies, there was this tiny band Talking Drums out of Glasgow that was on a small label named Sticky Music. This is one of the best New Wave/Synth Rock/Electronic bands that never got signed by a big label or hit on Top of the Pops. «Cry A Lot» is an amazing mid-tempo groove with a nice Edge-ish guitar solo. «Much Too Much» got a nice anglo-funk kick. «Pretend A Stranger» was a single (b/w «Sweet July») and got some radio play around ’85 – ’86. Lovely intertwining vocals from Carol and Dot and a nagging synth bass riff. One of the few truly honest pop songs about one night stands – instead of the usual “let’s make love ’til dawn, baybeigh…” there’s this yawning self-doubt and questioning. And the rest is just top-notch great tunes.
– How would you describe the Steve Fairnie artwork you used, and what qualities made it fit your music?
– Actually we’ve just decided to issue that album ‘Reassembly’ on CD for the first time. Steve did the design for the album and the single with some other bloke. It was very graphicy and a bit downbeat – which I think we weren’t sure of at the time (we imagined more glamour), but I think they got it right – and was part of the reason Radio One took the single so seriously – I think I’m right in saying that it was playlisted for 4/5 weeks, while we tried desperately (and failed) to get it into the shops. [http://fairnie.net/interviews/steve-butler/]
> Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/reassembly/1617428124)
LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “Pretend A Stranger”
A2. “I Do Not Fret”
A3. “You Do Cry A Lot”
A4. “Reassembly Of The Heart”
A5. “What Do You Want?”
Side Two
B1. “Tell Me”
B2. “Much Too Much”
B3. “Sweet July”
B4. “Grown-Up Children”
B5. “Innocent Love”
Note: “Pretend A Stranger” was releases as a single by Sticky Music, both as a 7-inch (featuring “Sweet July” as the B-side) and a 12-inch version and featuring quite the same album cover art (the 7-inch cover art uses the color red found on the LP sleeve while the 12-inch cover uses orange).
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