Description
City Without Love is an album by the British author/poet and singer Steve Turner, independently released in the UK in July 1982. All songs co-written by Steve Turner, Nicholas Nigel Battle (Nick Battle of After The Fire and Writz fame), and famed engineer/producer/songwriter Simon Humphrey.
On the previous review of The Strait Tapes Volume 1, I had mistakenly thought that the Steve Turner track was unreleased. Turns out that it actually was released previously on this album in 1982. I don’t know if this was originally released on tape or vinyl. But this album is now on most streaming and purchasing sites like BandCamp. The cover above is not the original cover – all of the releases from the label that re-issued it that don’t have artwork have the same cover. Anyway, this is quirky alternative music that seems to be a spoken word set to rock music. This is not ambient poetry reading, though. These are full on music tracks with spoken word vocals. I don’t know really much more about this other than this is probably the author, speaker, and poet from Britain as well. [Christian Tape Underground, March 10, 2024]
> Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/city-without-love/1696181960)
Cassette tracklist:
Side One
A1. “I Am”
A2. “Assassin”
A3. “Great to Be Back”
A4. “The Prophet”
A5. “Prison Poem”
Side Two
B1. “I Looked Down”
B2. “Never Talk About Him”
B3. “City Without Love”
B4. “News and Weather”
B5. “Once More with Feeling”
Note: Available at Bandcamp: https://steveturnermusic.bandcamp.com/album/city-without-love
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