Danger Came Smiling
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Danger Came Smiling was the final LP
released by Manchester
post-punk
group Ludus
. It was first issued by New Hormones
in September 1982.
The album stands apart in the band's discography, being a lot more experimental, improvisational and intentionally less accessible than their other work. It consists of eighteen mostly short tracks. Instead of conventional lyrics, singer Linder Sterling
provides a selection of cries, yells, laughter and spoken interludes (including diary records of Reichian therapy
), and one very short track sung a capella. The music seems to be deliberately kicking against the slick pop that dominated charts at the time. The LP has been described by guitarist Ian Devine as a therapeutic exercise, and by Linder as a "personal exorcism".
Currently, Danger Came Smiling is available on CD as a double-issue with the Ludus' 1981 EP
Pickpocket
. The compilation, Pickpocket/Danger Came Smiling, is available from the label Les Temps Modernes.
Gramophone record
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released by Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
group Ludus
Ludus
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. It was first issued by New Hormones
New Hormones
New Hormones was an independent record label founded by The Buzzcocks and manager Richard Boon. It was the first independent punk label in the U.K.-Beginnings:...
in September 1982.
The album stands apart in the band's discography, being a lot more experimental, improvisational and intentionally less accessible than their other work. It consists of eighteen mostly short tracks. Instead of conventional lyrics, singer Linder Sterling
Linder Sterling
Linder Sterling is a visual artist, performance artist and musician from Liverpool, England. She spent her teen years in Manchester. She also uses the single name "Linder".-Early life:...
provides a selection of cries, yells, laughter and spoken interludes (including diary records of Reichian therapy
Reichian therapy
Reichian therapy can refer to several schools of thought and theraputic techniques whose common touchstone is their origins in the work of psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich...
), and one very short track sung a capella. The music seems to be deliberately kicking against the slick pop that dominated charts at the time. The LP has been described by guitarist Ian Devine as a therapeutic exercise, and by Linder as a "personal exorcism".
Track listing
- Foaming at the Bit
- Howling Comique
- You Open My Legs Like a Book
- Flogging Cully
- Mememoremee
- Invasion of Compulsory Sex-Morality
- I Stabbed at the Sheep
- Mistresspiece
- Bloody Chamber
- Would You Rather Dancing Be?
- Wonder-Wounded
- Savasana
- Bitch Party
- Modju
- Palace of Thieves
- Redress
- Crinkum-Crankum
- Centuries
Currently, Danger Came Smiling is available on CD as a double-issue with the Ludus' 1981 EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Pickpocket
Pickpocket (album)
Pickpocket was a six-track cassette tape by Manchester post-punk band Ludus, released by New Hormones in 1981. It came packaged with a limited-edition booklet and badge....
. The compilation, Pickpocket/Danger Came Smiling, is available from the label Les Temps Modernes.