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The Affectionate Punch

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The Affectionate Punch is the debut studio album by the Scottish post-punk and new wave band the Associates. It was released on 1 August 1980 on the Fiction label.

The song title "Even Dogs in the Wild" became the title of a novel by Scottish mystery writer Ian Rankin, and the song figured briefly in the story.

Release

The Affectionate Punch was released on 1 August 1980. Michael Dempsey and John Murphy featured in promotional shots and the accompanying tour but did not perform on the record.[4]Alan Rankine recalls that the whole album was recorded with only himself, Billy Mackenzie and a session drummer: "it was great fun. We just never stopped and the ideas just came and came and came."[5]

"The Affectionate Punch" and "A" were released as singles to little commercial success.

The cover of the album features Alan Rankine (in the starting position) and Billy MacKenzie (standing) on the running track of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in the White City district of West London.[4]

Critical reception

Upon its release, The Affectionate Punch was declared "a kind of masterpiece" by Paul Morley of the NME, who described it as "a passionate cabaret soul music, a fulfillment of the European white dance music [David] Bowie was flirting with back then."[3]

Retrospective reviews have also been favourable, with BBC Music reviewer Chris Jones writing, "Few bands today would dare to be so audacious".[13]

Remix and reworkings

The album was remixed and re-released in 1982 by order of the Associates' new record company Warner Bros. The remixed record retained all the old tracks but was given typical '80s production values such as new synthesizers as well as some re-recorded vocals by Billy Mackenzie. Both MacKenzie and Rankine expressed dissatisfaction with the results. For years this was the only version available on CD, as the master tapes for the original had been lost. However, a duplicate was later found and the album was reissued by Virgin in 2005.

The remixed version of "A Matter of Gender" was released as a single in 1982.[14]

In 2019 and 2020 material from the album was performed live in Scotland by Band A with Audrey Redpath on vocals.[15][16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alan Rankine and Billy Mackenzie.

1982 Remixed Version

Personnel

The Associates

Additional personnel

Technical

  • Chris Parry – production
  • Mike Hedges – production, engineering
  • Mike J. Dutton – engineering assistance
  • Graham and Flood – "strong tea"
  • Cliff Lewis, David Baker, Gary Bidmead, Louis Austin, Nigel Mills, Paul Fisher, Phill Brown – re-recording and remixing engineers
  • Bill Smith – sleeve artwork

References

  1. ↑Goddard, Simon (6 September 2012). Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and The Smiths. p. 235. ISBN 9780091927103. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ↑Robbins, Ira (1983). The Trouser Press Guide to New Wave Records. p. 12. ISBN 9780684179438. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Morley, Paul (16 de agosto de 1980). "...Pero los delgados duques blancos sí" . NME . Recuperado el 16 de diciembre de 2014 .
  4. 1 2 Doyle, Tom (2011). The Glamour Chase: The Maverick Life of Billy Mackenzie . Edinburg: Polygon.
  5. ↑ "The Glamour Chase" . Youtube . Archivado del original el 21 de diciembre de 2021. Consultado el 3 de junio de 2018 .
  6. ↑ Kellman, Andy. " The Affectionate Punch – The Associates" . AllMusic . Consultado el 16 de diciembre de 2014 .
  7. ^ Segal, Victoria (junio de 2016). "Registro personal". Mojo . No 271. pág. 105.  
  8. ↑ Quantick, David (julio de 2016). "Registros de pista". Q. N.° 360. págs. 116–117 .  
  9. ↑ Waring, Charles (junio de 2016). "The Associates – The Affectionate Punch , Fourth Drawer Down , Sulk " . Record Collector . N.° 454. Consultado el 24 de junio de 2017 . 
  10. ↑ Hepworth, David (4–17 de septiembre de 1980). "The Associates: The Affectionate Punch ". Smash Hits . Vol. 2, n.º 18. pág. 28.   
  11. ↑ Waller, Johnny (16 de agosto de 1980). "Asociación desconocida". Sonidos .
  12. ↑ McKay, Alastair (junio de 2016). "The Associates: The Affectionate Punch / Fourth Drawer Down / Sulk ". Sin censura . N.° 229. págs. 85–87 .  
  13. ↑ Jones, Chris (8 de mayo de 2003). "Associates The Affectionate Punch Review" . BBC Music . Recuperado el 16 de diciembre de 2014 .
  14. ↑ "Asociados: una cuestión de género" .
  15. ↑ Cooper, Neil (16 de enero de 2019). "Hola Sr. Mackenzie: Atento homenaje al mejor momento de Associates" . The Herald . Consultado el 9 de marzo de 2020 .
  16. ↑ Mayonnaise, Betty (26 de enero de 2020). "Banda A" . ¿Esto es música? . Consultado el 9 de marzo de 2020 .
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