Closer (Vinyl LP) Reggae & Ska

Closer (Vinyl LP) Reggae & Ska'Closer', the group's second and final album arrived the year after their debut in July 1980 on Factory Records, following Ian Curtis' death two months earlier. Its dark and melancholy tones earned rave reviews for songs like 'Isolation' and 'Heart and Soul'. 'Closer', like 'Unknown Pleasures' was produced by Martin Hannett. A truly profound cultural artifact.

Cat Stevens song But I Might Die Tonight featured on the album Tea For The Tillerman

the band don't rely on this to make their point

you all got me fucked up

Other tracks come from Strummer's extensive solo catalog including his three albums with 'The Mescaleros'

In the two year span between albums

In the Garden is the debut studio album by the Eurythmics

but emotionally it's as compelling as anything Lou Reed released in the 1970s

and the avant-garde compositions of La Monte Young

and have drawn comparisons to those of Carlos Santana

a vantage point from which they never came back down

12 years from now will be 2031

Trees Speak's new album Post-Human once again blends 1970s German electronic and 'motorik' Krautrock instrumentals (think Harmonia