Compass Kumpas (album)
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| Studio album by Dalek I Love You | ||
| Released | June 1980 | |
| Recorded | Rockfield Studios, Monmouth; Amazon Studios, Liverpool | |
| Genre | Synth pop | |
| Length | 40:14 | |
| Label | Back Door/Phonogram | |
| Producer(s) | The Blitz Brothers | |
| Dalek I Love You chronology | ||
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| Compass Kumpas (1980) |
Dalek I Love You (1983) |
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Compass Kumpas aka Compass kum'pəs was the first album from Dalek I Love You. It was released in June of 1980 by Back Door/Phonogram records.
Sounding like a combination of early OMD, Gary Numan and Brian Eno, the album received fairly good reviews upon its release. The NMEcalled the album "refreshingly wry and friendly". It reached #54 on the UK pop charts.
The album was ultimately ignored outside of the UK, and before long, Alan Gill dismantled the band to join The Teardrop Explodes.
The album still maintains a reasonable cult following, and the single "Destiny (Dalek I Love You)" remains popular among Doctor Who fans for its oblique lyrics referencing the show's menacing villains, the daleks.
As of 2005, the album is long out of print.
[edit] Track listing
Side 1 – Topsy
- "The World" – 2:27
- "8 Track" – 2:27
- "Destiny (Dalek I Love You)" – 3:37
- "A Suicide" – 2:53
- "The Kiss" – 2:00
- "Trapped" – 4:00
- "Two Chameleons" – 3:18
Side 2 – Turvy
- "Freedom Fighters" – 2:08
- "You Really Got Me" – 1:56
- "Mad" – 1:48
- "Good Times" – 2:07
- "We're All Actors" – 2:52
- "Heat" – 3:11
- "Missing 15 Minutes" – 5:36
- The 1989 CD re-release featured the following bonus tracks:
- "Astronauts (Have Landed on the Moon)" – 3:27 (B-side to Heartbeat)
- "Happy" – 2:33 (B-side to 1980 Dalek I Love You single)
- "This is My Uniform" – 3:13 (B-side to 1980 Dalek I Love You single)
- "Heartbeat" – 4:01 (1981 Single)
[edit] Album credits
Dalek I are Alan Gill and Dave Hughes
With:
- Chris Hughes: Additional drums, percussion and fx
- Hugh Jones: Bass on 'Heat'
- Ken Peers: Drums on 'You Really Got Me'
- Dave Bates: Additional backing vocals
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth / Amazon Studios, Liverpool, by Hugh Jones / Frazer Henry.
All tracks written by Gill and Hughes except "You Really Got Me" by Ray Davies
Thanks to everyone associated with the Dalek I Love You group
Produced by: The Blitz Brothers
Turvy 2, 7 produced by Dalek I for God Productions
