Real Life (Magazine album)

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Real Life
Studio album by Magazine
Released	April 1978
Recorded	March-April 1978
Genre	Rock
Length	41:24
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	John Leckie
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Magazine chronology
	Real Life (1978)	Secondhand Daylight (1979)

Real Life is the debut album by post-punk pioneers Magazine. The album is cited, along with Public Image Ltd's debut album, Public Image, and Talking Heads' 77, as being one of the first post-punk albums. It was remarkable for its marriage of scathing, sarcastic lyrical couplets, such as Great Beautician in the Sky's "everyone is irresistable", with a swirling, keyboard-driven backing.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Howard Devoto and John McGeoch unless otherwise indicated.

1. "Definitive Gaze" – 4:25
2. "My Tulpa" – 4:47
3. "Shot By Both Sides" (Devoto, Pete Shelley) – 4:01
4. "Recoil" – 2:50
5. "Burst" (Devoto) – 5:00
6. "Motorcade" – 5:41
7. "The Great Beautician in the Sky" – 4:56
8. "The Light Pours Out of Me" (Devoto, McGeoch, Shelley) – 4:36
9. "Parade" (Barry Adamson, Dave Formula) – 5:08