Far Away in Time

Far Away In Time
Compilation album by Martha and the Muffins
Released 1987
Length 68:51
Label Virgin
Producer Mike Howlett
Martha and the Muffins chronology
The World is a Ball
(1985)		 Far Away in Time
(1987)		 Modern Lullaby
(1992)
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Allmusic [1]

Far Away in Time was a 1987 CD compilation of tracks by Martha and the Muffins. The compilation consisted of Metro Music (the band's first album) in its entirety (tracks 1-10), plus four tracks from Trance and Dance (tracks 12-15), two tracks from This is the Ice Age (tracks 16-17), and the non-album single "Insect Love"[2] (track 11).

The album was compiled without any input from the band,[3] and the poorly-researched liner notes by Mick Wall (in the 1993 re-issue) contain numerous errors about the history of the band's various line-ups, as well as several errors about the origins of the tracks on this compilation. The correct information is listed above.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Echo Beach"   Mark Gane 3:38
2. "Paint by Number Heart"   Martha Johnson 3:28
3. "Saigon"   Johnson, Daniel Millar 4:23
4. "Indecision"   Johnson 4:23
5. "Terminal Twilight"   Gane, Martha Ladly 4:42
6. "Hide and Seek"   Gane, Ladly 3:59
7. "Monotone"   Johnson 2:47
8. "Sinking Land"   Gane 5:28
9. "Revenge (Against the World)"   Gane 3:31
10. "Cheesies and Gum"   Gane, Ladly 3:09
11. "Insect Love"   Gane 4:14
12. "About Insomnia"   Gane, Ladly 3:13
13. "Motorbikin'"   Chris Spedding 2:56
14. "Suburban Dream"   Gane 3:27
15. "Was Ezo"   Ladly 3:58
16. "Women Around the World at Work"   Gane 3:58
17. "This Is the Ice Age"   Gane 7:27

References

  1. ^ Badgley, Aaron. "Martha and the Muffins: Far Away in Time" at Allmusic. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Martha And The Muffins – "Insect Love"". discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/release/186203. Retrieved 17 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Johnson, Martha (1995). "A Brief History of Times with Martha and the Muffins". thecia.net. http://www.thecia.net/users/hamilton/muffins/history.html. Retrieved 17 September 2011.