Y (album)

Y
Studio album by The Pop Group
Released	20 April 1979
Genre	Post-punk
Length	43:44
Label	Radar
Producer	Dennis Bovell, The Pop Group
The Pop Group chronology
Y (1979) For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? (1980)

Y is the debut studio album by English post-punk band The Pop Group. It was released on 20 April 1979, through record label Radar.

Track listing

Vinyl releases

A1. "Thief of Fire"

A2. "Snowgirl"

A3. "Blood Money"

A4. "We Are Time"

A5. "Savage Sea"

B1. "Words Disobey Me"

B2. "Don't Call Me Pain"

B3. "The Boys from Brazil"

B4. "Don't Sell Your Dreams"

CD releases

1. "She Is Beyond Good And Evil"

2. "Thief Of Fire"

3. "Snowgirl"

4. "Blood Money"

5. "We Are Time"

6. "Savage Sea"

7. "Words Disobey Me"

8. "Don't Call Me Pain"

9. "The Boys From Brazil"

10. "Don't Sell Your Dreams"

11. "3.38"

Tracks 1 and 11 being the A Side and B Side of The Pop Group's first single.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Piero Scaruffi	9/10[2]

In 2004, Pitchfork Media ranked Y at number 35 on its list of the greatest albums of the 1970s.^[3]

Internet rock music critic Piero Scaruffi ranks Y as the 23rd greatest rock album ever.^[4] Reviewing the album, he calls it "one of the most intense, touching and vibrant albums in the history of rock music."^[2]

Personnel

The Pop Group

• Gareth Sager
• Mark Stewart
• Bruce Smith
• Simon Underwood
• John Waddington

Production

• Dennis Bovell – production
• The Pop Group – production
• Mike Dunne – engineering
• Brian Gaylor – assisting of engineering

References