Fourth Drawer Down

Fourth Drawer Down
Studio album by The Associates
Released October 1981
Genre Post-punk, new wave
Label Situation Two
Producer Mike Hedges, Flood
The Associates chronology

The Affectionate Punch
(1980)		 Fourth Drawer Down
(1981)		 Sulk
(1982)

Fourth Drawer Down is the second studio album by Scottish post-punk/new wave group The Associates, released in October 1981 by record label Situation Two. It compiles the A- and B-sides from the six singles the band released that year on the label.

Release

Fourth Drawer Down was released in October 1981.

The album was re-issued in 2000 by V2 Records, containing five bonus tracks.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
NME favourable[2]

Fourth Drawer Down has been well-received by critics, with reviewers commenting on the album's increased experimentalism.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Billy Mackenzie and Alan Rankine, except "The Associate", written by Mackenzie, Rankine and Michael Dempsey. 

No. Title Length
1. "White Car in Germany"   5.28
2. "A Girl Named Property"   4.56
3. "Kitchen Person"   4.53
4. "Q Quarters"   4.55
5. "Tell Me Easter's on Friday"   4.29
6. "The Associate"   5.00
7. "Message Oblique Speech"   5.35
8. "An Even Whiter Car"   4.45

Personnel

The Associates
Other personnel

References

  1. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Fourth Drawer Down – The Associates | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard. "Unlimited Company". NME. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

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