Mesh & Lace

Mesh & Lace is the debut studio album by English post-punk band Modern English. It was released on 6 April 1981, through record label 4AD. The album was reissued on CD in 1992 with seven bonus tracks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Trouser Press panned the album, calling it "a load of monotonous droning and shouting by a precious art band oppressively weighed down by its self-conscious 4AD pretensions."^[2]

Vinyl LP track listing

All tracks written by Modern English.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"16 Days"	4:33
2.	"Just a Thought"	4:08
3.	"Move in Light"	4:45
4.	"Grief"	6:28

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Token Man"	6:32
2.	"A Viable Commercial"	4:24
3.	"Black Houses"	5:44
4.	"Dance of Devotion (A Love Song)"	5:51

CD track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gathering Dust"	4:20
2.	"16 Days"	4:33
3.	"Just a Thought"	4:08
4.	"Move in Light"	4:45
5.	"Grief"	6:28
6.	"The Token Man"	6:32
7.	"A Viable Commercial"	4:24
8.	"Black Houses"	5:44
9.	"Dance of Devotion (A Love Song)"	5:51
10.	"Smiles and Laughter"	3:12
11.	"Mesh and Lace"	4:19
12.	"Tranquility of a Summer Moment (Vice Versa)"	7:02
13.	"Home"	3:50
14.	"Swans on Glass"	4:35
15.	"Incident"	2:38

Personnel

Robbie Grey – vocals, production
Gary McDowell – guitar, vocals, production
Mick Conroy – bass guitar, vocals, production
Stephen Walker – keyboards, production
Richard Brown – drums, production

Technical

Ken Thomas – engineering
Denis "BilBo" Blackham – mastering
23 Envelope – album cover design

References

↑ Ogg, Alex. "Mesh & Lace – Modern English : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
↑ Robbins, Ira. "trouserpress.com :: Modern English". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 13 March 2013.

External links

Mesh & Lace at Discogs (list of releases)
Mesh & Lace information at 4AD's official website

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