Do Animals Believe in God?

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Do Animals Believe in God?
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Studio album by Pink Military
Released 1980 (1980)
Recorded Cargo Studios, Rochdale
Label Eric's 004
Producer Bob Harding, Tony Bowers

Do Animals Believe in God? is the sole studio album by English post-punk band Pink Military, released in 1980 by record label Eric's. "Did You See Her?" was re-recorded for the album. Another version had previously been released as a single. The sleeve was designed by Bob Wakelin of Modern Eon.

Post-punk is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and diverse influences. Inspired by punk's energy and DIY ethic but determined to break from rock cliches, artists experimented with sources including electronic music and black styles like dub, funk, free jazz, and disco; novel recording and production techniques; and ideas from art and politics, including critical theory, modernist art, cinema and literature. Communities that produced independent record labels, visual art, multimedia performances and fanzines developed around these pioneering musical scenes, which coalesced in cities such as London, New York, Manchester, Melbourne, Sydney and San Francisco.

Pink Military

Pink Military were a post-punk band from Liverpool. Led by former Big in Japan singer Jayne Casey, other band members included former Deaf School drummer Tim Whitaker, guitarist Martin Dempsey who also played in Yachts and It's Immaterial and drummers Chris Joyce and Budgie.

Modern Eon was a British post-punk/new wave band, formed in Liverpool, England in 1978. They released one album, Fiction Tales, on the independent UK label Dindisc in 1981.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Trouser Press unfavourable [2]

Trouser Press called the album "an eclectically derivative (yet amusing) hodgepodge that is neither stunningly original nor disgustingly clichéd". [2]

<i>Trouser Press</i> American music magazine

Trouser Press was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow Who fan Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press". Publication of the magazine ceased in 1984; the unexpired portion of mail subscriptions was completed by Rolling Stone sister publication Record, which itself folded in 1985. Trouser Press has continued to exist in various formats.

Do Animals Believe in God? was mentioned in NME's list of the best albums of 1980. [3]

<i>NME</i> British weekly music journalism magazine

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the edition of 14 November 1952. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. During the period 1972 to 1976, it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism, then became closely associated with punk rock through the writings of Julie Burchill, Paul Morley and Tony Parsons. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s and 1990s, changing from newsprint in 1998.

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Pink Military

  1. "Degenerated Man"
  2. "I Cry"
  3. "Did You See Her?"
  4. "Wild West"
  5. "Back on the London Stage"
  6. "After Hiroshima"
  7. "Living in a Jungle"
  8. "Dreamtime"
  9. "War Games"
  10. "Heaven/Hell"
  11. "Do Animals Believe in God?"

Personnel

Jayne Casey is an English artistic director who was known for being involved in the Liverpool punk and new wave scene in the 1970s and 1980s, with Big in Japan, Pink Military and Pink Industry. A Keychange Inspiration Award was presented to Casey at Liverpool Sound City.

Chris Joyce is known for being drummer with various groups, and with Simply Red in the 1980s.

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References

  1. ↑ Hanson, Amy. "Do Animals Believe in God? – Pink Military | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Pink Military". TrouserPress.com . Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rocklist.net...NME End of Year Lists 1980..." Rocklist.net. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
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