| Drumming the Beating Heart | ||||
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Woodbine Street Recording Studios | |||
| Label | Cherry Red | |||
| Producer | John A. Rivers | |||
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Drumming the Beating Heart is the fourth album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1982 by record label Cherry Red.
Regarding the album's style, AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the Nuneaton duo fashioning their stock sonic components into more immediately accessible, conventional song structures, albeit at the avant end of the pop spectrum". [1]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Smash Hits | unfavourable [2] |
| Trouser Press | favourable [3] |
NME called it "so much better than their previous sluggish experiments not because it’s more “commercial”, but because the endeavour required to redesign their form clarifies and strengthens it." [4]
All tracks composed by Martyn Bates and Peter Becker
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