Gyrate (album)

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Gyrate
Gyrate cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Released1980
Genre
Label DB
Producer
  • Bruce Baxter
  • Kevin Dunn
  • Pylon
Pylon chronology
Gyrate
(1980)
Chomp
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Pitchfork 8.8/10 [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT empty.svg [5]

Gyrate is the debut studio album by American rock band Pylon, released in 1980 by record label DB.

Contents

In a 1981 Trouser Press Review of Gyrate, Jon Young noted the album had "forceful rhythms and a kooky aura...jagged broken-glass textures and earnestly overbearing lyrics." He said the band has a "nervous, paranoid vibe," similar to the early Talking Heads. Young concludes, "Pylon prods and prods and prods." [6]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Volume" – 4:10
  2. "Feast on My Heart" – 3:28 (Pylon, with additional lyrics by Craig Woodall)
  3. "Precaution" – 2:45
  4. "Weather Radio" – 2:08
  5. "The Human Body" – 3:00
  6. "Read a Book" – 1:55

Side B

  1. "Driving School" – 3:47†
  2. "Gravity" – 2:31
  3. "Danger" – 5:32
  4. "Working Is No Problem" – 3:24
  5. "Stop It" – 2:59

† The original DB Records pressing of the LP in 1980 opened with the tune "Driving School" on Side B; The 1988 DB Records reissue removed the song, replacing it with "Recent Title". Later reissue versions, such as the CD below, featured both tunes.

Gyrate Plus – 2007 reissue

  1. "Cool" – 3:21
  2. "Dub" – 4:42
  3. "Volume" – 4:17
  4. "Feast on My Heart" – 3:34
  5. "Precaution" – 2:52
  6. "Weather Radio" – 2:15
  7. "Human Body" – 3:07
  8. "Read a Book" – 2:00
  9. "Driving School" – 3:54
  10. "Recent Title" – 2:27
  11. "Gravity" – 2:39
  12. "Danger" – 5:39
  13. "Working Is No Problem" – 3:32
  14. "Stop It" – 3:05
  15. "Danger!!" – 5:40
  16. "Functionality" – 4:29

Gyrate (Remastered) – 2020 reissue
Side A

  1. ”Volume” - 4:10
  2. ”Feast” - On My Heart 3:28
  3. ”Precaution” - 2:45
  4. ”Weather Radio” - 2:08
  5. ”The Human Body” - 3:00
  6. ”Read A Book” - 1:55


Side B

  1. ”Driving School” - 3:47
  2. ”Gravity” - 2:31
  3. ”Danger” - 5:32
  4. ”Working Is No Problem” - 3:24
  5. ”Stop It” - 2:59

Personnel

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