Hicks from the Sticks

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Hicks from the Sticks
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Compilation album
ReleasedApril 1980
Genre New wave
Length52:14
Label Rockburgh Records
Future Shock reissue cover (1994)
Future Shock - 1994.jpg

Hicks from the Sticks is a compilation album released in 1980. The album was the brainchild of music journalist Nigel Burnham who wanted to showcase the best new wave bands in the North of England. [1]

Contents

The album was reissued on the Thunderbolt label in 1985 as Future Shock. [2]

Track listing

Rockburgh Records LP: ROC 111

Side A
No.TitlePerformerLength
1."Move in Rhythm"Airkraft3:00
2."Sympathy (Don't Be Taken In)"Expelaires3:08
3."You're Without Sound" Clock DVA 3:18
4."The Human Factor" Music for Pleasure 2:06
5."Shangri-La" Nightmares in Wax 3:33
6."Head in the Clouds"Ada Wilson & Keeping Dark3:20
7."Choreography" Modern Eon 2:40
8."Them or Me"Medium Medium3:55
Total length:25:00
Side B
No.TitlePerformerLength
1."True Colours"Radio 52:46
2."When Have I Seen You"They Must Be Russians3:16
3."After-Image" Section 25 2:58
4."Gimmik"Art Failure2:26
5."I Don't Know" I'm So Hollow 3:54
6."Hey Disco Joe" Wah! Heat 4:54
7."Immortal in Mirrors"Stranger Than Fiction3:15
8."T.V. ME"The Distributors3:45
Total length:27:14

Thunderbolt 1985 reissue as Future Shock LP: THBL 012

Thunderbolt 1994 reissue as Future Shock CD: CDTB 012

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References

  1. "Various - Hicks From The Sticks". Discogs . Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  2. "Various - Future Shock". Discogs . Retrieved 26 August 2010.