Pale Hands I Loved So Well

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Pale Hands I Loved So Well
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Studio album by Eyeless in Gaza
Released 1982 (1982)
Genre Experimental [1]
Label Uniton
Eyeless in Gaza chronology
Caught in Flux
(1981) Caught in Flux1981		Pale Hands I Loved So Well
(1982)		 Drumming the Beating Heart
(1982) Drumming the Beating Heart1982

Pale Hands I Loved So Well is the fourth album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1982 by record label Uniton.

Eyeless in Gaza (band) English post punk band

Eyeless in Gaza are an English musical duo of Martyn Bates and Peter Becker, based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. They have described their music as "veer[ing] crazily from filmic ambiance to rock and pop, industrial funk to avant-folk styles." Formed in 1980, the group went into hiatus in 1987, re-emerging in 1993.

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Sounds generally favourable [1]
Trouser Press unfavourable [3]

AllMusic called it "arguably the highlight of the band's earliest days" and "a delicate, focused, and impassioned collection that sounds like little else released in the English-speaking world in 1981." [2] An unfavourable review came from Trouser Press , which described it as "fairly dissolute – a meandering, largely improvisational attempt to make music out of aimless doodles". [3]

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<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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Henderson, Dave (April 16, 1983). "[Pale Hands I Loved So Well review]". Sounds . Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Pale Hands I Loved So Well – Eyeless in Gaza | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Walker, John; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Eyeless in Gaza". TrouserPress.com . Retrieved June 27, 2016.
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