Rust Red September

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Rust Red September
Rust Red September cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Released1983 (1983)
Studio Woodbine Street Recording Studios
Label Cherry Red
Producer John A. Rivers
Eyeless in Gaza chronology
Drumming the Beating Heart
(1982)
Rust Red September
(1983)
Back from the Rains
(1986)

Rust Red September is the sixth album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1983 by record label Cherry Red. This was the first recording where Eyeless In Gaza employed overdubs, as all their previous releases were recorded in one take straight to tape.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Changing Stations"2:23
2."Pearl and Pale"3:27
3."New Risen"2:48
4."September Hills"3:46
5."Taking Steps"3:25
6."Only Whispers"4:32
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Leaves Are Dancing"3:12
2."No Perfect Stranger"4:45
3."Corner of Dusk"3:49
4."Bright Play of Eyes"3:20
5."Stealing Autumn"4:33

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Sounds mixed-to-favourable [2]

Sounds wrote "With 'Rust Red September', Eyeless in Gaza have stumbled over a devastatingly simple truth, but haven't yet learnt how to harness it for their best purposes. Still, it makes (occasionally) great listening until they come up with their real masterpiece." [2]

In an AllMusic review Ned Raggett wrote: "Rust Red September finds the group further moving away from the brusquer hooks of its earliest days to a calmer reflectiveness. If anything, the duo also achieved a light, airy pop feeling with this album". [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Rust Red September – Eyeless in Gaza | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Waller, Johnny (1983). "Sight for Sore Ears". Sounds . Retrieved June 27, 2016.