Seduction (The Danse Society album)

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Seduction
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1982 (1982-09)
Genre Post-punk, gothic rock
Label Society
Producer The Danse Society, Tim Parry
The Danse Society chronology
Seduction
(1982)
Heaven Is Waiting
(1984)

Seduction is the debut studio album by English gothic rock band the Danse Society. It was released in September 1982 on the band's own record label, Society. It includes a song inspired by the David Lynch film Eraserhead .

Contents

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Godsend"4:53
2."My Heart"4:19
3."Falling Apart"4:13
4."Danse / Move"4:51
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Ambition"6:35
2.""In Heaven (Everything Is Fine)""7:39

Release

Seduction reached No. 3 in the UK Indie Chart. [1]

In 2001, Cherry Red Records reissued a remastered, expanded edition of the album, Seduction: The Society Collection, as part of its Anagram Goth series. It included the original six-track album plus eight additional tracks taken from their early independent singles.

Critical reception

Trouser Press panned the album, calling it a "longwinded six-track 12-inch with busy Bauhaus-strength mud supporting sporadic vocals and gimmicky sound effects. Tuneless and tedious". [2]

Personnel

The Danse Society
Technical

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References

  1. Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN   0-9517206-9-4.
  2. Robbins, Ira. "trouserpress.com :: Danse Society". trouserpress.com . Retrieved 14 March 2013.