| Under Wartime Conditions | ||||
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | January-May, 1984 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 36:55 | |||
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Under Wartime Conditions is the seventh album by English musician Martin Newell, under the alias The Cleaners from Venus, released in 1984 by record labels Acid Tapes, Calypso Now and Man at the Off Licence.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10 [2] |
| Trouser Press | favourable [3] |
Trouser Press called it "rudimentary and casual, but musically substantial and indicative of anything-goes pop talent". [3] Pitchfork wrote: "If anything, [Under Wartime Conditions] proved his most enjoyably rollicking record yet". [2]
All tracks are written by Martin Newell.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Summer in a Small Town" | 4:55 |
| 2. | "Johnny the Moondog is Dead" | 4:06 |
| 3. | "Hand of Stone" | 3:39 |
| 4. | "Drowning Butterflies" | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Radio Seven" | 1:06 |
| 6. | "Fracas on West Street" | 3:08 |
| 7. | "Lukewarm Love Song" | 4:17 |
| 8. | "A Blue Wave" | 2:43 |
| 9. | "A Song for Syd Barrett" | 3:59 |
| 10. | "The Winter Palace" | 3:58 |
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