Sad news my friends and that's the reason for this post. Chris Bailey died on April 9, 2022. He was singer of the fantastic Brisbane combo The Saints, which originating in 1973. One can really say that the world has lost another important underground voice with him. I really don't know what else to write, it's always bad when people die and you've experienced a lot of emotions and good as well as bad moments with their music. Always shows me that everything is ephemeral and that I'm an dirty old sack, hehe.... Well, to commemorate him, here's the band's second album, a bit background: The album was originally titled International Robots, and recording initially commenced at Wessex Studios. The tapes from these sessions reveal the songs in a stripped-down form more similar to the band's previous recordings. The sessions also include "Champagne Misery", which was not released until 2000's Wild About You compilation. Chris later said, "For me, it's our first proper release because (I'm) Stranded was just a load of demos. Although we still had the same energy as the first album, the added horn section seemed to confuse people and the record sort of disappeared." - Retrospective reviews of the album have been far more positive. Writing for AllMusic, Mark Deming reflected that while the album "didn't sound like a standard-issue punk album in 1978, [...] it's stood the test of time much better than most of the work of punk's first graduating class." "With consistency and tasteful variety (handling sharp acoustic ballads as well as the standard burners)," wrote Trouser Press, "the LP is deservedly regarded as a Punk classic". An album you must hear before you die. R.I.P.
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