LC (album)
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| LC | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 1981 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, dream pop | |||
| Length | 41:30 | |||
| Label | Factory | |||
| Producer | Stewart Pickering, Vini Reilly | |||
| The Durutti Column chronology | ||||
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LC is the second studio album by English band The Durutti Column. It was released in November 1981 through Manchester record label Factory.
Background[edit]
The album was the first to feature drummer and percussionist Bruce Mitchell. The song "The Missing Boy" is a tribute to songwriter Vini Reilly's friend and label-mate Ian Curtis of Joy Division, who committed suicide in the previous year.
Release[edit]
LC was released in November 1981.
It was reissued in January 2013 on the reactivated Factory Benelux as a double-CD package.[1]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Vini Reilly
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sketch for Dawn (1)" | 5:15 |
| 2. | "Portrait for Frazier" | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Jaqueline" | 2:18 |
| 4. | "Messidor" | 2:32 |
| 5. | "Sketch for Dawn (2)" | 4:34 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Never Known" | 6:46 |
| 2. | "The Act Committed" | 5:03 |
| 3. | "Detail for Paul" | 2:00 |
| 4. | "The Missing Boy" | 6:35 |
| 5. | "The Sweet Cheat Gone" | 2:49 |
2013 track listing[edit]
The 2013 reissue includes the Sordide Sentimental single "Danny"/"Enigma", the Deux Triangles 12" (the original FBN-10), the tracks on A Factory Quartet, Crépuscule compilation album tracks, and demo versions of tracks from LC.[1]
- Disc one
- "Sketch for Dawn (1)"
- "Portrait for Frazier"
- "Jaqueline"
- "Messidor"
- "Sketch for Dawn (2)"
- "Never Known"
- "The Act Committed"
- "Detail for Paul"
- "The Missing Boy"
- "The Sweet Cheat Gone"
- "Danny"
- "Enigma"
- "For Mimi"
- "For Belgian Friends"
- "Self-Portrait"
- "Favourite Painting"
- "Zinni"
- Disc two
- "Mavuchka"
- "Experiment in Fifth"
- "Portrait for Paul"
- "The Act Committed"
- "Portrait for Frazier"
- "Never Known"
- "Untitled LC Demo"
- "For Patti"
- "Weakness and Fever"
- "The Eye and the Hand"
- "Party"
- "One Christmas for Your Thoughts"
- "Hommage to Martinů"
- "Sleep Will Come"
- "Piece for an Ideal"
- "Piece of Out of Tune Grand Piano"
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
AllMusic wrote, "As great as Return is, this is perhaps even better, signaling a full flowering of [Vini] Reilly's talents throughout the album."[2]
Brian Eno claimed Reilly's album LC as his all-time favourite album.[3]
Personnel[edit]
- The Durutti Column
- Vini Reilly – vocals, all other instruments, production
- Bruce Mitchell – percussion
- Additional personnel
- Stewart Pickering – production
- EG – mastering
- Les Thompson – sleeve design
- GYL – sleeve artwork
- Jackie Williams – sleeve painting
- John Nichols – sleeve photography
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Cerysmaticfactory.info".
- ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "LC – The Durutti Column : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (25 April 2003). "Durutti Column man speaks out". CityLife – M.E.N. Media. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
