From Severe to Serene

from severe to serene

Track Listings

1. Work

2. The House That Faded Out

3. Low Profile

4. No Looking Back

5. Bad Education

6. A Year With No Head

7. Sun Connection

8. The Unknown

9. Crystal Kiss

10. Let Go

11. Riding The Times

12. Tighten My Belt

13. The Flood

14. Sun Connection

15. Hanging Man

16. Disney Boys

17. Work

18. Underground Breakfast

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
2002 collection from Manchester band, The Blue Orchids, this is their celebrated John Peel Sessions, regarded by many fans as the definite recorded versions of these songs, the two Peel Sessions were cut for BBC Radio in December 1980 and May 1982. In addition to the seven session tracks, the CD includes the rare Riding the Times EP recorded in 1987 as Thirst with ex-Fall drummer Karl Burns, as well as an alternate version of 'Low Profile' from the C81 compilation, plus several live tracks recorded in Manchester in 1981, including a version of 'Underground Medicine' (re-titled 'Underground Breakfast'), originally written by Bramah for The Fall. This digitally remastered set runs for a full 74 minutes, and the booklet includes detailed sleeve notes. LTM.

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From Severe to Serene

Average customer rating:

Three great songs, some ok, some dreadful: they're like The Fall after all!

From Severe to Serene
The Blue Orchids
Manufacturer: Ltm / Boutique Nl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Post-Punk | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000083EJB
Release Date: 2003-01-28

Tracks:

Work
House That Faded Out
Low Profile
No Looking Back
Bad Education
Year With No Head
Sun Connection
Unknown
Crystal Kiss
Let Go
Riding the Times
Tighten My Belt [Live]
Flood [Live]
Sun Connection [Live]
Hanging Man [Live]
Disney Boys [Live]
Work [Live]
Underground Breakfast [Live]

Album Description

2002 collection from Manchester band, The Blue Orchids, this is their celebrated John Peel Sessions, regarded by many fans as the definite recorded versions of these songs, the two Peel Sessions were cut for BBC Radio in December 1980 and May 1982. In addition to the seven session tracks, the CD includes the rare Riding the Times EP recorded in 1987 as Thirst with ex-Fall drummer Karl Burns, as well as an alternate version of 'Low Profile' from the C81 compilation, plus several live tracks recorded in Manchester in 1981, including a version of 'Underground Medicine' (re-titled 'Underground Breakfast'), originally written by Bramah for The Fall. This digitally remastered set runs for a full 74 minutes, and the booklet includes detailed sleeve notes. LTM.

Customer Reviews:

Three great songs, some ok, some dreadful: they're like The Fall after all!.......2006-12-27

This spin-off of Fall keyboardist Una Baines and guitarist Martin Bramah, began, as here documented, seemingly barely able to play despite or maybe due to their tenure under the fearsome control of Mark E Smith as he took over what had been an actual band, The Fall. Now, they are one of my top-five favorite musicians, but any true fan will agree they've dredged up a lot of dreck along with the diamonds over the decades. For The Blue Orchids (named by John Cooper Clarke, who should bring a wry smile to those who know the post-punk Manchester scene), their incompetence continued the raison d'etre of The Fall and of the punk movement, even as they shared their peers' ambition to move into more diverse musical terrain, and even, as you begin to hear halfway through this odds-and-sods collection, command over their instruments and, thankfully for anyone who has to listen to Bramah's earlier songs here, a degree of vocal ability.
Let's just say few postpunk-era singers make you admire MES by comparison.

So, the mingled affection and bemusement that I feel for The Fall I also have for Blue Orchids. There is also an anthology of studio tracks, "A Darker Bloom," as well as other expanded versions of their small recorded legacy. This From S to S collection's very uneven, but there are three of the four songs from their rare side project in turn the Thirst ep that suddenly snap the band into shape wonderfully. These can stand against their peers. The Unknown, Let Go, and Riding the Times all are memorable, catchy, and well-arranged ditties. After that, Una drifts off, the band undergoes many changes in line-ups and seems to shrink, Fall-like, to its founding co-leader, and Bramah seeks to become akin to a softer pop sound, reminiscent of peers now like the Postcard label from Scotland, such as The Associates or Orange Juice.

Average customer rating:

Odds & ends from two ex-Fall members: early 80s

From Severe to Serene
Blue Orchids
Manufacturer: Ltm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00007FZG3
Release Date: 2005-04-05

Customer Reviews:

Odds & ends from two ex-Fall members: early 80s.......2006-12-27

Many enter the ranks of ex-members of The Fall, fifty more and counting at present. Fewer of them still make music that gets any sort of a hearing in the record world. This is the first such effort.

This spin-off of Fall keyboardist Una Baines and guitarist Martin Bramah, began, as here documented, seemingly barely able to play despite or maybe due to their tenure under the fearsome control of Mark E Smith as he took over what had been an actual band, The Fall. Now, they are one of my top-five favorite musicians, but any true fan will agree they've dredged up a lot of dreck along with the diamonds over the decades. For The Blue Orchids (named by John Cooper Clarke, who should bring a wry smile to those who know the post-punk Manchester scene), their incompetence continued the raison d'etre of The Fall and of the punk movement, even as they shared their peers' ambition to move into more diverse musical terrain, and even, as you begin to hear halfway through this odds-and-sods collection, command over their instruments and, thankfully for anyone who has to listen to Bramah's earlier songs here, a degree of vocal ability.
Let's just say few postpunk-era singers make you admire MES by comparison.

So, the mingled affection and bemusement that I feel for The Fall I also have for Blue Orchids. There is also an anthology of studio tracks, "A Darker Bloom," as well as other expanded versions of their small recorded legacy. This From S to S collection's very uneven, but there are three of the four songs from their rare side project in turn the Thirst ep that suddenly snap the band into shape wonderfully. These can stand against their peers. The Unknown, Let Go, and Riding the Times all are memorable, catchy, and well-arranged ditties. After that, Una drifts off, the band undergoes many changes in line-ups and seems to shrink, Fall-like, to its founding co-leader, and Bramah seeks to become akin to a softer pop sound, reminiscent of peers now like the Postcard label from Scotland, such as The Associates or Orange Juice.

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