In 1993, Songs of Faith and Devotion , again with Flood producing, saw them experimenting with arrangements based as much on heavily distorted electric guitars and live drums (played by Alan Wilder, whose debut as a studio drummer had come on the Violator track “Clean”) as on synthesisers. Live strings…
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The band spent the first half of 1993 writing and demoing new material; delays ensued due to John Gallagher having a house fire and thieves stealing guitars from the remains. In the following year, the band regrouped and inked a deal with Japanese label Zero – an album entitled Glow…
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Following the release and promotion of Republic , the band put New Order on hold while focusing on side projects, with the Other Two ‘s debut album released in 1993.
Their followup album, 1993’s self-produced Thirteen , received mixed reviews on release, although it has since seen some critical reappraisal. Some reviews criticised the record for a perceived failure to develop the band’s sound, despite experiments in instrumentation (strings and flute on single “Hang On”, mandolin on “120 Mins”), while…
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By this point, N-Trance had developed their live shows and were gaining popularity. On their new label, “Set You Free” was released as a single in 1993, rising to No. 82 in the charts.
In 1993 the band recorded the Garage Girl demo tape, which featured “Jack Names the Planets” and “Intense Thing”, taken from Shed , and new tracks, including “Petrol”. Following Garage Girl , Ash released a compilation demo tape, Pipe Smokin’ Brick later that year, which featured an assortment of songs…
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Following the failed effort to record a new studio album, the Police effectively disbanded. In the liner notes to the Police’s box set Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings (1993), Summers explains: “The attempt to record a new album was doomed from the outset. The night before we went…
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The Auteurs demo tape and gig led to the band gaining a recording contract with Hut . Their first single “Show Girl” was praised by the British music magazine Melody Maker and the album New Wave (1993) was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize . The Auteurs later became associated…
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Both Wild Horses and Stand Your Ground have seen repeated reissues over the years, the first coming in 1993 via EMI-Toshiba Japan as part of the ‘Legendary Masters’ series. European reissues, including various bonus tracks, followed in 1999 (Zoom Club), 2009 (Krescendo), and 2013 (Rock Candy).
The more aggressive Chrome followed in 1993, produced by Gil Norton . With this album, the band began to shed its original shoegazing tag, while still making skillful use of atmospherics, such as on the song “Fripp”. In a 2007 interview, Rob Dickinson said that members of Death Cab for…
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