Red Mecca | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 1981 | |||
Recorded | May 1981 | |||
Studio | Western Works, Sheffield, England | |||
Genre | Industrial, post-punk | |||
Length | 40:11 | |||
Label | Rough Trade | |||
Producer | Cabaret Voltaire | |||
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Red Mecca is the third studio album by English band Cabaret Voltaire. It was released in September 1981, through record label Rough Trade.
Background[edit]
In November 1979 Cabaret Voltaire toured the United States, and became strongly interested in the rise of the Christian right and its use of television, especially the fund-raising broadcasts of TV evangelistEugene Scott. They compared this to the rise of Islamism, devoting a side to each strand of religious politics on their 1980 mini-album Three Mantras. Red Mecca was a culmination of this interest. According to Richard H. Kirk: 'The whole Afghanistan situation was kicking off, Iran had the American hostages [..] we were taking notice [..] it's not called [Red Mecca] by coincidence. We weren't referencing the fucking Mecca Ballroom in Nottingham!'[1]
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Release[edit]
Red Mecca reached No. 1 on the UK Independent chart.[2]
Critical reception[edit]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Record Collector | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[6] |
Uncut | [7] |
NME named the Red Mecca the ninth best album of 1981.[8] Andy Kellman of AllMusic retrospectively praised the album, writing, 'Unlike a fair portion of CV's studio output, Red Mecca features no failed experiments or anything that could be merely cast off as 'interesting'. It's a taught [sic], dense, horrific slab lacking a lull.'[3]
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Cabaret Voltaire (Chris Watson, Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder).
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'A Touch of Evil' | 3:11 |
2. | 'Sly Doubt' | 4:59 |
3. | 'Landslide' | 2:08 |
4. | 'A Thousand Ways' | 10:35 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | 'Red Mask' | 6:54 |
2. | 'Split Second Feeling' | 3:47 |
3. | 'Black Mask' | 3:19 |
4. | 'Spread the Virus' | 3:40 |
5. | 'A Touch of Evil (Reprise)' | 1:32 |
Personnel[edit]
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Christopher R. Watson – organ, tape, production, recording, sleeve design
- Richard H. Kirk – synthesizer, guitar, clarinet, horns, strings, production, recording, sleeve design
- Stephen Mallinder – vocals, bass guitar, bongos, production, recording, sleeve design
- Additional personnel
- Nik Allday – drums
- Porky – mastering
- Neville Brody – sleeve design
References[edit]
- ^Reynolds, Simon (2005). Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. Faber and Faber. pp. 171–172.
- ^Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red. p. 311.
- ^ abKellman, Andy. 'Red Mecca – Cabaret Voltaire'. AllMusic. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^Shirley, Ian (September 2013). 'Cabaret Voltaire – Red Mecca'. Record Collector (418). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^Considine, J. D. (2004). 'Cabaret Voltaire'. In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 128–29. ISBN0-7432-0169-8.
- ^Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN0-679-75574-8.
- ^'Cabaret Voltaire: Red Mecca'. Uncut (69): 92. February 2003.
- ^'Albums and Tracks of the Year'. NME. 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
External links[edit]
- Red Mecca at Discogs (list of releases)
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