Archive Cardiacs Explained

Archive Cardiacs
Type:compilation
Artist:Cardiacs
Cover:Archive Cardiacs.jpeg
Released:1989
Recorded:1977–1979
Length:43:06
Label:Alphabet Business Concern
Producer:
  • Miss Swift
  • The Consultant
Prev Title:On Land and in the Sea
Prev Year:1989
Next Title:Songs for Ships and Irons
Next Year:1991

Archive Cardiacs (also known simply as Archive) is a compilation album by English rock band Cardiacs. The album is composed of early tracks by the band recorded from 1977 to 1979.[1] [2] [3] The tracks were compiled from Cardiacs' demo albums The Obvious Identity (1980) and Toy World (1981), as well as four pieces recorded by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project that never saw fruition.[4]

The album was originally released on cassette in 1989 exclusively available to the Cardiacs Yousletter Family and was reissued on CD in 1995.[5]

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Tim Smith, except where noted.

Tracks marked with * are demo tracks created by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project that never saw fruition.

Personnel

Adapted from the Archive Cardiacs liner notes.[6]

Technical

Chart performance

The 2021 streaming re-release reached number 73 on the New Zealand iTunes Chart.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lawson . Dom . 11 August 2014 . Kavus Torabi's Guide To Cardiacs . 28 July 2022 . Prog.
  2. Book: Phillips, Lance . The Rough Guide to Rock . . 2003 . 978-1-85828-457-6 . Buckley . Peter . 3rd . London . The Cardiacs.
  3. Web site: 2004 . Cardiacs - Archive Cardiacs . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050308191100/http://www.cardiacs.com/archive.html . 8 March 2005 . 24 May 2022 . Cardiacs.
  4. Web site: Sgrignoli . Marco . 20 July 2022 . Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto . 23 July 2022 . . it.
  5. Book: Bell, Adrian . Aylesbury Bolton Wolverhampton Hove: A Little Man and 101 Cardiacs Gigs . Iron Bell Publishing . 2011 . 978-0-95-687950-9 . Sullivan County, New York . 27.
  6. Archive Cardiacs . Cardiacs . 1989 . UK . Alphabet Business Concern . liner notes . ALPH 000.
  7. Web site: 4 April 2021 . Archive - Cardiacs . 28 July 2022 . . AppGeneration . dmy-all.