Church - Church Songs, Psychedelic Masterpieces (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

THE CHURCH
Previously posted April 29, 2019

 Church - Church Songs, Psychedelic Masterpieces (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3  REPOST

The Church, an Australian psychedelic rock band, formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave, neo-psychedelia and indie rock, their music later came to feature slower tempos and surreal soundscapes reminiscent of dream pop and post-rock. Glenn A. Baker has written that "From the release of the 'She Never Said' single in November 1980, this unique Sydney-originated entity has purveyed a distinctive, ethereal, psychedelic-tinged sound which has alternatively found favour and disfavor in Australia." The Los Angeles Times has described the band's music as "dense, shimmering, exquisite guitar pop".

The founding members were Steve Kilbey on lead vocals and bass guitar, Peter Koppes and Marty Willson-Piper on guitars and Nick Ward on drums. Ward played only on their debut album, and the band's drummer for the rest of the 1980s was Richard Ploog. Jay Dee Daugherty (ex-Patti Smith Group) played drums from 1990 to 1993, followed by "timEbandit" Tim Powles (ex-The Venetians), who remains with them to the present day. Koppes left the band from 1992 to 1997, and Willson-Piper left in 2013. Ian Haug, formerly of Powderfinger, replaced him. Kilbey, Koppes and Powles also recorded together as The Refo:mation in 1997. The Church's debut album, Of Skins and Heart (1981), delivered their first radio hit, "The Unguarded Moment", and they were signed to major labels in Australia, Europe and the United States. However, the US label, dissatisfied with their second album, dropped the band without releasing it. This put a dent in their international success, but they returned to the charts in 1988 with the album Starfish and the US Top 40 hit "Under the Milky Way". Subsequent mainstream success has proved elusive, but the band retains a large international cult following and were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in Sydney in 2010. The Church continue to tour and record, releasing their 25th studio album, Man Woman Life Death Infinity, in October 2017. (Wikipedia)
"I'm often astounded that The Church didn't a) Become a massive sensation after Priest = Aura b) Overdose and perish, or c) Fade into oblivion like so many of their peers.  How many other acts can still release fresh, invigorating, and actually relevant music after 30 years?  The gentle progression they took from their early jangle to their current psychedelic era is scattered with so many songs that SHOULD have been hits that it's difficult to fathom.  Messers Kilbey, Wilson-Piper and Koppes started this wonderful band in Australia in their youth, all those many years ago, and while most fans prefer their early days with Richard Ploog on the skins, I've grown to admire the dynamic changes Tim Powell has brought over the last dozen or so years, and the stability he's given to the band.  Step into The Church, close your eyes, and let Kilbey's poetic imagery and bass wash over you.  Let the interplay between MW-P and Peter Koppes' guitars dazzle you.  Let the rhythms of Mister Ploog, Jay Dee Dougherty, or Tim Powell seduce you.  Let it float you up, and cast you away to a distant shore..." (RYM)

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Track Lists
CD1

01 Church - The Unguarded Moment 4:14

02 Church - Don't Open the Door to Strangers 3:28

03 Church - Almost With You 4:14

04 Church - To Be in Your Eyes 3:44

05 Church - Disappear 5:47

06 Church - Now I Wonder Why 5:39

07 Church - Tristesse 3:29

08 Church - Already Yesterday 4:14

09 Church - Disenchanted 3:55

10 Church - A New Season 2:57

11 Church - Blood Money 4:25

12 Church - Lost 4:49

13 Church - Destination 5:52

14 Church - Reptile 4:56

15 Church - Under the Milky Way 4:58

16 Church - Anna Miranda 3:03

17 Church - Metropolis 4:47

18 Church - City 3:25

19 Church - Monday Morning 2:45

20 Church - Disappointment 6:13

21 Church - Ripple 6:03

CD2

22 Church - Kings 4:34

23 Church - Film 3:56

24 Church - Day of the Dead 6:45

25 Church - The Maven 6:48

26 Church - The Dead Man's Dream 4:58

27 Church - Welcome 5:56

28 Church - Grandiose 5:20

29 Church - Anaesthesia 5:18

30 Church - No Certainty Attached 4:00

31 Church - Tranquility 7:38

32 Church - Another Earth 3:32

33 Church - Glow-Worm 6:06

34 Church - The Faith Healer 7:35

35 Church - It's All Too Much 6:10

36 Church - The Endless Sea 4:33

37 Church - All the Young Dudes 4:10

38 Church - Numbers 4:29

03 Church - The Awful Ache 5:17

05 Church - Chromium 3:44

10 Church - Invisible 7:47

42 Church - Telepath 4:56

CD3

43 Church - Appalatia 4:09

44 Church - Summer 7:02

45 Church - Snowfaller 5:41

46 Church - I Don't Know 2:01

01 Church - Block 6:20

06 Church - She'll Come Back For You Tomorrow 4:32

07 Church - Pure Chance 6:19

11 Church - Day 5 5:15

51 Church - Wide Open Road 3:43

52 Church - The Coffee Song 3:54

53 Church - Hounds of Love 3:51

54 Church - Pangaea 4:04

55 Church - Happenstance 4:24

56 Church - Space Saviour 5:34

57 Church - Sunken Sun 5:48

58 Church - Anchorage 6:27

59 Church - Laurel Canyon 4:23

60 Church - Old Coast Road 4:20

61 Church - Let Us Go 4:24

62 Church - Another Century 4:42

63 Church - Dark Waltz 4:33

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