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

THE CHURCH

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

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 list 1

01    The Unguarded Moment    :04:14    1981
02    Don't Open the Door to Strangers    :03:28    1981
03    Almost With You    :04:14    1982
04    To Be in Your Eyes    :03:44    1982
05    Disappear    :05:47    1983
06    Now I Wonder Why    :05:39    1983
07    Tristesse    :03:29    1985
08    Already Yesterday    :04:15    1985
09    Disenchanted    :03:56    1985
10    A New Season    :02:58    1988
11    Blood Money    :04:25    1988
12    Lost    :04:49    1988
13    Destination    :05:52    1988
14    Reptile    :04:57    1988
15    Under the Milky Way    :04:59    1988
16    Anna Miranda    :03:04    1988
17    Metropolis    :04:47    1990
18    City    :03:26    1990
19    Monday Morning    :02:46    1990
20    Disappointment    :06:13    1990
21    Ripple    :06:04    1992

Track list 2

22    Kings    :04:35    1992
23    Film    :03:57    1992
24    Day of the Dead    :06:46    1994
25    The Maven    :06:48    1994
26    The Dead Man's Dream    :04:59    1994
27    Welcome    :05:56    1996
28    Grandiose    :05:20    1996
29    Anaesthesia    :05:19    1998
30    No Certainty Attached    :04:00    1998
31    Tranquility    :07:39    1998
32    Another Earth    :03:32    1998
33    Glow-Worm    :06:07    1998
34    The Faith Healer    :07:36    1999
35    It's All Too Much    :06:11    1999
36    The Endless Sea    :04:34    1999
37    All the Young Dudes    :04:10    1999
38    Numbers    :04:29    2001
39    The Awful Ache    :05:17    2002
40    Chromium    :03:44    2002
41    Invisible    :07:48    2002
42    Telepath    :04:56    2003

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list 3

43    Appalatia    :04:09    2003
44    Summer    :07:03    2003
45    Snowfaller    :05:42    2005
46    I Don't Know    :02:02    2005
47    Block    :06:20    2006
48    She'll Come Back For You Tomorrow    :04:32    2006
49    Pure Chance    :06:20    2006
50    Day 5    :05:15    2006
51    Wide Open Road    :03:44    2007
52    The Coffee Song    :03:54    2009
53    Hounds of Love    :03:51    2009
54    Pangaea    :04:05    2009
55    Happenstance    :04:25    2009
56    Space Saviour    :05:35    2009
57    Sunken Sun    :05:49    2009
58    Anchorage    :06:28    2009
59    Laurel Canyon    :04:24    2014
60    Old Coast Road    :04:21    2014
61    Let Us Go    :04:24    2014
62    Another Century    :04:42    2017
63    Dark Waltz    :04:33    2017

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