View basket “Heaven Born And Ever Bright” has been added to your basket. Archive Cardiacs SKU: ALPHCLP000 Barcode: 198588392522 25.00 £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: The Alphabet Business Concern Released Date: 4th October 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Available on Mellow Yellow coloured vinyl, Archive is a compilation album composed of early tracks by the band recorded from 1977 to 1979. The tracks were compiled from Cardiacs’ demo albums The Obvious Identity (1980) and Toy World (1981), as well as three pieces recorded by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project The album was originally released on cassette in 1989 exclusively available to the Cardiacs Yousletter Family and was reissued on CD in 1995. Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in Kingston upon Thames by Tim Smith (guitar and lead vocals) and his brother Jim (bass, backing vocals) in 1977 under the name Cardiac Arrest. One of Britain’s leading cult rock bands, Cardiacs’ sound folded in genres including art rock, progressive rock, art punk, post-punk, jazz, psychedelia and heavy metal (as well as elements of circus, baroque pop, medieval music, nursery rhymes and sea shanties), all of which was topped by Smith’s anarchic vocals and impressionistic lyrics. Their bizarre sound and image made them unpopular with the press, but they amassed a devoted following Tim Smith was the primary lyricist, noted for his complex and innovative compositional style. He and his brother were the only constant members in the band’s regularly changing lineup. The band created their own indie label, the Alphabet Business Concern, in 1984 and found mainstream exposure with the single “Is This the Life?” from their debut album A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window (1988). Their second album, On Land and in the Sea (1989), was followed by Heaven Born and Ever Bright (1992), which displayed a harder edged, metal-leaning sound retained in the subsequent albums Sing to God (1996) and Guns (1999). Tim Smith was hospitalised with dystonia resulting from a cardiac arrest in 2008, which brought increased and belated critical recognition to Cardiacs, with several music outlets calling Sing to God a masterpiece. His death in 2020 saw a raft of tributes on social media Artist Cardiacs Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label The Alphabet Business Concern Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1. Aukamacic 2. Icky Qualms 3. Piffol Four Times 4. Scratching Crawling Scrawling 5. As Cold As Can Be In An English Sea 6. T.V.T.V. 7. My Trade Mark 8. The Obvious Identity 9. Piffol One Time 10. A Game For Bertie's Party 11. Piffol Three Times 12. 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