Sad Lovers and Giants / Epic Garden Music
Artist Sad Lovers and Giants
Album Title: Epic Garden Music
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Primary Genre Rock: Psychedelic Rock
Format CD
Released 00/00/1982
Label Midnight Music (Records) LTD
Catalog No CHIME 00.01 CD
Bar Code No 5 017715 000121
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Imagination (5:41)
2. Landslide (3:01)
3. When I See You (3:18)
4. Colourless Dream (4:47)
5. Things We Never Did (4:08)
6. Lost In A Moment (4:19)
7. The Tightrope Touch (5:19)
8. Echoplay (2:57)
9. Clocktower Lodge (4:18)
10. Clint (3:29)
11. Lope (3:50)
12. Cloud 9 (3:24)
13. ART (By Me) (2:56)
14. Alice (Isn't Playing) (3:45)
15. Far From The Sea (4:45)
Date Acquired 04/20/1989
Personal Rating
Acquired from Northern Lights
Purchase Price 19.99

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Notes

Contains the eight tracks originally released on the "Epic Garden Music" LP (CHIME 00.01), plus seven bonus tracks taken from three 7-inch releases:
"Imagination", "Landslide", and "When I See You" from "Clé" (LM 003), "Colourless Dream" and "Things We Never Did" from "Colourless Dream" (LM005), and "Lost in a Moment" and "The Tightrope Touch" from "Lost in a Moment" (DING 1).
Tracks 1-3 were recorded at Pet Sounds in 1981.
Tracks 4 & 5 were recorded at Surrey Sound in 1981.
Tracks 6 & 7 were recorded at Silo in 1982 and were remixed at The Twilight Zone, Berry Street in 1988.
Tracks 8-15 were recorded at Spaceward in 1983.
Design – Black Graphics, Guinness
Photography By – Cliff Ash
Producer – Nick Ralph (tracks: 6 to 15), Steve Burgess (2) (tracks: 6 to 15)
Written-By, Arranged By – Sad Lovers & Giants
Recorded At – Surrey Sound Studios
Remixed At – The Twilight Zone
Recorded At – Spaceward Studios

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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR14      -0.00 dB   -16.98 dB      5:42 01/15-Imagination
DR15      -0.00 dB   -18.47 dB      3:01 02/15-Landslide
DR13      -1.28 dB   -18.23 dB      3:18 03/15-When I See You
DR14      -0.52 dB   -16.30 dB      4:48 04/15-Colourless Dream
DR13      -0.00 dB   -16.55 dB      4:09 05/15-Things We Never Did
DR13      -0.00 dB   -15.02 dB      4:20 06/15-Lost in a Moment
DR14      -0.52 dB   -17.20 dB      5:20 07/15-The Tightrope Touch
DR14      -0.20 dB   -16.93 dB      2:58 08/15-Echoplay
DR13      -1.60 dB   -16.83 dB      4:18 09/15-Clocktower Lodge
DR16      -0.00 dB   -17.42 dB      3:30 10/15-Clint
DR13      -3.86 dB   -19.34 dB      3:50 11/15-Lope
DR14      -2.40 dB   -18.87 dB      3:24 12/15-Cloud 9
DR16      -0.80 dB   -21.70 dB      2:57 13/15-Art (By Me)
DR14      -1.40 dB   -19.17 dB      3:46 14/15-Alice (Isn't Playing)
DR16      -0.97 dB   -19.65 dB      4:46 15/15-Far From the Sea
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 809 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review by Amy Hanson:

Working hard to further their penchant for hashing together paisley underground psychedelia and classic post-punk, Sad Lovers and Giants followed their first two acclaimed singles with the hefty EP Epic Garden Music in fall 1982. With a delicious blend of gloomy guitar and bass infused with punch and verve that recalls early Cure, and a sophisticated wordplay that was uniquely their own, the quintet split the songs between seaside and countryside, between earth and air, and inflected a little of each into the music. Absolutely cohesive and completely on track, the songs on this set are slick and smooth. From the opening "Echoplay" and the foggy "Clocktower Lodge," which walk a quiet edge, to the pure pop of "Alice (Isn't Playing)" and the ominous closer "Far From the Sea," which sounds as if vocalist Garce Allard sang his part through a window outside the studio, each moment is a masterpiece. And, though most of the songs maintain similar a tempo and intensity, "Clint" snaps heads around, while "Lope" features a sublimely off-kilter sax solo from David Wood. It's an addition that brings the closing dregs of a traveling circus to mind -- or, perhaps in a nod to the side's vibe, a closing seaside town that has turned a woolen shoulder to November wind and rain. Sorely overlooked outside of England, Sad Lovers and Giants may have been lost in the wake of the post-punk generation's heroes, but they haven't been forgotten. They remain a small pearl -- a gem of the ocean that birthed them.

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