Year: 1981
Country: UK
City: Manchester
Label: Factory
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 9
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
ACR is a post-punk band started in Manchester late 1978. Four thin boys - Simon Topping, Peter Terrell, Jeremy Kerr and Martin Moscrop - form A Certain Ratio, producing dark, angular, drummerless noise at the famous Factory club in Hulme. Factory becomes a record label, whose
founders Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus also manage ACR and release their
first single, All Night Party, in May 1979. Soon after, their sound is
transformed by the arrival of crack drummer Donald Johnson, this
increased funk quotient also plain on their next single, Shack Up,
recorded for 50 the day after the death of Ian Curtis, singer with
labelmates Joy Division. Four months later, in September 1980, ACR and
New Order travel to New York to gig and record, exposing both bands to
fresh influences which further revolutionise their sound. Recorded in New Jersey, debut album ACR "to each..." is produced by the legendary Martin Hannett, but eclipsed by
superlative companion single Flight. Both are soon followed by Sextet,
self-produced by the band in 1981 and incorporating funk licks
absorbed in New York, along with short stay singer Martha Tilson. This
purple patch continues with third album I’d Like To See You Again, this
time showcasing parched new wave, though creative tensions see
Topping and Terrell depart early in 1983, and the rest of the band
devote more time to jazz offshoot Kalima.
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"the graveyard and the ballroom"Year: 1979
Label: Factory
Format: cassette
Tracks: 10
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Post Punk
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