Pillows & Prayers Volumes 1&2 (Cherry Red 1982-1984)

Pillows & Prayers Volumes 1&2 (Cherry Red 1982-1984) (直輸入盤帯ライナー付国内仕様)

英名門ネオアコレーベル、Cherry Redのコンピレーションアルバムです。
　

[CD1]
1. PORTRAIT Five Or Six
2. EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS The Monochrome Set
3. ALL ABOUT YOU Thomas Leer
4. PLAIN SAILING Tracey Thorn
5. SOME THINGS DON'T MATTER Ben Watt
6. LOVE IN YOUR HEART Kevin Coyne
7. MODI 2 (EXTRACT) Piero Milesi
8. COMPULSION Joe Crow
9. LAZY WAYS Marine Girls
10. MY FACE IS ON FIRE - Felt
11. NO NOISE Eyeless In Gaza
12. XOYO The Passage
13. ON MY MIND Everything But The Girl
14. A BANG AND A WIMPEY Attila The Stockbroker
15. I UNSEEN The Misunderstood
16. DON'T BLINK The Nightingales
17. STOP THE MUSIC FOR A MINUTE Quentin Crisp 

[CD2]
1. A PLACE IN THE SUN Marine Girls
2. IT'S A FINE DAY - Jane
3. FEATHERING THE NEST Kevin Hewick
4. IF SHE DOESN'T SMILE… - Fantastic Something
5. NEW RISEN Eyeless In Gaza
6. JET SET JUNTA The Monochrome Set
7. UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME Morgan Fisher
8. PENELOPE TREE - Felt
9. THE WATERY SONG Maurice Deebank
10. SHOUTING IN CAFES In Embrace
11. I'M USED NOW Grab, Grab The Haddock
12. WALTER AND JOHN Ben Watt & Robert Wyatt
13. ANOTHER REASON Five Or Six
14. CHENKO Red Box

トラックリストを見れば瞭然ですが、レーベルの名アーティストが名を連ねています。
The Monochrome Set、Everything But The Girl、Kevin Hewick、Five Or Six…叙情的でノスタルジックな曲がうまくまとまって構成されています。ネオアコに興味がある方は、とりあえずこれを押さえとけばOK。ニューウェイブ好きにもおすすめです。