The Comsat Angels - To Before

Title: To Before Artist: The Comsat Angels Release Date: 1/29/2007 Re-Released On: 2/6/2007 Label: Renascent Records Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 601791801823 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk, Alternative/Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave Moods: Angst-Ridden, Brooding, Melancholy, Plaintive, Restrained, Stylish, Autumnal, Eerie, Gloomy, Ominous, Tense/Anxious, Cerebral, Earnest, Ethereal, Hypnotic, Paranoid, Rousing, Weary Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Mass [#][Demo Version]
2. Have You Seen [#][Demo Version]
3. Work [#][Demo Version]
4. I Get Excited [B-Side]
5. The House That.... [#][Demo Version]
6. Red Planet [A-Side]
7. Specimen No 2 [B-Side]
8. Eye of the Lens [#][Demo Version]
9. You Never Learn [#][Demo Version]
10. Tilted [Demo Version]
11. Island Heart [#][Demo Version]
12. Time to Burn [#][Demo Version]

1. Lost Continent [#][Demo Version]
2. Something's Got to Give [#][Demo Version]
3. You Move Me [#][Demo Version]
4. Carried Away [#][Demo Version]
5. Born Again [#][Demo Version]
6. Ice Sculpture
7. She's Invisible
8. Under the Influence [#][Demo Version]
9. I.K.T.F. [#][Demo Version]
10. Transport of Delight
11. Venus Hunter [Demo Version]
12. There's Something Going On [#][Demo Version]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Renascent Records 18

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Comsats aficionados have slobbered over rumors of unreleased songs and outtakes for 25 years, and To Before is a sampling of that manna. Singer/guitarist Stephen Fellows seems surprised at the results, noting, "I'd not heard some of this since we did it." Disc one is the early period, with original version demos (some reworked later, like "The House That..."), a rare debut single, and genius finds like "Work" and "Time to Burn." (Sadly, still no sign of the three other radically different versions of "Ju Ju Money" out there, somewhere!) Disc two mostly emanates from that synth pop period between 1982's fantastic Fiction and 1992's terrific artistic comeback My Mind's Eye, but it's much more "rock" than the Land and 7 Day Weekend phase. The pièce de résistance is the original demo of "Venus Hunter," a fantastic song on the Fellows tape, but badly overproduced when redone on 1990's Fire on the Moon (released under the name Dream Command, not Comsat Angels). It's a quavering psychedelic rock brew that pointed clearly to 1992's My Mind's Eye salvation, years hence. Can we ask for a Volume 2? ~ Jack Rabid, All Music Guide

Name Credits Andy Peake Vocals, Keyboards Kevin Bacon Producer, Bass Mik Glaisher Drums Stephen Fellows Guitar, Liner Notes, Vocals