Archive Cardiacs

Archive Cardiacs
Compilation album by
Cardiacs
Released1989
Recorded1977–1979
Length43:06
LabelAlphabet Business Concern
Producer
  • Miss Swift
  • The Consultant
Cardiacs chronology
On Land and in the Sea
(1989) 		Archive Cardiacs
(1989) 		Songs for Ships and Irons
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music[2]

Archive Cardiacs (or simply Archive) is a compilation album by English rock band Cardiacs. The album is composed of early tracks by the band recorded from 1977 to 1979.[3][4][5] The tracks were compiled from Cardiacs' demo albums The Obvious Identity (1980) and Toy World (1981), as well as four pieces recorded by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project that never saw fruition.[6]

The album was originally released on cassette in 1989 exclusively available to the Cardiacs Yousletter Family and was reissued on CD in 1995.[7][6]

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Tim Smith, except where noted.[8]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Aukamacic" 0:45
2."Icky Qualms" 2:15
3."Piffol Four Times*" 2:49
4."Scratching Crawling Scrawling" 0:56
5."As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea" 7:12
6."T.V.T.V.*" 3:49
7."My Trade Mark" 3:40
8."The Obvious Identity" 2:02
9."Piffol One Time*" 6:49
10."A Game for Bertie's Party"
5:26
11."Piffol Three Times*" 5:38
12."Rock Around the Clock"Colvin Mayers1:45
Total length:43:01

Tracks marked with * are demo tracks created by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project that never saw fruition.

Personnel

Adapted from the Archive Cardiacs liner notes.[8]

  • Tim Quy – bass guitar, percussion
  • Jim Smith – bass guitar, vocals
  • Sarah Smith – saxophones, clarinets, keyboards, recorders
  • Tim Smith – guitar, drums, vocals, flutes, keyboards, percussion
  • Mark Cawthra – drums, keyboards, vocals
  • Michael Pugh – vocals
  • Colvin Mayers – keyboards
  • Dominic Luckman – drums

Technical

  • Miss Swift – production
  • The Consultant – production

Chart performance

The 2021 streaming re-release reached number 73 on the New Zealand iTunes Chart.[9]

References

  1. ^ Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Note: Search "Alphabet 1983" (with quotation marks).
  2. ^ Larkin, Collin (1997) [1992]. "Cardiacs". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7535-0159-7. Note: Search "Alphabet 1983" (with quotation marks).
  3. ^ Lawson, Dom (11 August 2014). "Kavus Torabi's Guide To Cardiacs". Prog. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  4. ^ Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
  5. ^ "Cardiacs - Archive Cardiacs". Cardiacs. 2004. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ^ Bell, Adrian (2011). Aylesbury Bolton Wolverhampton Hove: A Little Man and 101 Cardiacs Gigs. Sullivan County, New York: Iron Bell Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-95-687950-9.
  8. ^ a b Archive Cardiacs (liner notes). Cardiacs. UK: Alphabet Business Concern. 1989. ALPH 000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "Archive - Cardiacs". Top Charts. AppGeneration. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.


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