The Pop Group - Y flac album

Y is the debut studio album of English post-punk band The Pop Group. The album was produced by dub musician Dennis "Blackbeard" Bovell at Ridge Farm Studios in Surrey, and was released on 20 April 1979 through Radar Records. Pitchfork Media ranked it at number 35 on its list of The Top 100 Albums of the 1970s. The Wire included it in its list of "The 100 Most Important Records Ever Made.

The Pop Group are an English band formed in Bristol in 1977 by vocalist Mark Stewart, guitarist John Waddington, bassist Simon Underwood, t Gareth Sager, and drummer Bruce Smith. Their work in the late 1970s crossed diverse musical influences including funk, free jazz and dub with radical politics, helping to pioneer post-punk music. The group released two albums, Y (1979) and For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?

Bands like The Pop Group or Gang of Four or Talking Heads struck the reminiscents of the scene with and even more strange and somehow rebellious attitude (this time driven towards music, and music alone). With Y, the british band set their names among the greatest of the period, with an album that drew direct influences from early 70s. 2. 3y. Razzle Dazzle.

The Pop Group are a British post-punk band from Bristol, England, formed in 1978, whose dissonant sound spanned punk, free jazz, funk and dub reggae. Their lyrics were often political in nature. Y is their debut studio album. It was released on 20 April 1979, through record label Radar. In 2004, Pitchfork Media ranked Y at number 35 on its list of the greatest albums of the 1970s. Internet rock music historian Piero Scaruffi ranks Y as the 23rd greatest rock album ever.

Producer – Dennis Blackbeard Bovell, The Pop Group. Written-By – The Pop Group. Includes OBI Strip & two lyric inserts (one in Japanese, one in English). Radar Records (5). RAD 20.

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