Singles 1980-82, by Crispy Ambulance

Singles 1980-82

by Crispy Ambulance

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1.	From the Cradle to the Grave 03:21	info	buy track
2.	Four Minutes From the Frontline 04:22	info	buy track
3.	Not What I Expected 04:05	info	buy track
4.	Deaf 03:57	info	buy track
5.	The Presence 13:03	info	buy track
6.	Concorde Square 09:08	info	buy track
7.	Sexus 06:10	info	buy track
8.	Black Death/Life Is Knife 08:39	info	buy track
9.	Motorway Boys 03:13	info	buy track

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A collection of singles released by Manchester post-punk band Crispy Ambulance on Factory, Factory Benelux and Aural Assault between 1980 and 1982.

FBN 4

Produced by Martin Hannett, signature track The Presence was selected by Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate, as an inheritance track on BBC Radio 4. "There's probably only me and about three other people in the world who like it," teased Armitage. "When Crispy Ambulance released their first album it got the worst review in NME I've ever seen. It included the word turgid. I didn't even know what that meant at the time and I had to look it up. I was 18 when I first heard Live on a Hot August Night and I'd got a summer job in a factory in Huddersfield. I got home one night - and it was a hot August night - and I dragged the record player outside into the garden as far as the lead would allow it to go. I got a can of beer from the fridge and I put this record on, and it was just 13 minutes and 4 seconds of dreaming."

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released March 26, 2024

Cover art by Benoît Hennebert.

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