Desire (Tuxedomoon album)

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Released1981 (1981)
RecordedNovember 1980
StudioJacobs (Farnham, UK)
Desire
Studio album by
Released1981 (1981)
RecordedNovember 1980
StudioJacobs (Farnham, UK)
GenrePost-punk, experimental rock
Length49:31
LabelRalph
ProducerGareth Jones, Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon chronology
Half-Mute
(1980)
Desire
(1981)
Divine
(1982)

Desire is the second studio album by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released in 1981 by Ralph Records.[1] The album was reissued on CD in 1987 by Cramboy, bundled together with No Tears.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

The Quietus wrote that the album "represent[s] a sort of goth for the people who’ve actually did the reading before class, eschewing the Rocky Horror camp of their peers in favour of a knowing, icy glamour".[4] A critic at Last Sigh magazine gave the album a positive review and said "this is an example of a band who explore the music they compose -- they play their own original style of music that can't be compared to any specific style of music."[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Blaine L. Reininger and Winston Tong.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."East"4:28
2."Jinx"5:34
3."• • •"1:05
4."Music #1"3:47
5."Victims of the Dance"5:48
6."Incubus (Blue Suit)"3:50
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Desire"7:06
2."Again"6:20
3."In the Name of Talent (Italian Western Two)"6:02
4."Holiday for Plywood (Holiday for Strings)"5:38
1987 CD issue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."New Machine" (from No Tears)
  • Brown
  • Dachert
  • Reininger
4:22
9."Litebulb Overkill" (from No Tears)
  • Brown
  • Dachert
  • Reininger
3:12
10."Nite & Day (Hommage à Cole Porter)" (from No Tears)
  • Brown
  • Dachert
  • Reininger
5:11
11."No Tears" (from No Tears)
  • Brown
  • Dachert
  • Reininger
5:40

Music video

A music video directed by Graeme Whifler was produced for "Jinx". The video uses a shorter, 3-minute version of the song in a slightly slower tempo.

Personnel

Adapted from the Desire liner notes.[6]

Release history

References

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