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Pornography
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Pornography was released on 3 May 1982, as the band's fourth album. It was the first record with producer Phil Thornalley and was recorded from January to April at RAK Studios. The sessions were marked by a lot of drugs and quarrelling, and singer Robert Smith was deep in a depression. He thought it would be the group's last record. The album closed the dark period that had begun with Seventeen Seconds.
The music sounds dense, pounding and heavy. The NME reviewer called it Phil Spector in Hell. The Hanging Garden was the only song to be released as a single. Critics were not very enthusiastic when it came out, although the record entered at number eight in England. After that bassist Simon Gallup left the band and the group chose a lighter sound. Later Pornography received a lot of praise and is regarded as a landmark of gothic rock.
Listening
Track list
- 1One Hundred Years6:40Apple Music ↗
- 2A Short Term Effect4:23Apple Music ↗
- 3The Hanging Garden4:32Apple Music ↗
- 4Siamese Twins5:28Apple Music ↗
- 5The Figurehead6:15Apple Music ↗
- 6A Strange Day5:05Apple Music ↗
- 7Cold4:26Apple Music ↗
- 8Pornography6:27Apple Music ↗
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