I have a rather strange relationship with Talking Drums. I was a fan of theirs and played several tracks of theirs while I was a Disc Jockey outside of the Christina industry. Their albums were only available as imports but I fell in love with them. I had no idea they were a Christian band or band of Christians if you prefer. This is their first full length album and built on the success of their EP Courage. Between Courage and this album they actually released a very well produced demo that was very popular in the underground scene. Two tracks from that demo, Reassembly Of The Heart, and What Do You Want? were rerecorded (or possible just remixed) for this album.
Tracklist
1 – Pretend A Stranger – 3:34
2 – I Do Not Fret – 4:10
3 – You Do Cry A Lot – 3:13
4 – Reassembly Of The Heart – 4:13
5 – What Do You Want? – 2:16
6 – Tell Me – 3:37
7 – Much Too Much – 3:41
8 – Sweet July – 3:20
9 – Grown-Up Children – 3:33
10 – Innocent Love – 4:04
Credits
Engineer [Creative Engineering] – Rico Conning
Performer [Talking Drums:] – Carol Moore, Charlie Irvine, Dot Irvine
Producer [Production] – Steve Butler
Sleeve – Box
Written-By – Charlie Irvine
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Illegal Music Ltd.
Copyright © – Illegal Music Ltd.
Recorded At – Guerilla Studios
Recorded At – Utopia Studios
I loved Talking Drums, and their successor Lies, Damned Lies. The 12″ extended version of Pretend a Stranger is tremendous. For a while, c1990, the band lived in bristol around the corner from the Techno Twins and Fairnie took me round to see Dot & Charlie’s attic studio where they were producing something for someone I forget who. I liked that to turn on the reel to record, because it was in an awkward position, he’d rigged up a pole slung under a table that he could push at the button and turn it on. The cover looks quite Famous Names like doesn’t it. Not a coincidence. This bad were incredibly prolific and via their Sticky label they single handedly promoted 90% of scotland’s CCM output.