Negativland (album)

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Negativland
Negativland1980.jpg
Studio album by
Negativland
ReleasedJune 1980
RecordedDecember, 1979-April 1980
GenreExperimental
Length36:38
LabelSeeland Records[1]
ProducerNegativland
Negativland chronology
Negativland
(1980) 		Points
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 stars[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide4/5 stars[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[5]

Negativland is Negativland's first album, released in 1980.[6][7] Each copy of the album has a different cover.[7] The initial pressing was 500 copies.[8][9] Unlike all other Negativland albums, the album has no titles for the songs, just numbers. It is the rarest Negativland album, next to the misprinted Dispepsi albums and the U2 E.P.

Critical reception[]

AllMusic wrote that "it's a very subtle record on balance, though, only here and there being as flat-out jarring and, dare it be said, epic as later albums, but with a fine ear to offsetting what might be pure ambient sound with a sense of both dynamics and construction."[2] Trouser Press called the album "evocative yet very elusive."[1]

Track listing[]

All songs by Mark Hosler/Richard Lyons/David Wills.

  1. 1 (1:01)
  2. 2 (1:25)
  3. 3 (2:16)
  4. 4 (1:22)
  5. 5 (5:19)
  6. 6 (1:18)
  7. 7 (0:57)
  8. 8 (1:01)
  9. 9 (2:02)
  10. 10 (1:36)
  11. 11 (0:47)
  12. 12 (0:33)
  13. 13 (1:55)
  14. 14 (0:38)
  15. 15 (2:12)
  16. 16 (3:17)
  17. 17 (1:12)
  18. 18 (1:34)
  19. 19 (5:04)
  20. 20 (1:09)

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Negativland". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Negativland - Negativland | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 138.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 803.
  5. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 266.
  6. ^ "All's Fair in Love and Negativland". exclaim.ca.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Negativland | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Gimarc, George (October 15, 1997). "Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982". Macmillan – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Ratliff, Ben (April 27, 2016). "Richard Lyons, 57, a Founder of the Subversive Band Negativland, Dies (Published 2016)" – via NYTimes.com.
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