Photographs as Memories

Photographs as Memories
Photographs as Memories
Studio album by Eyeless in Gaza
Released	30 January 1981
Recorded	W.M.R.S Leamington SDA
Studio	Woodbine Street Recording Studios
Genre	Post-punk
Label	Cherry Red
Producer	John Rivers
Eyeless in Gaza chronology

Photographs as Memories is the debut studio album by English band Eyeless in Gaza. It was released on 30 January 1981, through record label Cherry Red.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Eyeless in Gaza (Pete Becker, Martyn Bates).

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Seven Years"
2.	"Fixation"
3.	"Looking Daggers"
4.	"From A. to B."
5.	"Clear Cut Apparently"
6.	"Speech Rapid Fire"
7.	"John of Patmos"

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Knives Replace Air"
2.	"Faceless"
3.	"In Your Painting"
4.	"A Keepsake"
5.	"Whitewash"
6.	"No Noise"

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Melody Maker	favourable^[2]
NME	unfavourable^[2]
Record Mirror	unfavourable^[2]
Sounds	generally favourable^[3]
Trouser Press	favourable^[4]

AllMusic described the album's "non-style-over-substance sense of work ethic" as "frustrating".^[1] Trouser Press described it as a "better-than-decent stab at hook-filled spareness".^[4]

Personnel[]

Pete Becker – unspecified instrumentation, vocals, production
Martyn Bates – unspecified instrumentation, vocals, production

Technical

John Rivers – engineering
Jim Jag – sleeve artwork

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Carlson, Dean. "Photographs as Memories – Eyeless in Gaza : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Eyeless in Gaza – Caught in Flux". eyelessingaza.com. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
^ Sutherland, Steve (February 14, 1981). "Futura Optima". Sounds. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Carlson, Dean. "trouserpress.com :: Eyeless in Gaza". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

External links[]

Photographs as Memories at Discogs (list of releases)

[AllMusic-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Carlson, Dean. "Photographs as Memories – Eyeless in Gaza : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[eyelessingaza.com-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Eyeless in Gaza – Caught in Flux". eyelessingaza.com. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[3] Sutherland, Steve (February 14, 1981). "Futura Optima". Sounds. Retrieved June 27, 2016.

[Trouser_Press-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Carlson, Dean. "trouserpress.com :: Eyeless in Gaza". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

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