Various - Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present: Winter of Discontent (Vinyl)

WINTER OF DISCONTENT has been compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, the latest in their highly acclaimed series of albums that includes The Daisy Age, Fell From The Sun and English Weather ("really compelling and immersive: it’s a pleasure to lose yourself in it" - Alexis Petridis, the Guardian). The era's bigger DIY names (Scritti Politti, TV Personalities, the Fall) and the lesser known (Exhibit A, Digital Dinosaurs, Frankie’s Crew) are side by side on WINTER OF DISCONTENT. Mark Perry’s Sniffin’ Glue command – “Here’s one chord, here’s another, now start a band” – was amplified by the Mekons and the Raincoats, whose music shared a little of punk’s volume, speed and distortion, but all of its obliqueness and irreverence. 

Tracklisting

1. Where Were You? - The Mekons
2. Violence Grows - Fatal Microbes
3. The Terraplane Fixation - Animals & Men
4. Work - Blue Orchids
5. Small Hours - Karl's Empty Body
6. Somebody - Frankie's Crew
7.  Confidence - Scritti Politti
8.  Drink Problem - Thin Yoghurts
9.  Low Flying Aircraft - Anne Bean & Paul Burwell
10. Brow Beaten - Performing Ferret Band
11. No Forgetting - The Manchester Mekon
12. Fairytale In The Supermarket - The Raincoats
13.  Can't Cheat Karma - Zounds
14.  Bored Housewives - Androids Of Mu
15.  In My Area (Take 2) - The Fall
16.  The Sideways Man - The Digital Dinosaurs
17.  Attitudes - The Good Missionaries
18.  The Window's Broken - Human Cabbages
19.  King And Country - Television Personalities
20.  In The Night - Exhibit 'A'
21. Nudes - Performing Ferret Band
22.  Different Story - Tarzan 5
23.  The Red Pullover - The Gynaecologists
24.  Production Line - The Door And The Window