Archive Cardiacs

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Archive Cardiacs
Compilation album by
Released1989
Recorded1977–1979
Length43:06
LabelAlphabet Business Concern
Producer
  • Miss Swift
  • The Consultant
Cardiacs chronology
On Land and in the Sea
(1989)
Archive Cardiacs
(1989)
Songs for Ships and Irons
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music
[2]

Archive Cardiacs (also known simply as Archive) is a compilation album by English rock band Cardiacs. The album is composed of early tracks by the band recorded from 1977 to 1979.[3][4][5] The tracks were compiled from Cardiacs' demo albums The Obvious Identity (1980) and Toy World (1981), as well as three pieces recorded by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project that never saw fruition.[6]

The album was originally released on cassette in 1989 exclusively available to the Cardiacs Yousletter Family and was reissued on CD in 1995.[7][6]

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Tim Smith, except where noted.[8]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Aukamacic" 0:45
2."Icky Qualms" 2:15
3."Piffol Four Times*" 2:49
4."Scratching Crawling Scrawling" 0:56
5."As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea" 7:12
6."T.V.T.V.*" 3:49
7."My Trade Mark" 3:40
8."The Obvious Identity" 2:02
9."Piffol One Time*" 6:49
10."A Game for Bertie's Party"5:26
11."Piffol Three Times*" 5:38
12."Rock Around the Clock"Colvin Mayers1:45
Total length:43:01

Tracks marked with * are demo tracks created by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project that never saw fruition.

Personnel

Adapted from the Archive Cardiacs liner notes.[8]

  • Tim Quy – bass guitar, percussion
  • Jim Smith – bass guitar, vocals
  • Sarah Smith – saxophones, clarinets, keyboards, recorders
  • Tim Smith – guitar, drums, vocals, flutes, keyboards, percussion
  • Mark Cawthra – drums, keyboards, vocals
  • Michael Pugh – vocals
  • Colvin Mayers – keyboards
  • Dominic Luckman – drums

Technical

  • Miss Swift – production
  • The Consultant – production

Chart performance

The 2021 streaming re-release reached number 73 on the New Zealand iTunes Chart.[9]

References

  1. . Note: Search "Alphabet 1983" (with quotation marks).
  2. . Note: Search "Alphabet 1983" (with quotation marks).
  3. ^ Lawson, Dom (11 August 2014). "Kavus Torabi's Guide To Cardiacs". Prog. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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  5. ^ "Cardiacs - Archive Cardiacs". Cardiacs. 2004. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock [it] (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
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  8. ^ a b Archive Cardiacs (liner notes). Cardiacs. UK: Alphabet Business Concern. 1989. ALPH 000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "Archive - Cardiacs". Top Charts. AppGeneration. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.