Tag Archives: Trevor Horn

Those First Impressions: ABC Debut Single

Posted on August 22, 2011 by postpunkmonk

ABC: Tears Are Not Enough UK 7″ [1981] Tears Are Not Enough [ver. 1] Alphabet Soup Before we move on for a long time, let’s take one more look at ABC through the Monk’s lens; focusing on their idiosyncratic debut single, … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Rock GPA: ABC [part 2]

Posted on August 8, 2011 by postpunkmonk

ABC – The Lexicon Of Love | 1982 – 4 What more can be said about this record except that it’s one of the most deliberate, careful, and lovingly overmade records ever released in the pre-computer era. After the tepid … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Rock GPA | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Rock GPA: ABC [part 1]

Posted on August 5, 2011 by postpunkmonk

I remember vividly when I first heard ABC. Again, I was listening to WPRK-FM a lot back in the summer of ’82. They were moving from the West Coast Hardcore trend of late ’81 to the UK funk trend of … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Rock GPA | Tagged , , , | 27 Comments

Record Review: Philip Jap – Save Us

Posted on December 1, 2010 by postpunkmonk

A little while ago, a friend ran across a single he hadn’t seen in almost 30 years and sent it to me, thinking I’d appreciate it. Well, he was right! I had not previously heard of Philip Jap, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Record Review: Anne Pigalle – Everything Could Be So Perfect

Posted on October 28, 2010 by postpunkmonk

Ms. Pigalle. The left field chanteuse of ZTT records. When ZTT erupted with their high-tech Trevor Horn crafted sound with the debuts of Art Of Noise, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Propaganda in the ’83-’84 period, no one might have … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Deadpan Women, NWOBJP | Tagged , , | 5 Comments