Graham Palmer – If the Face Fits

Graham Palmer
If the Face Fits
1984 Stride
Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Graham Palmer – Vocals
Leszek Gasiorek – Synth
Chris Gasiorek – Synth, bass
Brian Freeney – Guitar
Paul Freeney – Drums
Justin Fisher – Drums

Side 1:

1. Creation
2. Pavement Gazing
3. Firework Factory
4. Down Where the Children Played
5. Monkey Puzzle Tree
6. Music as Music
7. The Anvil
8. Suburban Nightmare
9. Cybernetic Alternative
10. Masterclass
11. Cat & Mouse
12. The Identi-Kit People’s Revolt

Side 2:

1. Darkened Danger
2. Out on the Tiles
3. ‘I was Here’
4. The Blue-Movie Blues
5. Two Faced
6. Hampton Court
7. Remix (by ‘Graham goes to Hanwell’)
8. The Lunatic
9. Skydrop
10. Song of the Firebird

While this looks like a really long album, most of the tracks are under 2 minutes long – many being less than a minute. Only two barely clock in over 2 minutes. This is mostly a spoken word project. There is music underneath the words, but mostly as sound effects and ambiance. Occasionally something like “Monkey Puzzle Tree” comes blaring out with near-punk intensity… but only lasts 43 seconds. There are also songs like “Music as Music” which has a kind of… circus-like alt rock groove under the spoken words? As you can see from the song titles, the song themes are all over the place. This is from the same label that brought us acts like Face in the Crowd and Griff.