Close Up (The Outsiders album)

Close Up
Studio album by The Outsiders
Released 1978
Recorded 1978 at Spaceward, Cambridge, England
Genre Punk rock, garage rock, hard rock
Label Raw Edge
The Outsiders chronology
One to Infinity
(1977)
Close Up
(1978)

Close Up is the second and final studio album by English punk band The Outsiders, which would later evolve into The Sound. It was released in 1978 by record label Raw Edge.

Background

In the liner notes of the 2012 reissue of the album, the musical style of Close Up is described as such: "Gone were the acoustic guitars and lengthy solos, replaced by urgency, stabbing riffs and a full-on, hard-edged punk/new wave sound".[1]

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Vital Hours"
  2. "Observations"
  3. "Fixed Up"
  4. "Touch and Go"
  5. "White Debt"
  6. "Count for Something"
Side B
  1. "Out of Place"
  2. "Keep the Pain Inside"
  3. "Face to Face"
  4. "Semi-Detached Life"
  5. "Conspiracy of War"

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
NMEgenerally favourable[3]
Record Mirrorunfavourable[4]

Close Up received a lukewarm response from critics, though slightly more enthusiastically held than the band's previous album, Calling on Youth. NME reviewer John Hamblett called the album "patchy, but promising", calling The Outsiders "a band with a future".[3] Tony Parsons, on the other hand, reviewing for the same magazine, described it as "tuneless, gormless, gutless".[1]

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. 1 2 2012 reissue liner notes.
  2. Deming, Mark. "Close Up – The Sound : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. AllRovi. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Hamblett, John (7 April 1979). "[NME review]". NME. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. Hall, Phillip (April 1979). "[Record Mirror review]". Record Mirror. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

External links

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