Mesh & Lace

Mesh & Lace
Studio album by Modern English
Released 6 April 1981
Recorded Jacobs Studios, Farnham, England
Genre Post-punk
Length 42:25
72:21 (with bonus tracks)
Language English
Label 4AD
Producer Modern English
Modern English chronology
Mesh & Lace
(1981)
After the Snow
(1982)

Mesh & Lace is the debut studio album by English post-punk band Modern English. It was released on 6 April 1981, through record label 4AD. The album was reissued on CD in 1992 with seven bonus tracks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Trouser Press panned the album, calling it "a load of monotonous droning and shouting by a precious art band oppressively weighed down by its self-conscious 4AD pretensions."[2]

Vinyl LP track listing

All songs written and composed by Modern English. 

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "16 Days"   4:33
2. "Just a Thought"   4:08
3. "Move in Light"   4:45
4. "Grief"   6:28
5. "The Token Man"   6:32
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "A Viable Commercial"   4:24
2. "Black Houses"   5:44
3. "Dance of Devotion (A Love Song)"   5:51

CD track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Gathering Dust"   4:20
2. "16 Days"   4:33
3. "Just a Thought"   4:08
4. "Move in Light"   4:45
5. "Grief"   6:28
6. "The Token Man"   6:32
7. "A Viable Commercial"   4:24
8. "Black Houses"   5:44
9. "Dance of Devotion (A Love Song)"   5:51
10. "Smiles and Laughter"   3:12
11. "Mesh and Lace"   4:19
12. "Tranquility of a Summer Moment (Vice Versa)"   7:02
13. "Home"   3:50
14. "Swans on Glass"   4:35
15. "Incident"   2:38

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