Pale Hands I Loved So Well

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Pale Hands I Loved So Well
Studio album by
Released1982 (1982)
GenreExperimental[1]
LabelUniton
ProducerJohn Rivers, Eyeless in Gaza
Eyeless in Gaza chronology
Caught in Flux
(1981)
Pale Hands I Loved So Well
(1982)
Drumming the Beating Heart
(1982)

Pale Hands I Loved So Well is the third album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1982 by record label Uniton.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Soundsgenerally favourable[1]
Trouser Pressunfavourable[3]

AllMusic called it "arguably the highlight of the band's earliest days" and "a delicate, focused, and impassioned collection that sounds like little else released in the English-speaking world in 1981."[2] An unfavourable review came from Trouser Press, which described it as "fairly dissolute – a meandering, largely improvisational attempt to make music out of aimless doodles".[3]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Martyn Bates and Peter Becker

  1. "Tall and White Nettles"
  2. "Warm Breath, Soft and Slow"
  3. "Blue Distance"
  4. "Sheer Cliffs"
  5. "Falling Leaf/Fading Flower, Goodbye to Summer"
  6. "Lies of Love"
  7. "To Ellen"
  8. "Pale Saints"
  9. "Letters to She"
  10. "Light Sliding"
  11. "Big Clipper Ship"

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Henderson, Dave (16 April 1983). "[Pale Hands I Loved So Well review]". Sounds. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Pale Hands I Loved So Well – Eyeless in Gaza | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b Walker, John; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Eyeless in Gaza". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

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