2008, Matador
VINYL FORMAT. The posthumous album, originally released in 1984, has never been available on CD until now. The vinyl has been unavailable since the 1980s. Re-mastered and restored to its correct sequence with three bonus tracks. 32-page booklet contains ephemera, photos, and interviews. <
"Combining rock 'n' roll's traditional fetish for pure, unmediated feeling, with a more modern sort of artistic calculation, Burma's music could evoke everything from the Beatles' ecstatic run of Hamburg rock clubs in the early 60s to the lightning-speed hardcore punk that was developing in the US during Burma's tenure. In this sense, Burma can be said to have blithely encapsulated punk's overarching mission: to draw a line connecting rock rebels past and present, and, in doing so, re-imagine and re-establish the music's anarchic condition" - Salon.com.
"Combining rock 'n' roll's traditional fetish for pure, unmediated feeling, with a more modern sort of artistic calculation, Burma's music could evoke everything from the Beatles' ecstatic run of Hamburg rock clubs in the early 60s to the lightning-speed hardcore punk that was developing in the US during Burma's tenure. In this sense, Burma can be said to have blithely encapsulated punk's overarching mission: to draw a line connecting rock rebels past and present, and, in doing so, re-imagine and re-establish the music's anarchic condition" - Salon.com.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
Disc 2
| 1 | Tremelo |
| 2 | Peking Spring |
| 3 | Dumbells |
| 4 | New Disco |
| 5 | Dirt |
| 6 | Go Fun Burn Man |
| 7 | 1970 |
| 8 | Blackboard |
| 9 | He Is, She Is |
| 10 | Heart of Darkness |
| 11 | That's When I Reach for My Revolver [*] |
| 12 | Weatherbox [*] |
| 13 | Trem Two [*] |
| 14 | Learn How [*] |
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