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Album Description
A welcome re-release of this legendary Goth album which reached #3 in the Indie charts in 1985. Emerging alongside other goth bands such as Sisters Of Mercy, The Mission and The Cult, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry stood out as a different breed due to the directness of their lyrics. Formed in Leeds in 1982 they plowed a lone furrow with their dark and often manic rhythms - almost assaulting the audience with their force. The Indie hit singles 'Take It All', 'He's Read', 'This Today', 'Monkeys On Juice' and 'Hollow Eyes' are all included as well as 10 bonus tracks 'Beating My Head', 'I'm Still Waiting', 'Take It All', 'Happy' (Single Version), 'He's Read See The Fire', 'Monkey's On Juice', 'Push', 'Silence', 'Hollow Eyes' (12" Version) and 'Russia'. Cherry Red. 2005.

Album Details
A Welcome Re-release of this Legendary Goth Album which Reached Number Three in the Indie Charts in 1985. Emerging Alongside Other Goth Bands Such as Sisters of Mercy, the Mission and the Cult, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Stood Out as a Different Breed Due to the Directness of their Lyrics. Formed in Leeds in 1982 They Ploughed a Lone Furrow with their Dark and Often Manic Rhythms Almost Assaulting the Audience with their Force. The Indie Hit Singles "Take it All", "he's Read", "This Today", "Monkeys on Juice" and "Hollow Eyes" Are all Included as Well as Ten Bonus Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

4 stars for the music, 1 star for the mastering/packaging April 3, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I don't know what kind of system the previous reviewer was listening on, but with all the pops and crackles, it is obvious that EVERY track is mastered from vinyl. Cherry Red has been re-issuing Red Rhino material for some time now using vinyl as their source (Pulp, Skeletal Family, etc). RLYL fans have had to endure many sub standard re-issues and rehashes of their early material. The shame of it is that their are CD versions of 'smashed hits' and 'paint your wagon' that came out back in the day that could've been used to improve this and the '82-87 singles collection'. The bonus tracks appear to be different vinyl versions than those used on '82-87' with 'take it all' in particular sounding pretty bad. It's missing the rerecording of 'beating my head' from the 'this today' ep, which is far superior to the 1st 7" version used here (this track is also missing from '82-87'. The insides are pretty good replicating the lyric sheet on the inner sleeve of the LP, and yet another eulogy from another fan. The music is brutal. RLYL were the best band to come out of goth ground zero (leeds/bradford area)in the 1980's, and were to say the least, uncompromising. More like the Doors on speed, than anything else. This and 'paint your wagon' should be in your record collection, however you'll gain nothing by buying this on CD, buy the original LP instead. One last gripe the gravestone marker on the front cover ruins the sleeve.

5 out of 5 stars

Guitar-Drenched Gloom and Doom November 24, 2005
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER was one of the strongest UK rock debut albums of the mid-1980's. Consisting of eight short, crushing songs, the LP was a throbbing mass of guitar-drenched gloom and doom that seemed at the time to herald a new and audacious band fully capable of going on to do bigger and better things. While the Lorries would in fact release several subsequent singles over the years that were (arguably) better than any of the individual tracks on WEATHER, they never again would release an album so coherent and consistently powerful; it definitely stands as their ultimate statement and serves as the best starting point for anyone remotely interested in the band.

Previously available only on a murky sounding "two-fer" Compact Disc, with the Lorries' second album, PAINT YOUR WAGON, tacked on, this new reissue has been completely remastered and appends several bonus tracks, including the first ever CD appearance of "Russia", one of the band's most bizarre b-sides. The release is part of Anagram's Goth Collector's Series, although its certainly arguable to a considerable extent as to whether the band should really be bound within the extremely rigid perimeters that define the "gothic rock" genre. They were more adventurous than many of the run-of-the-mill goths, often embracing acid rock and danceable rhythms along the way. Vocalist Chris Reed's bleak lyrics tended to be a little more straightforward and intelligent than most of his competitors, at least on this first album. Regardless of how you choose to classify the music, TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER is undeniably an explosive and searing document of its time, and still a powerful experience after all these years.

4 out of 5 stars

A Must-have for any RLYL fan. October 22, 2007
The only reason that this album doesn't get a full 5 stars from me is that several tracks are missing that I wish had been included. Generation, Spinning Round, and Save my Soul are all sorely missed on this album, but otherwise it's a top-notch CD.

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