Close to the Noise Floor: Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984 [Box Set]
by Various Artists
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Summary: The four-disc box set features 61 early electronica tracks from such artists as Blancmange, the Human League, Legendary Pink Dots, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, and Throbbing Gristle.
Record Label: Cherry Red
Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Experimental Electronic, Synth Pop, Post-Punk, Obscuro
Credit: Primary Artist
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Track Listings

1-01 Computer Bank 2-16 Almost
1-02 R.A.M. 2-17 Kodak Ghosts Run Amok
1-03 Re-Education Through Labour 2-18 Broken Vein
1-04 Sedation Strokes 2-19 The Distance from Köln
1-05 Little Bob Minor 3-01 Adrenalin (Return of the Elohim, Pt. 1)
1-06 Tight as a Drum 3-02 Robot Dance
1-07 Holiday Camp 3-03 Sea of Tranquility
1-08 Fractured Smile 3-04 Mistral
1-09 Sexuality 3-05 Joe Goes to New York
1-10 God with Us 3-06 Embryo (Extract)
1-11 Faith 3-07 Triptych
1-12 Disco Song 3-08 Encounter
1-13 The Optimum Chant 3-09 Ynys Scaith
1-14 All Night Long 3-10 Sedation
1-15 Stopping and Starting 3-11 Western Vein
2-01 I Am Your Shadow 3-12 Dead of Night (Excerpt)
2-02 D’Ya Think I’m Sexy? 4-01 What a Day
2-03 The Single Off the Album 4-02 No Way of Knowing
2-04 Back to the Beginning 4-03 Go for the Throat
2-05 Gerry and the Holograms 4-04 Eco Beat
2-06 Drugface 4-05 Dying Inside
2-07 A New Kind of Man 4-06 In the Army
2-08 Green for Go 4-07 God Speed
2-09 Sentimental 4-08 Muslin Gauze Muslim Prayer
2-10 Protect and Survive 4-09 Live at Longborne
2-11 Being Boiled 4-10 Menial Disorders, Extract B2
2-12 New Muzak 4-11 Himeal (And She Blew)
2-13 Materialistic Man 4-12 In the Room
2-14 (Leaving Me) Now 4-13 Dignity of Labour
2-15 Music to Save the World By 4-14 Mzui (Extract)