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The Only Fun in Town/Sorry for Laughing
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Track Listing
- Fun N' Frenzy
- Revelation
- Crazy To Exist
- It's Kinda Funny
- Angle
- Forever Drone
- Heart Of Song
- 16 Years
- Citizens
- Sorry For Laughing
- Fun N' Frenzy
- Heads Watch
- Drone
- Sense Of Guilt
- Art Of Things
- Crazy To Exist
- Citizens
- Variation Of Scene
- Terry's Show Lies
- No Glory
- Endless Soul
- Sorry For Laughing
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #66837 in Music
- Released on: 2002-05-27
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Excellent, their only 2 albums collected here
Musically, like a cross between Magazine, XTC, Joy Division and Television; Josef K were gone as soon as they had arrived. In their wake they left two stunning albums and many influential singles.
On this CD, we get their 'first' album, "Sorry for Laughing" though it was scrapped on release. It was nothing to do with the quality of songs, it was lead singer Paul Haig's insistence that the sound of the album was too polished and didn't reflect their true ethos. So only "The Only Fun in Town" was released initially, showing us a harder, punk-ish edge to their sound. In my view this album does sound better than the more 'polished' scrapped album, collected here after the released one. It's energetic and fresh sounding. Rawer, it contains wonderful angular guitar riffs and deep, deep basslines, very reminiscent of Joy Division. Songs are short, catchy and very melodic.
The second part of the CD contains the earlier, scrapped album. Some songs do sound over-dubbed and over produced, but it allows a wonderful comparison between their more rawer, energetic touch to the studio based output.
A brilliant collection from an influential and very talented band. They came, they saw, they conquered, and then they quickly disbanded!
Franz's Debut Album?
Josef K always said they'd split up after one album and they were true to their word.
Looking back, I wonder if Paul Haig regrets the decision at all? There is a lot to discover with Josef K, the raw energy and 100MPH songs grab you by the throat from the off. If you're similar to the version of Sorry For Laughing on Propaganda's Secret Wish, then you'll be shocked to hear the original version.
Music with guts!
Great songs poor sound quality
The K, along with Orange Juice and Aztec Camera were the leading lights of the scottish invasion of the 80's. There are some great songs on here, but at times the clangy production grates somewhat. Worth a try for completists.
