Good Together

A Certain Ratio

SKU: STUMM411

Barcode: 5414939961199

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  • Genre: Rock And Pop
  • Label: Mute
  • Released Date: 25th May 2018
  • Buying Format:
    2LP Coloured Vinyl Gatefold Sleeve Includes Download Code

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Mute present A Certain Ratio’s next phase of reissues with ‘Good Together’ and ‘Up In Downsville’.

The reissues are part of the ongoing collaboration with Mute that started with ‘The Graveyard And The Ballroom’, ‘To Each’ and ‘Force’. The current and forthcoming releases, including the long out of print albums ‘acr:mcr’ and ‘Good Together’ will be followed by ‘Sextet’, ‘Mind Made Up’, ‘Change The Station’ and a new compilation with recently recorded tracks plus various box sets that will include rare and previously unreleased material, in a campaign that is set to run over three years.

A Certain Ratio embraced the ethic and culture of the late Seventies post punk explosion but sounded like nothing else around them and refused to fit in. Formed in 1978, the band had various members throughout their career and a core line-up of Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop and Donald Johnson.

Hailed universally as pioneers of what became known as ‘punk funk’ thanks to the success of ‘Shack Up’ on both sides of the Atlantic, their sound is not easily pigeon holed and their influence can never be understated. The band introduced the avant-garde elements of funk, jazz, electronics, tape loops and technology to the pop song, wrapping it in a post punk aesthetic, adding great clothes and the coolest haircuts.

They have gone on to influence generations of musicians – from LCD Soundsystem, Happy Mondays, Franz Ferdinand, ESG, Factory Floor and Andrew Weatherall, who will appear at the band’s sold out Hebden Bridge performance in May.

The Guardian’s Dave Simpson paid tribute to the band (once described as “James Brown on acid”) in a recent Cult Heroes piece: “Once you start listening to A Certain Ratio, it’s difficult to stop.”

‘Good Together’ is on white double vinyl. ‘Up In Downsville’ is on light blue double vinyl. Both vinyl formats include digital download codes.

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Track Listings

Manik
Turn Me On
Mello
Wonder Y
Up In Downsville Part 1
27 Forever
Tekno 4 An Answer
Salvador's Fish
Up In Downsville Part 2

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