The Perfect Disaster ‎– Asylum Road [LP] (1988, Fire)

 

Band leader Phil Parfitt originally started out in punk band Varicose Veins releasing the now highly collectible single 'Incredible' in 1978. He followed it with 7" releases fronting both Orange Disaster and The Architects Of Disaster (whose rhythm section departed to form Fields of the Nephilim) before settling on the Perfect Disaster moniker. The group's Velvet Underground-influenced alternative pop/rock first caught on in France, where they released both a self-titled album and self-titled EP 1985. The original lineup consisted of frontman/singer/saxophonist (and later guitarist) Parfitt, bassist John Saltwell, guitarists Alison Pate (also ex-Varicose Veins, Orange Disaster, and Architects Of Disaster) and Dan Cross, and drummer Malcolm Catto. 

 
The band eventually secured a contract in the U.K. with Glass Records, and inaugurated the deal with the 1987 EP 'Hey Hey Hey' (which was recorded with Catto's replacement, Martin Langshaw, on drums). It was followed later in the year by a re-release of the self-titled debut album (which was slightly re-sequenced, re-packaged with new art, and included an additional track culled from the French EP). The band capped what was a productive '87 with the 'Bluebell' single, Saltwell's last recording with the group. 1988 saw the the band sign with London's Fire Records, welcome new bassist Josephine Wiggs, and release the 'T.V. (Girl On Fire)' EP and 'Asylum Road' album. The LP, based on Parfitt's experiences working in a mental hospital, also gave the band their first U.S. exposure via a licensing deal with Los Angeles label Genius Records. [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

 

 

Label: Fire Records ‎– FIRE LP11 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo 

Country: UK, Europe, US, Spain

Released: 1988 

Style: Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock

 

Tracklist:

A1 The Crack Up 

A2 Stop Crying Girl 

A3 All The Stars 

A4 Call It A Day 

A5 In Conference Again 

A6 Mooncraters 

B1 T.V. (Girl On Fire) 

B2 In The Afternoon 

B3 Evil Eye 

B4 Whats The Use Of Trying? 

B5 The Night Belongs To Charlie 

 

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