No Man Is An Island – The Girl From Missouri [12''] (1989, Plastic Head Records Limited)

No-Man are an English art pop duo, formed in 1987 as No Man Is an Island (Except the Isle of Man) by singer Tim Bowness and multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson. The band has so far produced seven studio albums and a number of singles/outtakes collections (most notably, 2006's career retrospective, 'All the Blue Changes'). The band was once lauded as "conceivably the most important English group since The Smiths" by Melody Maker music newspaper, and a 2017 article of Drowned in Sound described them as "probably the most underrated band of the last 25 years". Originally creating a sample-based proto-trip hop/ambient/electropop-styled music, No-Man has pursued a more organic, diverse and band-oriented sound in subsequent years. Drawing from a diverse mix of singer-songwriter, post rock, minimalist, progressive rock, jazz and contemporary ambient sources for inspiration, No-Man's musical style is distinctive yet difficult to categorise. 

 
Steven Wilson originally launched the band in 1986 as a solo project, recording an instrumental track called "From a Toyshop Window", which blended progressive rock with synth pop. In 1987, he linked up with singer, lyricist and occasional guitarist and keyboard player Tim Bowness, who at the time was singing with Liverpool-based art-pop band, Plenty. Bowness and Wilson continued working together on recording sessions for the next two years. Violinist Ben Coleman joined the project after becoming involved with recording sessions in late 1988. The band established a four-piece live line-up in 1989 by adding guitarist Stuart Blagden (who had previously played with Bowness in the Manchester-based band, Still). No Man Is An Island released their debut single, a waltz time ballad called "The Girl From Missouri", on Plastic Head Records in mid-1989. The band was disappointed with the single and soon disowned it. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]

 

 

Label: Plastic Head Records Limited – PLAS S 012 

Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM 

Country: UK 

Released: 1989 

Style: Indie Rock, Art Rock, Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Progressive Rock

 
Tracklist: 

A1 The Girl From Missouri 

A2 Forest Almost Burning 

B1 Night Sky, Sweet Earth 

B2 The Ballet Beast
 

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