Waiting for Angels
Waiting for Angels
Track Listings
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1. Foggy Dew
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2. Bonny Woodhall
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3. James Hatley
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4. Young Morgan
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5. Royal Lament
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6. Ship to Old England Came
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7. Waiting for Angels
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8. Bold General Wolfe
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9. Bloody Fields of Flanders/MacGregor of Rora
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10. Harry Lime Theme
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11. Famous Flower of Serving Men
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The First Solo Album in Six Years from the Single Most Important Figure on the British Folk Scene, with Brilliant Production by his Daughter Eliza.
Waiting for Angels,Martin Carthy,Topic Records,British Folk,England,Folk,Folk & Traditional,Pop
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- Not really a masterpiece, but it has its charm.
- Definitive UK post punk
- Some Of The Best Music From The Post-Punk Era
- Probably My Favorite Band of All Time, Too
- My favorite album by my favorite band...
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Waiting for a Miracle
The Comsat Angels
Manufacturer: Renascent UK
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ASIN: B000E41KPQ
Release Date: 2006-04-17 |
Tracks:
- Missing in Action
- 'Baby'
- Independence Day
- Waiting for a Miracle
- Total War
- On the Beach
- Monkey Pilot
- Real Story
- Map of the World
- Postcard
- Home Is the Range [*]
- We Were [*]
- Ju Ju Money [*][Outtake]
- Work [#][*][Outtake]
- Independence Day [#][*][Demo Version]
- Real Story [#][*][Demo Version]
- Target Talk [#][*][Demo Version]
- Living In [#][*][Demo Version]
Album Description
Waiting For A Miracle is the Comsat Angels debut album, originally released on Polydor in September 1980, and contains the original recording of the classic 'Independence Day', as well as several songs that would be regarded as mini-masterpieces of the Post-Punk era, 'Real Story', 'Total War' and the title track. Renascent. 2006.
Album Details
Their Debut Album, Originally Released on Polydor in September 1980, Includes the Original Recording of the Classic 'independence Day', as Well as Several Songs that Would Be Regarded as Mini-masterpieces of the Post-punk Era, 'real Story', 'total War' and the Title Track.
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Not really a masterpiece, but it has its charm........2007-03-01
Like most of their post-punk contemporaries, The Comsat Angels started with minimal instrumentation and production, as required by the punk aesthetic, but slowed down the tempos and added a dark atmosphere with serious, foreboding lyrics. From there they had a turn with goth, by making their music even slower and darker while improving the production, and then they changed course once again and wrote an all-out pop album with short radio-friendly songs. This was not an uncommon evolution at the time -- The Cure did basically the same thing -- but the Comsat Angels just never were able to break into the mainstream. Life isn't fair.
But now their first three albums have been reissued, after being out of print for two decades, and it's time to re-evaluate them. Waiting For A Miracle is first in the trilogy, and it's probably even more minimal than most of the other post-punk debuts. There is almost no guitar on the whole album. In fact, there are almost no riffs or hooks as such. Almost all of the songs are driven by repetitive, rudimentary rhythms and the occasional keyboard. "Independence Day" is the only song that has a clear guitar lead like a typical rock song.
At times, it really sounds like they've just taught themselves how to play. Many songs have a fragmented, jerky quality to them, with abrupt changes in the rhythm. "Monkey Pilot" especially sounds like it was pieced together from three different demos. The refrain that opens the song stops abruptly and goes into a long plodding section, which goes back to the refrain just as suddenly. "Real Story" is one of the few songs to have a recognizable guitar line, but that guitar line isn't really the sort of catchy hook that people put in pop songs. There's a very uncertain pause after every time it repeats, as if it doesn't really fit the rhythm, and the very notes sound like something one might write if one wants to write a guitar song but has never played the guitar.
But in some sense, this extreme minimalism suits the album. The lyrics often share this uncertain quality, and exhibit a kind of charming naivete. The title track is about how singer Stephen Fellows feels lonely at a dance, and wishes that a girl he likes would notice him. "Total War" laments his estrangement from his girlfriend, which occurs because she doesn't like his friends or his clothes. It's a banal reason, but hey, life is that way. These particular lyrics convey the mood by capturing small but realistic details. Fellows is much less successful when he tries to adopt a confident, world-weary air, like in "Map Of The World," where he tries to use a map as a metaphor for the insignificance of all human life. This very laboured observation comes across as shallow rather than experienced and wise.
The band's strength is not in the music and songwriting. But they're very good with simple chant-like lyrics. The music and lyrics of "Baby" are pretty forgettable, but there's one part after the second verse where Fellows softly chants "talk...talk...talk" and it has a powerful effect. "Waiting For A Miracle" does a similar thing in the ending, where Fellows repeats "waiting for a miracle, but nothing ever happens" in a rueful voice. It just so happens that this device evokes exactly the kind of bleak, repetitive setting that the lyrics refer to. Fellows doesn't make a show of emoting by screaming or sighing or what-not, and this understated singing style can make these simple chants compelling and meaningful.
And then there's "Independence Day," which is a truly great post-punk song and by far the best track on the album. It's the only song with a real guitar hook. Though just as minimal as the rest of the music, the notes are punctuated by pauses so precisely that it sounds nervous and tight, rather than uncertain like the other songs. The build-up of drums, which start calmly and proceed to thunder by the very end, is also very strong. And Fellows contributes a fine lyric, with the memorable refrain, "I can't relax because I haven't done a thing, and I can't do a thing because I can't relax." To this day, this is the Comsat Angels' sole charting single, though they recorded a few more good ones later on.
The reissue adds eight bonus tracks. The four demos are bland except for the version of "Independence Day," which uses feedback to make the guitar line sound soft and sad rather than nervous. Of the B-sides, "Home Is The Range" exhibits all of the band's weaknesses: they try to write a fast and energetic song, but there's clearly no tune to it, and the drums just crash along monotonously. But "We Were" is a moody instrumental, with a more expansive, "cathedral-like" sound, and adds some variety to the album. And the last two out-takes, "Ju Ju Money" and "Work," are excellent, better than half the songs on the album itself. "Ju Ju Money" was later reworked for the band's third album, where it was given a much richer production with layered guitars. But this version may be even better, precisely because it's so sparse. The best part is after the vocals, when the bass line repeats over and over, and the guitar occasionally interjects with a single note. This extended outro creates a genuine sense of unease and mystery, which the band was trying to create with mixed success throughout the whole album. And "Work" has quite possibly the album's best lyric, written from the perspective of the real young man struggling to support himself, rather than the rock poet.
Waiting For A Miracle is not exactly a lost classic, but the band's youthful earnestness, and their inability to fake an experienced image, do grow on one. Their other albums don't have this quality. And the bonus tracks show that they had talent.
Definitive UK post punk.......2007-02-11
Fans of The Sound, Echo and the Bunnymen, Teardrop Explodes, Psychedelic Furs first LP, and maybe even Joy Division should give a listen. While living in the UK in the late 70's I considered The Comsat Angels to be a great singles band. While "Red Planet" doesn't appear here, pre Polydor I guess, "Independence Day" and "Total War" fit in well as part of their first full length effort. This music represents a fine era in rock music. Headiness, great songs, lyrics that say something, and of course drums, bass, and guitars. I reviewed this because I feel it is an important recording.
Some Of The Best Music From The Post-Punk Era.......2006-10-11
One of the most overlooked bands of all time, the Comsat Angels, made their brilliant debut with the album Waiting For A Miracle. Listening to it takes me back to the fresh spontaneity of live bands of the late 1970s, before music evolved into being over-polished and over-synthesized. It is pure and sparse and (for me) quite enjoyable in 2006. There are some amazing tunes here, especially Missing In Action, Real Story and the Comsats' best known song, Independence Day. As with all of the Renascent re-releases, this one has a number of bonus tracks and slick little booklet which gives the early history of the band and album synopsis. They don't make albums like this anymore. Luckily, they re-release them. Don't pass it up!
Probably My Favorite Band of All Time, Too.......2006-08-29
I had the pleasure to wander into a concert by the Comsats about the time that Waiting for a Miracle came out. I was working in Greece and visiting a friend in London. It was an afternoon concert at the Lyceum with about 6 groups on the bill. When the Comsats came on, both of us looked at each other with that "these guys are really good, I mean really good" look on our faces. Miracle was sparse and wonderful, followed by the amazing Sleep No More, which is the one I play for friends who have never heard of the Comsats first. Living in Europe I got to see them a few times and socialize with them when they did a (honest) July 4 gig in an outdoor venue in Holland. This is the band that U2 was the opening act for when they were just getting going, and I do hear a lot of the Comsats in U2. Though to my mind, Stephen Fellows has a superior voice. Pity that the band didn't get the kind of success that U2 got, as that would mean they would still be together and turning out amazing music.
As I said, Miracle is very sparse and in this day and age may be a bit of an acquired taste. But, I always thought how incredible On The Beach would sound in the hands of a great soul singer with a full wall of sound production.
As Stephen Fellows would have said:
"See You in the Future"
Jay
My favorite album by my favorite band..........2006-05-17
If you aren't familiar with this album, imagine a less relentless, subtler Joy Division. This is, in my estimation, the finest, most chilling post-punk record in existance. They don't hit you over the head with existential gloom...they merely snake around it.
Fans of early 80's British new-wave ie. Chameleons, Echo and the Bunnymen or The Sound would be doing themselves a tremendous dis-service not owning this albums. Renascent UK has done a wonderful job with the new liner notes.
"Sleep No More" may be a "better" album, but I find it a bit too self-consciously dour (but still absolutely brilliant...). All four Renascent UK reissues are requisite as far as I'm conserned, but this is the one I would have to choose if absolutely forced to.
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Waiting for Angels
Martin Carthy
Manufacturer: Topic Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
British Folk
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ASIN: B0002XB93M
Release Date: 2004-09-20 |
Tracks:
- Foggy Dew
- Bonny Woodhall
- James Hatley
- Young Morgan
- Royal Lament
- Ship to Old England Came
- Waiting for Angels
- Bold General Wolfe
- Bloody Fields of Flanders/MacGregor of Rora
- Harry Lime Theme
- Famous Flower of Serving Men
Album Details
The First Solo Album in Six Years from the Single Most Important Figure on the British Folk Scene, with Brilliant Production by his Daughter Eliza.
Customer Reviews:
folk hero.......2004-12-20
Martin Carthy, a towering figure in the British folk revival for four decades, is little known in the United States, which speaks poorly of us Americans. Admired for his musical gifts and loved for his generous personality, Carthy has kept his vision true, remaining an interpreter of (mostly) English song and instrumental traditions. He has happily resisted the temptation to write and perform only his own material, though one has no doubt that if he had become (like so many of his contemporaries) a singer-songwriter, he would have been a very good one. His knowledge of ballads in particular is probably unequaled among living revivalists. In addition, he married into the legendary folksinging Waterson family (his wife is Norma Waterson), and their daughter Eliza Carthy is now releasing well-received albums of traditional (and, on occasion, pop) music. Martin, Norma, and Eliza, with Tim Van Eyken, perform and record as Waterson:Carthy.
On his latest solo outing Carthy provides a set of well-chosen traditional ballads, plus a fine instrumental of "The Harry Lime Theme" (better known as "The Third Man Theme") and the original instrumental and title tune. The three numbers produced by Oliver Knight are guitar pieces which highlight Carthy's rich and unmistakable style. The rest, produced by daughter Eliza and Ben Ivitsky, are set to bolder, more modern -- though refreshingly unbombastic -- arrangements. These arrangements give this appealing album a distinctive flavor. Waiting for Angels reminds us yet again how very lucky we are to have the likes of Martin Carthy among us.
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One Star, At Last: A Selection of Carols of Our Time
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Release Date: 2005-11-29 |
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I Hear You Calling Me
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
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ASIN: B0000Y37EW
Release Date: 2004-03-09 |
Tracks:
- When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
- The Sunshine Of Your Smile
- Macushla
- The Bard Of Armagh
- Come Into The Garden, Maud
- Turn Ye To Me
- Angels Guard Thee ('Berceuse')
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- Venetian Song
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- Since You Went Away (Seems Lak' To Me)
- Dear Old Pal Of Mine
- Dream Once Again
- A Brown Bird Singing
- When You And I Were Young, Maggie
- The Garden Where The Praties Grow
- I Hear You Calling Me
- The Irish Emigrant
- Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
- Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
- South Winds
- She Moved Thro' The Fair
- The Star Of The County Down
- Waiting For You
- The Kerry Dance
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- The Minstrel Boy
- Nirvana
- My Dreams
- A Little Love, A Little Kiss
- The Angel's Serenade
- Ave Maria (Intermezzo From 'Cavalleria Rusticana')
- Serenata
- Barcarolle ('Night Of Stars And Night Of Love')
- Before My Window
- Swans
- Come, My Beloved
- Moonlight And Roses
- I Look Into Your Garden
- Bird Songs At Eventide
- By The Short Cut To The Roses
- The Fairy Tree
- The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls
- Once In A Blue Moon
- Charm Me Asleep
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- A Song Remembered
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Waiting For The Angels EP
The Darkside
Manufacturer: Situation Two / Beggars Banquet Records, Ltd.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000NZY7N8 |
Product Description
1990 UK issue of the rare Darkside EP (CD single format) of "Waiting For The Angels". TRACKLISTING: 1. WAITING FOR THE ANGELS 3:30, 2. SWEET VIBRATIONS 6:08, 3. HIGH RISE LOVE 4:31, 4. WAITING FOR THE ANGELS (FULL LENGTH VERSION) 5:11. Comes in slimline import case with insert.
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Waiting for the Angels
Riley Lee
Manufacturer: Mariposa (Ger)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000006R8Q
Release Date: 1999-04-15 |
Tracks:
- White Horses In Dark Valley
- Mixed Spice
- Stairway Of Waterfalls, Part 1
- Stairway Of Waterfalls, Part 2
- Waiting For The Angels
- Carasol
- Felucca To Zanzibar
- Serendipity
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Miracle in Bethlehem
Manufacturer: Somm Recordings
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ASIN: B00005OAHN
Release Date: 1998-03-31 |
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Waiting for Angels
Tyler Walea
Manufacturer: Tyler Walea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000ISHQWY |
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Angels Wait
Manufacturer: Angelfins Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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ASIN: B000CA3YSI
Release Date: 2001-11-27 |
Tracks:
- God is an Insomniac
- Visions of Erin
- November Nights
- Procrastination
- Magick
- Equilibrium
- Sugar High
- Angels Wait
- Song for Te-Te
- Xmas Song
- Time of Change
- The Lighthouse
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Voices from God
Manufacturer: To the Moon Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
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ASIN: B000CAFOA4
Release Date: 2003-02-04 |
Tracks:
- Kite-flying
- Strangers and Angels
- Lightning
- Jordan
- Waiting For the Resurrection
- Remember the Dream
- Liberation
- Africa
- Walk My Way
- A Dying Age
- Until That Final Day
- Plane to Jerusalem
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