Sense And Sensuality (PRE-ORDER / SILVER VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

*BRAND NEW / MUSIC ON VINYL / SILVER VINYL / 180 GRAM VINYL / PRE-ORDER: JAN 31ST, 2025 - IF YOU PRE-ORDER ITEMS ALONG WITH IN-STOCK ITEMS, PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR ENTIRE ORDER WILL SHIP TOGETHER WHEN ALL ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE. TO RECEIVE YOUR IN-STOCK ITEMS SOONER, WE RECOMMEND PLACING SEPARATE ORDERS.*

Description

Sense and Sensuality (1982) was the second and final album by seminal British post-punk band Au Pairs. The four-piece group from Birmingham were very much in tune with the early 80s growth pangs from the first punk explosion - stripping down their music from their debut LP to a funkier, more rhythmic essence, and shifting the focus of their lyrics to the personal rather than the political.

The addition of horns and imaginative synthesizers allowed for more satisfying sonic diversity, from the disco-informed dance-punk of ''Instant Touch'' to the cabaret swing of ''Tongue in Cheek''. While ''That's When It's Worth It'' takes several elements of popular postpunk - looping auxiliary percussion rhythms and a sporadically used horn section - and crafts them into a wild sound that's equal parts dance, psychedelia, punk and art pop.

Their distinctly punk take on sex and gender politics, meanwhile, was their strongest thematic strain - and that's truly where Sense and Sensuality shined. Despite only reaching #79 in the UK when first released, it's now widely seen as one of the best post-punk albums ever.
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Sense and Sensuality will be available as a limited numbered edition of 750 copies on silver color and contains an insert.

* 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
* CLASSIC POST-PUNK ALBUM
* INCLUDES INSERT
* LIMITED EDITION OF 750 NUMBERED COPIES ON SILVER COLORED VINYL

Tracklisting

SIDE A
1.Don't Lie Back
2.(That's When) It's Worth It
3. Instant Touch
4.Sex Without Stress
5.Fiasco

SIDE B
1.Intact
2.Tongue In Cheek
3.Stepping Out Of Line
4.Shakedown
5. America

• Format Type: LP
• Genre: NEW WAVE
• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)