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Topic: Henry Cow ranking?

Posted By: Rick1
Subject: Henry Cow ranking?
Date Posted: September 21 2021 at 04:10

The mighty Cow's issues with the Virgin label are well documented, which means their contemporaneous recorded output was relatively sparse. Thus, I am happy for 'Concerts' to be included (which did contain original material), their collaboration with Slapp Happy for 'Desperate Straights', the 'lost' Henry Cow album, i.e. the debut Art Bears album, 'Hopes and Fears' and their side of the 'Greasy Truckers' album.

1. In Praise of Learning

2. Leg End

3. Concerts

4. Desperate Straights (with Slapp Happy)

5. Unrest

6. Western Culture

7. Hopes and Fears (as Art Bears)

8. Greasy Truckers

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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 21 2021 at 04:43

Is Hopes and Fears more of a Henry Cow album than the other two Art Bears-albums?

I prefer their two first, Leg End and Unrest - by far. Don't really listen to the rest (but Western Culture would be third). I do hear their quality, but they just don't hold the same appeal for me personally.

Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: September 21 2021 at 05:13

^ To cut a long story short, 'Hopes and Fears' was planned as a Henry Cow album - and performed by Henry Cow - but some members felt it was not 'Henry Cow' music so that's where Art Bears came in.

Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 21 2021 at 07:25

1. Western Culture

2. In Praise Of Learning

3. Concerts

4. Legend

5. Unrest

6. Hopes & Fears

7. Desperate Straights

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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 12:03

1 - In Praise Of Leaming

2 - Western Culture

3 - Unrest

4 - Legend

5 - Leg End

6 - Concerts

7 - Hopes & Fears

Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: September 23 2021 at 15:07

1. Western Culture

2. In Praise of Learning

3. Legend

4. Unrest

5. Desperate Straights

I only own these five (at least for now)

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Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: October 12 2021 at 18:26

For the first place,

the competition is between

Unrest vs In Praise of Lerning.

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