RUBBER CAGE

The Work

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RIO/Avant-Prog

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3.37 | 11 ratings | 1 reviews | 36% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1989

Songs / Tracks Listing

A1. Poise (0:57)
A2. Abdomen (2:26)
A3. Felt (1:20)
A4. Commerce and Despair (2:46)
A5. Dangerfish (4:33)
A6. 1992 (5:58)
B1. Coloured Water (3:10)
B2. Stone (4:19)
B3. Trauma (3:44)
B4. Knee (1:52)
B5. Jay (2:20)
B6. Quack (3:40)

Total Time 37:05

Line-up / Musicians

- Tim Hodgkinson / flat guitar, keyboards, alto & baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, vocals
- Bill Gilonis / guitar, sampler
- Mick Hobbs / bass, guitar
- Rick Wilson / drums & percussion, cello, vocals

Releases information

Written / Engineered / Produced by The Work
Recorded and mixed October 23-30, 1989 at Cold Storage Studios, London.

Woof Records, Ayaa, In-Poly-Sons / WOOF 012, DT 1090, IPS 1289
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

1991 CD release: Woof Records, Ayaa, In-Poly-Sons / PY03.14116 cd, PY03.14116 cd, PY03.14116 cd
Format: CD
2007: Ad Hoc Records / Ad Hoc 14
Format: CD, Digipak

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THE WORK Rubber Cage ratings distribution

3.37
(11 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music (36%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection (36%)
Good, but non-essential (18%)
Collectors/fans only (9%)
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Review by Mellotron Storm
PROG REVIEWER

THE WORK was formed in 1980 by HENRY COW's Tim Hodgkinson and guitarist/composer Bill Gilonis. A four piece, these guys were legit. A lot of touring, and they released their debut "Slow Crimes" in 1982. That album featured the vocals of Catherine Jauniaux from AKSAK AMBOUL and she destroyed it. That could mean a couple of things but on this second album, some seven years later, we get the same lineup minus Catherine.

The music continues to be a challenge for me, and really it wasn't until that sixth track "1992" that I finally heard something from this band I liked. The longest at 6 minutes and the next three songs along with the closer are at least five I can get into. They did release one more studio album called "See" in 1992 with the same lineup which is pretty cool before calling it a day. There's less of the exotic instruments this time around but more horns from Hodgkinson, and he brought back the hawaiian guitar.

While I like this quite a bit more than "Slow Crimes" it's just not the style of avant I can get into. Respect? Yes, I mean who can compose music as challenging as this?

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