Swimming, by The Names

Swimming

by The Names

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1.	Discovery 04:20	info	buy track
2.	Floating World 02:51	info	buy track
3.	The Fire 03:37	info	buy track
4.	Life By the Sea 04:46	info	buy track
5.	White Shadow 05:07	info	buy track
6.	(This Is) Harmony 05:36	info	buy track
7.	Shanghai Gesture 05:13	info	buy track
8.	Leave Her To Heaven 04:58	info	buy track
9.	Light 04:18	info	buy track
10.	Discovery (Peel Session) 04:02	info	buy track
11.	Life By the Sea (Peel Session) 04:34	info	buy track
12.	(This Is) Harmony (Peel Session) 04:41	info	buy track
13.	Shanghai Gesture (Peel Session) 05:11	info	buy track

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'Swimming' is the acclaimed debut album by Belgian new wave group The Names, originally issued by Les Disques du Crépuscule in June 1982.

Between 1979 and 1982 The Names recorded a string of excellent records for Factory, Factory Benelux and Crépuscule, all helmed by legendary producer Martin Hannett. Recorded at Strawberry Studios in Manchester, 'Swimming' is now regarded as a cold wave classic, combining strong songwriting from Michel Sordinia and poised, tasteful delivery by guitarist Marc Deprez and keyboards player Christophe Den Tandt.

The 4 bonus tracks are from the band's John Peel radio session recorded in London in February 1982, the first ever recorded by a Belgian band.

"Exhibits many of the fine qualities of early 80s avant-rock: icy brutalism, spectral reverb, tormented vocals, techno-tribal rumbles" (Uncut, 2000)

"Swimming retains a gorgeously shrouded, sepulchral mood" (Mojo, 2011)

"Heard now, Swimming shimmers like an underwater version of The Cure, crystalline and fractured" (The Arts Desk, 2013)

"Dark yet sparkling" (Record Collector, 2013)

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released March 15, 2024

Produced by Martin Hannett. Cover art by Benoît Hennebert.

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Independent record label founded in Brussels in 1980.

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