Another cleanup item from last year.
This is an album that fell through the cracks and is the first time for me to hear. I bought Discipline a couple years after release, and as I said on that entry, it wasn't a sound I was immediately drawn too. I liked their earlier stuff better. It's only in recent years that I've come to appreciate Discipline as one of their best albums. For whatever reason I did pick up Three of a Perfect Pair pretty much the day it came out. It only underscored my feelings towards Discipline at the time. All the same I still have that copy to this day. But what of Beat? I figured why bother, since I'm sure it sounds like the other two bookends and I have gobs of music to acquire (especially back then). And in hearing Beat, that assessment was quite right. Which is why I think it's great now! Timing is everything. Definitely a step down from Discipline though, as is Three of a Perfect Pair. I also didn't realize that Beat referred to the writer movement of the 1950s, which is cool too. Glad to finally be acquainted with this album.
Ownership: LP: 1982 EG (Germany). Single sleeve. Recent online purchase (2021). I never find KC in the wilds - at least on the cheap.
6/12/22 (LP 3.12); 1/6/23 (new entry)
i pulled this one out to spend time with too. first time through recently was a mixed bag. more to go.
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