Far Away in Time

Martha & The Muffins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 19, 1993)
• Original Release Date: October 12, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Plate Caroline
• ASIN: B000000I1R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,186 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Echo Beach

2. Paint by Number Heart

3. Saigon

4. Indecision

5. Terminal Twilight

6. Hide and Seek

7. Monotone

8. Sinking Land

9. Revenge (Against the World)

10. Cheesies and Gum

11. Insect Love

12. About Insomnia

13. Motorbikin'

14. Suburban Dream

15. Was Ezo

16. Women Around the World at Work

17. This Is the Ice Age

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Metro Music Plus...., November 16, 2001

By 

Richard L. Jacobs (Roseville, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Far Away in Time (Audio CD)

A wonderful "compilation", if you can call it that, of early Martha and the Muffins (later, M+M), a horribly underappreciated Toronto band of the early '80's (and continuing through, at least, 1992). This CD contains the entire Metro Music LP, a briskly stunning piece of new-wave power-pop, as well as a handful of tracks from Trance and Dance and This is the Ice Age (each available in the US previously only as imports). Anyone who listens to the two "Ice Age" tracks will hopefully try to seek out the entire album, as well they should - although never released on CD, even the original vinyl is worth seeking out to anyone who enjoys their pop with a brain, with a Roxy Music-esque twist.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of two great M&M compilations, eh..., May 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Far Away in Time (Audio CD)

Unfortunately, this album is only available used on e-bay, and how glad I was to have found it. A great collection of greats (many of which appear on Retrospective). A couple of tracks from Metro Music (Indecision, Hide and Seek) and Trance and Dance (Suburban Dream, Was Ezo) stand out. They just don't make music like this anymore.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you love the sound of saxophone....., November 27, 2001

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KSG "ksgnyc" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Far Away in Time (Audio CD)

you may love this gem from the early 80's. It has the minimal mood of Wire's Chairs Missing, the saxophone drone of Romeo Void and the sultry/ironic vocal style of Martha Davis and the Motels. It is the epitome of the 80's art school sound. It's modern and spare, but tuneful. It is detached and abstract. It represents the triumph of a redefined and stripped down approach to pop music that no longer exists. Echo Beach is a great song that begins the CD and all the tracks from the original Metro Music grow out of each other like crystals.