Fields & Aqua Marine

Individuals | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bar/None Records
• ASIN: B0012OVFK2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,786 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Three Sons (revolve around the earth) 3:20

2. Canıt Get Started 3:25

3. Hooks & Ladders 3:34

4. Monkey 2:48

5. Our World* 3:07

6. Dancing With My Eighty Wives 3:26

7. Walk By Your House 4:39

8. Leap Of Faith 2:57

9. White 2:32

10. Johnnyıs In the Mines 3:03

11. Thinking Aloud 2:21

12. Swimming In the Streets 3:55

13. Young and Dancing 3:29

14. Okay Chorale 3:43

15. Piledrive 3:32

16. Jackie Said, ³SoS² 3:46

17. The Argument 3:26

18. Seven Hours By Motorboat (single B-Side) 1:59

19. Our World (Single Version) 3:02

20. Dancing With My 80 Wives (12 ³ extended mix) 5:26 **

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Editorial Reviews

Gordon Matthews (rock critic)

At long last for the first time on CD comes the complete recorded output of the Individuals, one of the bands that pioneered the Hoboken N.J. music scene of the early 80s along with the dBs, Bongos, Feelies and Yo La Tengo. Their album Fields was named as one of the ten best albums of the year by Robert Palmer in the NY Times in 1982. Their single ³Dancing With My Eighty Wives² was played often on WLIR on Long Island while ³Walk By Your House² was a hit at WHFS in DC. Produced by Gene Holder of the dBs, Fields was the first album to be recorded at Mitch Easter¹s Drive In Studio. The re-issue also includes their first EP Aquamarine as well as B-sides, extended single mixes and alternate takes. Extensive liner notes and rarely seen photos. 20 tracks in all! - Gordon Matthews

David Fricke / Rolling Stone

Fields yields it¹s rewards with familiarity, springing its surprises like carefully timed bombs. Accepting this album into your home is, as one song title here puts it, a Leap of faith.¹ Take it and be amazed. David Fricke

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 2nd greatest act out of hoboken?, August 7, 2008

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Heavy Theta (Lorton, Va United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Fields & Aqua Marine (Audio CD)

Bottom line, this is a great rock album that well reflects both the confluence of direction and the power of stripped down simplicity that marked the best of the early 80's. There's really no reason that this group couldn't have gained stronger than regional status, given that there is not a bad track on this disc; the music has drive, substance and style. Maybe they simply lacked that one magically infectious MTV worthy hit to cull the attention they deserved. Too bad, cause this stuff has character and is pretty damn entertaining. Strongly recommended for this year's back to school soundtrack.

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth buying for one track alone..., August 21, 2011

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M. Rosen (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fields & Aqua Marine (Audio CD)

That would be "Walk by Your House". It was a minor indy hit on WHFS in Maryland when "Fields" was first released and then disappeared with the rest of the band. The song is a plaintive ballad that captures adolescent longing perfectly with the combined voices of Janet Wygal and Glenn Morrow. Accompanied by a trippy drum beat and a languid but emotive duet guitar solo, the song gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it and still does almost 30 years later. I'm so glad it's available on a high fidelity CD, I've been listening to my burned-from-the-LP version for too many years now. I don't mean to sell the other tracks short - there's a lot of other good stuff on this CD too. It's a great lost classic from the New Wave era and deserves to continue being heard and enjoyed.