Shock of Daylight: Heads & Hearts [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

The Sound | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Renascent UK
• ASIN: B00000B2MO
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,313 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Golden Soldiers

2. Longest Days

3. Winter

4. New Way Of Life

5. Dreams Then Plans

6. Whirlpool

7. Total Recall

8. Under You

9. Counting The Days

10. Burning Part Of Me

11. Love Is Not A Ghost

12. Wildest Dreams

13. One Thousand Reasons

14. Restless Heart

15. Mining For Heart

16. World As It Is

17. Temperature Drop

18. Blood And Poison

19. Steel Your Air

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best thinking man's British pop band of the 80s, January 16, 2000

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mft (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shock of Daylight: Heads & Hearts (Audio CD)

I spent a decade looking for CDs to replace my old vinyl recordings of The Sound. Two years ago Renascent released this disc combining the Heads and Hearts album with the Shock of Daylight EP (along with 2 bonus tracks). If you've never heard the group, this is a fine introduction to their "thinking man's pop" style of rock music. Anthems like One Thousand Reasons and Dreams Then Plans hark back to those days when decisions affecting the rest of one's life are made. The latter song hails from Adrian Borland's self-titled "Teutonic Romantic Period". Burning Part of Me contains the memorable line "Revenge and resolve are up against a weakening will." Teen angst, this isn't. Rather, these could well have been written by 30 year old men looking back at what was and what may have been. Borland's neat, crisp lyrics and airy vocals layer brilliantly over light pop melodies - some hooks are impossible to get out of your head. Renascent suggested they might re-release other bands of the 80s era, or even The Sound's album titled From the Lion's Mouth, but I have seen neither since this CD was published in 1996. If you ever see this disc on a store shelf, buy it. A band the likes of The Sound may never appear again.

MFT 1/00

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How did they slip under the radar?, June 1, 2005

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sleep no more (Royal Oak, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shock of Daylight: Heads & Hearts (Audio CD)

How a song like "New Way of Life" never made it into the pop charts is a mystery. THE SOUND traded having a 'sound' all of their own for a more polished pop approach on these releases and the result is an album that is every bit as good as most "Breakfast Club" pop. While I prefer their early works, this twofer fits well next to anything released in the mid 80's by Simple Minds, Japan, and Talk Talk.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best work from a great band, May 31, 2003

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P. Farnsworth (Metairie, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shock of Daylight: Heads & Hearts (Audio CD)

The comp of "Heads and Hearts" and "Shock of Daylight" is one of the best CDs I've bought. This was a period when the band were emerging from the English 'post-punk' gloom sound, sounding invigorated and fuller than before. The result is more comercial than "From the Lion's Mouth" (which is a little on the gloomy side for me) but still engaging and challenging. "Shock of Daylight" is absolutly flawless, with tunes like "Longest Day' sounding like a cross between Big Country. Simple Minds, and A Flock of Seagulls."Heads and Hearts" has a couple of filler tracks but for the most part is exceptional as well, with "Total Recall" being one of the most beautiful rock songs I've ever heard. Adrian Borland is also one of the strongest lyricists I have come across. A great album. They may have not been as consistant as U2, but I think this disc beats anything U2 ever released . . .I'm dead serious.