The Waking Hour

Dalis Car | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 9, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beggars Banquet
• ASIN: B00000189F
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,362 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Confused?, August 21, 2005

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

This review is from: The Waking Hour (Audio CD)

When first released, this album was a real enigma - Mick Karn fans wanted something similar to his first solo album "Titles", Peter Murphy fans were thinking Bauhaus, and back to Karn again, for those (most) that had no idea his even did a solo album, they were waiting for something like the later era Japan. The common thread between karn and Murphy was a love of 70's glam and after they had each explored and became tired of the formulas with their previous acts, they moved onwards to record one of the most interesting and challenging albums of the ultra-fertile mid 80's. Murphy's lyrics have never been better----singing over karn's somewhat chaotic bass lines was a true test of meddle for PM who had always been much more straight forward and seemingly in-control. For the most part he seems a bit lost as he takes his well-worn personal themes and lays them atop music that simply didn't make sense to him - the crazy thing, is that it all worked beautifully. To this day I think it's the best thing Murphy's ever done (though he disowns it no doubt due to a bit of ego clashing with Karn and Bauhaus fans that simply couldn't accept it (but for some reason could accept Tones on Tail). I wonder if David Jay and David Sylvian could have come up with something this interesting......At any rate - a true jem for Goth fans as well as a treat for the artsy Fripp, Eno, Laswell set......Karn has to be one of the best bass players ever to walk on this planet and the fact that he collaborated with Murphy was something I felt was ultra-cool (Karn could play circles around most jazz and studio heavy hitters). Very cool and highly recommended.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Weird, Unique, Interesting and Challenging, January 4, 2003

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MusicFreak "Ivan" (FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Waking Hour (Audio CD)

Unlike my fellow reviewers here, I am not that familiar with either Murphy's or Karn's works. I knew about Bauhaus via a friend of mine, who taped me almost a whole album. But, what drew me to this cd was a Bass Player magazine review of it. It more than lived up to the praise it received there. Karn's bass is on equal footing with Murphy's vocals - something one doesn't find in many albums. The atmosphere it creates is definitely unique, the rythms and sonorities seem almost from another planet. I was definitely impressed. To me, the marriage between Karn's musical frames and Murphy's unique voice is one made in heaven. Definitely a powerful match. For fans of unique, experimental music only.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One of a Kind, October 10, 2005

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Kerry Garrett (Winston-Salem, NC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Waking Hour (Audio CD)

Bauhaus was gone. Dave and Pete didn't like each other anymore. Pete met Mick and had a one album stand.
This is a very unique album. Pete had just come off of Bauhaus and Mick from Japan and Numan. They pulled those two major musical forces together to bring us Dali's Car. Soft spoken and spooky, it is a short album and each of the songs is distinctive and will get stuck in your head for years. I bought this album when it came out. It was stolen and I didn't buy it again for many years. The reason I bought it after more than a decade was that I would still sing the songs to myself and I needed to hear them again.