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The Blurred Crusade [IMPORT]

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Audio CD (May 21, 1999)
Original Release Date: 1982
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Emd Int'l
ASIN: B000006XLF
Also Available in: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Vinyl

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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1. Almost With You
2. When You Were Mine
3. Fields of Mars
4. Interlude
5. Secret Corners
6. Just for You
7. Fire Burns
8. To Be in Your Eyes
9. You Took
10. Don't Look Back

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Import edition of the Aussie alternative rock act's 1982 album that's out-of-print domestically.


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4.0 out of 5 stars (four and a half stars) No sophomore slump here, July 19, 2005

By	trainreader (Montclair, N.J.) - See all my reviews

I'm a huge Church fan, and have all their studio albums of original material (13 at latest count). "The Blurred Crusade," has always been one of my favorites. The songs are consistently high quality, and begin to define the signature sound of the band, which one reviewer astutely describes as "space-jangle-psychedelia style." This phrase is as good as any to describe the unique swirling sound of this guitar driven, extremely underrated band.

One of my favorite songs on the album is "Almost With You," with its fine acoustic guitar solo. I can't figure out why this listener-friendly song never received radio play. Another favorite is "Interlude" with its curious lyrics, and several changes of pace. The two short songs, "Secret Corners" and "Don't Look Back" are poignant, as is the album's love song "To Be In Your Eyes." The eight minute "You Took," reminds me of "Is This Where You Live" from the band's previous (debut) album "Of Skins and Heart."

What prevents me from giving this excellent album five stars is, what I believe to be, the absence of a truly knock-out song. Later, the band would cut such masterpieces as "Shadow Cabinet," "Myrrh," "Reptile," "Anesthesia," and several others that I would put in this category. However, all-in-all, "The Blurred Crusade" is one of the best of The Church's body of work, and displays Kilbey, Koppes and Wilson-Piper in top form.

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5.0 out of 5 stars How'd this one fly under the radar in the U.S.?, January 1, 2004

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"The Blurred Crusade" is so full of should-have-been radio hits that I wonder how it took the U.S. so long to find this band. A success in Australia, it wasn't until "Under the Milky Way" on their Starfish album did the Church get any mainstream radio airplay in the States. It's a shame, because as wonderful as Starfish is (my favorite album of all time), "The Blurred Crusade" had many more radio-friendly songs, most noteably "Almost With You," and "When You Were Mine." I love the lyrics of "To Be In Your Eyes," and the driving beat and guitar riffs in "You Took" are fabulous.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one I would need on the desert island., February 16, 2002

By	"shards370" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

My favourite song of all time "Almost With You" starts off this album. The mystical lyrics combined with those swirling and jangling guitars mixed with the driving beat and solid low end. This IMO is the definitive song of "how to make music". Even down to the tones of the instruments used and the mixing. All superb.
Perhaps I would only rate the album overall a 4.5. But since I have to use integers (and contains my all-time favourite composition)I will round up.
"When you were mine" is a superb droning rock song that beautifully counters the timid "Secret Corners", a gentle and wistful tune saturated with imagery of loneliness.
"You Took" is fundamentally an instrumental that shows how a simple piece can be transformed into a masterpiece with the appropriate use of dynamics and "Fields of Mars" draws the listener into a barren landscape that threatens to engulf the senses forever.
This album is both a classic and a foreshadow of great things to come. A definite "must have" for any fan of _The Church_.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very satisfied
Very happy. I would have had to run around to adjacent towns to get this and still had to order it and probably at a rediculos price. Good price. Very timely delivery. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Brian E. Bridges

5.0 out of 5 stars Just for You
Fantastic. The Church have had time to let time test their value. No question that they retain their invaluable status. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Captain_Pass

5.0 out of 5 stars Brings out the Hippie in me
Ive been a church fan since I first heard "under the milky way tonight" some 20 years ago, so I got this one 6 years ago out of curiosity and I have to say....WOW! Read more

Published 21 months ago by Anton Feichtmeir

5.0 out of 5 stars A delight
This is a solid CD start to finish. I bought it 15 years ago and it's now one of my 20 favorite CD's. Terrific mix of music and easily the best Church CD that I own.

Published on January 15, 2007 by J. R. Warren

5.0 out of 5 stars Nearly Perfect
This is probably the best Church album. I remember saving and saving to buy the import vinyl version of this - I don't believe that it was issued domestically until Arista tried... Read more

Published on December 24, 2005 by Todd Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars the cover got uglier; but the music got prettier
This album's twenty years old, but still stands as a brilliant guitar manifesto--putting Australia on the psychedelic map. Read more

Published on April 12, 2002 by None

4.0 out of 5 stars The Church's best album
I have quite a few Church albums -- Of Skins And Heart, Remote Luxury, Heyday, Starfish, Gold Afternoon Fix -- and I still think this one is the best, most consistently good work... Read more

Published on September 25, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Vastly underrated work
One of the early (1982), underrated releases by the Church that sounds better with each listen. This recording tends to get overlooked or lost in the Church's 20 year+ catalog of... Read more

Published on September 10, 2001 by Andrzej Grutza

5.0 out of 5 stars The finest album by the Church
An album that keeps re-revealing itself, the finest work The Church ever did, a work of aural beauty. Soft, warm and jangly but with a certain insistence in the vocals. Read more

Published on February 5, 2000 by Carl Johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars Easily one of the top ten albums ever...
This has remained a constant favourite of mine since it was first released back in '82. Even after 18 years, I still keep picking up things I'd not noticed before. Read more

Published on January 15, 2000 by The Shuff

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