- new wave, post-punk, rock
- 40 min
- 10 tracks
- Virgin
The Correct Use of Soap is the third studio album by English post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1980. It contains some of Magazine's best-known and most popular songs, including the singles "A Song from Under the Floorboards" and "Sweetheart Contract" and their cover of Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You ". A different version of the album, entitled An Alternative Use of Soap, was released in Canada in 1980 by then-distributor Polygram Records.
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Spare, cool, intimate and raw.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
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Tracks
- A1Because You’re Frightened3:57
- A2Model Worker2:53
- A3I’m a Party3:06
- A4You Never Knew Me5:27
- A5Philadelphia4:09
- B1I Want to Burn Again5:17
- B2Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)3:40
- B3Sweetheart Contract3:21
- B4Stuck4:08
- B5A Song From Under the Floorboards4:11
10 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Magazine
- Label
- Virgin
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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