Music

The Crackdown 1983

electronic, industrial, electro 20 min 13 tracks Some Bizzare

The Crackdown is the sixth studio album by English electronic band Cabaret Voltaire, released in August 1983 jointly through record labels Some Bizzare and Virgin. It was produced by the band themselves and Flood. Mixing their earlier experimental sound with more conventional dance rhythms, the album received positive reviews and was listed on NME's "Albums of the Year" in 1983.

electronic industrial electro

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Character

Grave, character-led, spare and open-ended.

gravecomic
character-ledplot-driven
sparerichly built

Tracks

A124-24
A2In the Shadows
A3Talking Time
A4Animation
B1Over and Over
B2Just Fascination
B3Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)
B4Haiti
B5Crackdown
C1Diskono5:48
C2Doublevision4:15
D1Moscow4:53
D2Badge of Evil5:28

13 tracks, 20 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Cabaret Voltaire
Label: Some Bizzare
Released: 1983
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: GB

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