Volume, Contrast, Brilliance...

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Volume, Contrast, Brilliance...
Studio album by The Monochrome Set
Released 1983
Recorded April 1978 - December 1981
Genre Rock, new wave
Label Cherry Red Records
The Monochrome Set chronology
Eligible Bachelors
(1982)		 Volume, Contrast, Brilliance...
(1983)		 The Lost Weekend
(1985)

Volume, Contrast, Brilliance... (subtitled, Sessions & Singles Vol. 1) is a 1983 compilation of singles, B-sides and previously unreleased recordings by The Monochrome Set.

Its original sleeve was designed by Thomas W.B. Hardy, also known as guitarist Lester Square.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "Eine Symphonie Des Grauens" (Bid)
  2. "The Jet Set Junta" (Bid, Lester Square, Andy Warren)
  3. "Love Zombies" (Bid, Square, J.D. Haney)
  4. "Silicon Carne" (Bid, Square)
  5. "The Ruling Class" (Bid)
  6. "Viva Death Row" (Jeremy Harrington)
  7. "The Man with the Black Moustache" (Bid, Square, Warren, Haney)

[edit] Side two

  1. "He's Frank (Slight Return)" (Bid, Square)
  2. "Fun for All the Family" (Bid, Square, Warren, Haney)
  3. "Lester Leaps In" (Square)
  4. "Ici Les Enfants" (Bid, Haney)
  5. "Fat Fun" (Bid, Square)
  6. "Alphaville" (Bid)
  7. "Avanti (Ten Don'ts for Honeymooners)" (Bid, Square)

[edit] Personnel

  • Bid - Lead vocals, guitar
  • Lester Square - Lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Andy Warren - Bass guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeremy Harrington - Bass guitar, vocals
  • J.D. Haney - Drums
  • Lexington Crane - Drums
  • Philip Morris - Vibes