BroadcastTender Buttons

Label:

Warp Records – WARPCD136

Format:

CD , Album

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Experimental

Tracklist

1 I Found The F 2:21
2 Black Cat
Effects []Roj*
3:59
3 Tender Buttons 2:52
4 America's Boy 3:34
5 Tears In The Typing Pool 2:12
6 Corporeal
Guitar [Fuzz]Tim*
3:56
7 Bit 35 1:49
8 Arc Of A Journey 5:18
9 Michael A Grammar 3:57
10 Subject To The Ladder 3:14
11 Minus 3 0:47
12 Goodbye Girls 3:09
13 You And Me In Time 1:25
14 I Found The End 2:05

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Warp Records Limited
  • Copyright ©Warp Records Limited
  • Published ByCopyright Control
  • Glass Mastered AtMPO Ireland

Credits

  • Artwork [Uncredited]Julian House
  • ManagementMr Pike*
  • Producer, Recorded By, Mixed By, Written-By, PerformerTrish*

Notes

All tracks written, played, recorded and mixed in Birmingham, England.
Track 11 is also known as "Evil Is Coming"; it's listed that way on the promo editions of the CD.

Shipped from Warpmart with free Broadcast button badges - possibly a reference to the main title.
"Tender Buttons" is the title of a book by Gertrude Stein published in 1914.

(P) 2005 Warp Records Limited
(C) 2005 Warp Records Limited
Made in England.

Scrambling of the catalog numbers on CD and back cover are part of the artwork.

Includes a 12-page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 8 01061 01362 2
  • Barcode (Scanned): 801061013622
  • Label Code: LC02070
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): WARPCD136P /1 00
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L038
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI RZ17
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): WARPCD136P /1 02
  • Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L038
  • Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI RZ17

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Tender Buttons (CD, Album) Beat Records BRC-134 Japan 2005
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Reviews

  • Chinhippy's avatar
    Chinhippy
    So this album never got a US release? Or nobody submitted one yet
    • willrahmer's avatar
      willrahmer
      Should've listened to des_white just picked up Tender Buttons for 150 as a Christmas present for this last year FML. Great news that this is all getting reissued, fantastic band that reminds me of bein' happy.
      • scoundrel's avatar
        scoundrel
        Broadcast continue their microtonal takeover of the pop world with their 3rd album, _Tender Buttons_. Their skewed melodies are still in full effect, with more and distortion to haunt Trish Keenan's icy vocals. "Black Cat" tips its hat to an acidic Alice in Wonderland, while "America's Boy" has a keening beauty to it, like Saint Etienne sent through an echo chamber. For those who want more delicacy, "Tears in the Typing Pool," has that in spades, as well as a white-collar melancholy that you don't hear too often in songs. "Arc of a Journey" has a bleeping spaciousness to it that hint at their earlier work, even as the modulated steel drums come in, but overall, Broadcast seems to move further and further into abstraction -- not a bad thing, by any stretch of the imagination. They hold a bit of pop in their hearts, as evidenced by "Michael A Grammar" and "Goodbye Girls." The lullaby-like "You and Me in Time" helps cement their status as some of the more forward-thinking pop bands around.

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