Put The Needle On The Record - Week #92

Put The Needle On The Record Week #92 Visage - The Anvil

For this weeks feature we go back to March 1982 and the Visage album "The Anvil".

"The Anvil" was the 2nd album by Visage and was recorded at Mayfair studios in London and featured the same line-up that appeared on their self titled debut album, with the exception of John McGeoch who had left the band.

Apparently the albums title is named after a famous gay club/bar in New York!

After this album was released Midge Ure left the band and from that point the band lost their way totally, especially with the next album "Beat Boy", which is a dreadful album, however, "The Anvil" is a superb album, my favourite tracks on the album are "The Damned Don't Cry", "Night Train", "The Anvil", "Look What They've Done", "Again We Love" and "Whispers".

It was well received by the music press and some very impressive sleeve designs for the records released. In addition, I should also point out that their were some fantastic 12 inch mixes of the singles that were released.

2 singles were released off the album "The Damned Don't Cry" (which reached number 11 in the UK Singles chart) and "Night Train" (which reached number 12 in the UK Singles chart). "Whispers" was also released as a single but only in Japan.

The album, reached Number 6 in the UK album chart.

Track Listing

Side A

The Damned Don't Cry
The Anvil (Night Club School)
Move Up
Night Train

Side B

The Horseman
Look What They've Done
Again We Love
Wild Life
Whispers

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!