Change the Station
Released: January 1997
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Released: January 1997
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Arriving six years after Up in Downsville, Change the Station finds A Certain Ratio in top form, working from a dance-pop foundation and adding flourishes of Madchester funk and ambient house. This...
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Looking for a Certain Ratio
Released: August 1994
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Released: August 1994
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If there's one thing one learns in the hobby of collecting music, it's that tribute albums and remix compilations are iffy propositions. Looking for a Certain Ratio is not one of those rare titles...
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To Each...
Released: May 1981
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Released: May 1981
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For A Certain Ratio's debut album, the group dropped much of the bleak dance-punk of early material in place of what sounds like a shallow attempt to seize the baton dropped by gloom giants Joy...
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Sextet
Released: January 1982
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Released: January 1982
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Released the same year as their debut, Sextet upped the energy of A Certain Ratio's dour minimalist dance, with cursory nods to even soul and funk from vocalist Martha Tilson. For the most part,...
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I'd Like to See You Again
Released: October 1982
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Released: October 1982
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Following the new wave classic Sextet, this Manchester/New York post-punk funk unit's third album, I'd Like to See You Again, points toward a more minimal, stripped-down funk sound. This was...
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