A Certain Ratio - Anthem - 1986

Track B4 from the Album "Force" on Factory Records.

[adriandonoghue-uqgn]

God, I haven't heard this in 30 years! My favourite ACR song

[MrRicodemo]

Why A Certain Ratio were never huge is beyond me. Amazing band. So atmospheric.

[busterabcat]

This is such a truly sublime song. The album Force is still a timeless listen to this day - their first album that veered in the more consciously commercial direction they later took once they left Factory (this was their final album for the label) and signed with A&M (scoring their biggest hit in 1990 with a reworked version of The Big E - retitled Won't Stop Loving You)

[basseal]

I love the way the best tracks on this sublime album build towards an ECM-like jazzy cacophony Those who dispraise them for 'commercialism' weren't listening, surely.

[MrDegsy]

Very sombre and joy division sounding. Ian Curtis would have been proud if he heard this.