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Band of Holy Joy Leaves That Fall in Spring Release Date: 2007 11 19 Label: Cherry Red

The first career-spanning compilation for one of the U.K.'s most unique pop bands of the 1980s, Leaves That Fall in Spring shows off the Band of Holy Joy in all their peculiar glory. Although the guitar-free band's songs are rooted in British folk music idioms, the Band of Holy Joy never sounded much like, say, Billy Bragg. Closer comparisons include Eyeless in Gaza (singer/songwriter Johnny Brown has a similarly pitch-poor but emotionally expressive voice as that duo's Martyn Bates, and synthesizers were a main element of that band's overall sound) and Prefab Sprout, and in the combination of horns and accordion that decorate the otherwise electronic keyboard-based arrangements, the Pogues. One wouldn't expect the combination of gloomy post-punk, alternately delicate and raucous folk, and sophisticated pop arrangements to work, and to be fair, it quite often didn't. But at 16 songs covering two decades, Leaves That Fall in Spring neatly encapsulates all of the group's most enduring work, ranging from the chaotic shambles of debut single "Rosemary Smith" to considerably smoother and more accessible tunes like the 1993 single "It's Lovebite City." Only the most devoted will need venture far beyond this compilation, but Leaves That Fall in Spring performs an essential function in collecting such a solid précis of this underrated band. Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Rosemary Smith	Brown, Jenkins	2:31
2	First Hour of Day	Brown, Jenkins	2:51
3	Manic, Magic, Majestic	Bailey, Brown, Jenkins, Lewington, Thomas, VanBergen	3:39
4	Leaves That Fall in Spring	Brown, Jenkins	6:11
5	And Then the Real Thing Comes Along	Brown, Thomas, Bierley	6:27
6	Prams Piers Bitter Tears	Brown, Jenkins	2:26
7	It's Lovebite City	Brown, Jenkins, Lewington, Thomas	4:40
8	Who Snatched the Baby?	Brown, Jenkins	4:59
9	Tactless	Bailey, Brown, Coulter, Davis, Jenkins, Lewington, Thomas, VanBergen	4:15
10	Consumption	Brown, Jenkins	3:22
11	Capture My Soul	Brown, Thomas, Bierley	4:20
12	What the Moon Saw	Bailey, Brown, Jenkins, Lewington, Thomas, VanBergen	2:48
13	You've Grown So Old in My Dreams	Bailey, Brown, Jenkins, Lewington, Thomas, VanBergen	2:40
14	Real Beauty Passed Throuth	Bailey, Brown, Cavener, Jenkins, Lewington, Thomas, VanBergen	4:25
15	Death of Love	Brown, Thomas, Bierley	5:31
16	Maybe One Day	Brown, Jenkins	3:39

Releases:

Year	Type	Label
2007	CD	Cherry Red

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