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Magazine ist eine britische Post Punk-Band, die 1977 vom Ex-Buzzcocks-Sänger Howard Devoto gegründet worden ist. Magazine zeichnete sich als eine der ersten Bands durch hohe Experimentierfreudigkeit aus, die später typisch für den Post Punk werden sollte.
Sie kombinierten die Energie und Wut des Punks mit poetischeren Texten und den für damalige Punk-Verhältnisse ungewohnten Einsatz von Keyboards. Musikalisch bewegte sich Magazine zwischen schroffen Akkordwechseln und düsteren, aber atmosphärischen Klanglandschaften.

Real Life is the debut studio album by English post-punk band Magazine. Initially, the departure from punk was not complete. "Shot by Both Sides," the band's first single, was based off an old riff given by Devoto's Buzzcocks partner Pete Shelley, and the guts of follow-up single "Touch and Go" were rather basic rev-and-vroom. And, like many punk bands, Magazine would likely cite David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Roxy Music. However -- this point is crucial -- instead of playing mindlessly sloppy variants of "Hang on to Yourself," "Search and Destroy," and "Virginia Plain," the band was inspired by the much more adventurous Low, The Idiot, and "For Your Pleasure." That is the driving force behind Real Life's status as one of the post-punk era's major jump-off points. As close as the band comes to upstaging Devoto, the singer is central, with his live wire tendencies typically enhanced, rather than truly outshined, by his mates. The interplay is at its best in "The Light Pours out of Me," a song that defines Magazine more than "Shot by Both Sides," while also functioning as the closest the band got to making an anthem.


Definitive Gaze 4:25
My Tulpa 4:47
Shot By Both Sides 4:01
Recoil 2:50
Burst 5:00
Motorcade 5:41
The Great Beautician In The Sky 4:56
The Light Pours Out Of Me 4:36
Parade 5:08

Bonus Tracks:
10 Shot By Both Sides - Original Single Version 4:01
11 My Mind Ain't So Open 2:19
12 Touch And Go 2:58
13 Goldfinger 3:51

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