Archive Cardiacs

Archive Cardiacs
Compilation album by Cardiacs
Released	1989
Recorded	1977–1979
Length	43:06
Label	Alphabet Business Concern
Producer	Miss Swift The Consultant
Cardiacs chronology
On Land and in the Sea (1989) Archive Cardiacs (1989) Songs for Ships and Irons (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music	[2]

Archive Cardiacs (or simply Archive) is a compilation album by English rock band Cardiacs. The album is composed of early tracks by the band recorded from 1977 to 1979.[3][4][5] The tracks were compiled from Cardiacs' demo albums The Obvious Identity (1980) and Toy World (1981), as well as four pieces recorded by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project that never saw fruition.[6]

The album was originally released on cassette in 1989 exclusively available to the Cardiacs Yousletter Family and was reissued on CD in 1995.[7][6]

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Tim Smith, except where noted.[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Aukamacic"		0:45
2.	"Icky Qualms"		2:15
3.	"Piffol Four Times*"		2:49
4.	"Scratching Crawling Scrawling"		0:56
5.	"As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea"		7:12
6.	"T.V.T.V.*"		3:49
7.	"My Trade Mark"		3:40
8.	"The Obvious Identity"		2:02
9.	"Piffol One Time*"		6:49
10.	"A Game for Bertie's Party"	Mark Cawthra Smith	5:26
11.	"Piffol Three Times*"		5:38
12.	"Rock Around the Clock"	Colvin Mayers	1:45
Total length:			43:01

Tracks marked with * are demo tracks created by Tim Smith and Dominic Luckman for a side project that never saw fruition.

Personnel

Adapted from the Archive Cardiacs liner notes.[8]

• Tim Quy – bass guitar, percussion
• Jim Smith – bass guitar, vocals
• Sarah Smith – saxophones, clarinets, keyboards, recorders
• Tim Smith – guitar, drums, vocals, flutes, keyboards, percussion
• Mark Cawthra – drums, keyboards, vocals
• Michael Pugh – vocals
• Colvin Mayers – keyboards
• Dominic Luckman – drums

Technical

• Miss Swift – production
• The Consultant – production

Chart performance

The 2021 streaming re-release reached number 73 on the New Zealand iTunes Chart.[9]

References

1. Larkin, Collin (2006). "Cardiacs". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. Muze. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. Note: Search "Alphabet 1983" (with quotation marks).
2. Larkin, Collin (1997) [1992]. "Cardiacs". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. London: Virgin Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7535-0159-7. Note: Search "Alphabet 1983" (with quotation marks).
3. Lawson, Dom (11 August 2014). "Kavus Torabi's Guide To Cardiacs". Prog. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
4. Phillips, Lance (2003). "The Cardiacs". In Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-457-6.
5. "Cardiacs - Archive Cardiacs". Cardiacs. 2004. Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
6. Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock [it] (in Italian). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
7. Bell, Adrian (2011). Aylesbury Bolton Wolverhampton Hove: A Little Man and 101 Cardiacs Gigs. Sullivan County, New York: Iron Bell Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-95-687950-9.
8. Archive Cardiacs (liner notes). Cardiacs. UK: Alphabet Business Concern. 1989. ALPH 000.
9. "Archive - Cardiacs". Top Charts. AppGeneration. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2022.