LABEL: Scat CAT NO: SCAT76 BARCODE: 753417007611 Tracklisting: 01. Talk to the Weatherman02. The Quiet Man03. Mary Jane04. Black Cloud05. Say Goodbye06. 40 Hours07. Anti-Socialist08. Its Easier Than You Think09. My Head10. Death of a Salesman11. In Your Mind12. Statistic13. Mother and Child MY DAD IS DEAD And Hes Not Gonna Take It Anymore 2LP Limited Edition Coloured Vinyl Originally released in 1986, the debut album by My Dad Is Dead is remarkable not only for its strong and varied material, but also how the aesthetic of MDIDs music was fully formed and instantly recognizable from the git-go. Here are the open modal guitar tunings, the primitive drum machine paired with live drums, the complete rejection of the pentatonic scale and related 1970s guitar techniques, and the dry, journalistic language that brings a distanced, subdued pathos to the harrowing characters and their situations. Few artists who traffic in the darker realms of the human condition do so without some degree of melodrama; Mark Edwardss penchant for understatement and distance brings even more gravity and impact to these songs of lost souls in a dying city. All these qualities would become hallmarks of the My Dad Is Dead sound for years to come. Like Edwardss next few albums, And Hes Not Gonna Take It Anymore was performed and written entirely by himself, which only deepens the feeling of isolation that permeates the album. This 2022 reissue was remastered by John Golden Sr. and is a huge sonic improvement over the original pressing and early 90s European editions. Best of all, it includes an entire bonus LP of rare 1985 recordings that were only issued on cassette at the time. These are raw, primitive 4-track recordings that ooze with post-industrial Cleveland malaise. They include nine previously unreleased songs, and early versions of four songs that were re-recorded for the album. Fans are certain to find some new favorites here. See below for tracklisting