{"product_id":"memento-mori-anthology-1978-2018","title":"Memento Mori (Anthology 1978 - 2018)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRough Trade's Albums of the Month - November\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Adamson returns with \u003ci\u003eMemento Mori (Anthology 1978-2018)\u003c\/i\u003e, a 40th anniversary release charting the artist’s writing and recording career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoss Side’s Barry Adamson is a legend and a very nice one. He’s a photographer, filmmaker and writer as well as being a musician and composer and the scorer of a multitude of films. He’s worked with Magazine, Visage, The Birthday Party, Pan Sonic, Grinderman and Depeche Mode. This is a great compilation of just some of the his looooong career. All the ingredients and one of the best chefs going. Atmospheric moods sweep cinematically setting a scene to take you on a journey through cool jazzy nights and cold streets tinged with brassy glinting street lights. An album stuffed with cool cat vocals, crawling drum fills and shuffling dance-beats, swish strings, groovy swirling organs, funky wah wah and plenty of moody jazz.. Groovy swirling organs. Like the the sun played the disco on your face film noir. You’ve been riff-rolled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5uUCTTUk3YY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMemento Mori\u003c\/i\u003e charts Adamson’s career from 1978’s Magazine track, \u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e (co-written by Adamson, from their debut album \u003ci\u003eReal Life\u003c\/i\u003e); to his work as founding member, alongside Nick Cave, of the Bad Seeds (\u003ci\u003eFrom Her To Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e, co-written by Adamson); through his nine solo albums, from 1988’s \u003ci\u003eMoss Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e to the latest \u003ci\u003eLove Sick Dick\u003c\/i\u003e EPs, bringing everything up to date with a brand new unreleased track, \u003ci\u003eThe Hummingbird\u003c\/i\u003e. Brought up in Manchester’s Moss Side, Adamson learnt to play the bass overnight for Magazine, Manchester’s most influential band of that era. When they disbanded, five albums later in 1981, his singular style was spotted by The Birthday Party, with whom he played several times. His establishment as a solo artist came after a three-year stint with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds with the release of his classic first solo album, \u003ci\u003eMoss Side Story\u003c\/i\u003e - the ultimate soundtrack to an “imaginary film” - which raised Adamson’s name as a composer of diverse complexity; able to tell a story with music, where the images were those supplanted in the minds of the listeners. Adamson has worked with some of the film industry’s most intriguing mavericks including Derek Jarman (\u003ci\u003eThe Last of England\u003c\/i\u003e, 1987), David Lynch (\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Highway\u003c\/i\u003e, 1997), Oliver Stone (\u003ci\u003eNatural Born Killers\u003c\/i\u003e, 1994) and Danny Boyle (\u003ci\u003eThe Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, 2000). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving released nine studio albums, including the 1992 Mercury Music Prize nominated \u003ci\u003eSoul Murder,\u003c\/i\u003e 1996’s Oedipus Schmoedipus, which includes collaborations with Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave and The Associates’ Billy McKenzie, and his most recent release, \u003ci\u003eKnow Where To Run\u003c\/i\u003e, which was in part inspired by a recent US tour, back playing with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds after 23 years, Adamson’s talents are as much demand by new generations of artists as he was after his first solo release, with collaborations in recent years across a variety of art forms, including an Olivier Award winning ballet performance by Sylvie Guillem and the Ballet Boyz scored by Adamson. It was always a logical progression for Adamson to move behind the camera and once again his brooding film noir style and dark comedy has seen him write, direct and score a number of short films, including \u003ci\u003eThe Swing The Hole and The Lie\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) as well as the recent video for \u003ci\u003eThey Walk Amongst Us\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). Barry Adamson’s most recent releases, \u003ci\u003eLove Sick Dick\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove Sick Dick Remixed\u003c\/i\u003e – the latter featured a 6Music playlisted reworking by A Certain Ratio (featured on the Anthology) as well as remixes from Gazelle Twin and Adult. - have seen Barry Adamson back on the road, recent shows included a unique live performance cut straight to lathe as part of an evening at the British Library examining the Soviet vinyl bootleggers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2LP - Double Gold Vinyl Set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD - Ecopac with 12 Page Booklet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"LP | x2","offer_id":50497791394123,"sku":"1042847","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50497790869835,"sku":"1042846","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3d5ee57d-9fcc-4f35-b574-6d5e092026b6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727732799","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/memento-mori-anthology-1978-2018","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}