A Certain Ratio – Force
(Factory Records 1986 FACT166)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Sleeve in Very Good+ condition
– small chunk out of spine edge about a third of the way down & a smaller chunk in bottom edge
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
A Certain Ratio (abbreviated as ACR) are an English post-punk band formed in 1977 in Flixton, Greater Manchester by Peter Terrell (guitar, electronics) and Simon Topping (vocals, trumpet), with additional members Jez Kerr (bass, vocals), Martin Moscrop (trumpet, guitar), Donald Johnson (drums), and Martha Tilson (vocals) joining soon after. Drawing heavy influence from funk as well as disco and Latin percussion, the band were among to first to debut on Tony Wilson’s Factory Records in 1979 with “All Night Party,” produced by Martin Hannett. During ACR’s early years with Factory, they scored seven Top Ten U.K. independent releases, highlighted by “Flight” and “Waterline,” and released five albums beginning with The Graveyard and the Ballroom (1979).
Following late-’80s and early-’90s phases with major-label A&M and Rob Gretton’s independent Robs Records, ACR were intermittently active. They returned to the studio for the 2008 album Mind Made Up and since then have continued to perform, with their catalog recirculated through an arrangement with Mute Records. ACR continued to perform into the late 2010s, and during 2017-2019 expanded, reissued, and anthologized their catalog once more, this time through Mute Records.
Force is the fifth studio album by the English post-punk band A Certain Ratio, released in November 1986 by Factory Records; their final release on the label. Stuart James co-produced the album with the band. It was recorded and mixed between July and August 1986 at Yello 2 Studios in Stockport.
Track listing
Track listing
All tracks are written by A Certain Ratio
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Only Together” | 3:40 |
| 2. | “Bootsy” | 4:38 |
| 3. | “Fever 103°” | 5:13 |
| 4. | “Naked and White” | 4:57 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 5. | “Mickey Way” | 4:50 |
| 6. | “And Then She Smiles” | 3:59 |
| 7. | “Take Me Down” | 5:00 |
| 8. | “Anthem” | 4:53 |
| Total length: | 37:10 | |
Personnel
A Certain Ratio
- Jeremy Kerr – lead vocals; bass guitar; tapes
- Andy Connell – piano; vocoder; synthesizer; keyboard samples
- Martin Moscrop – guitar; guitar synthesizer; trumpet
- Donald Johnson – drums; backing vocals; lead vocals on “Inside”
- Anthony Quigley – soprano and tenor saxophones
Additional musicians
- Tom Barnish – trombone on “Bootsy” and “Mickey Way”
- Corinne Drewery – additional vocals on “Bootsy”
- Paul Harrison – Yamaha DX7 bass programming
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