“I just heard this like a week ago and they just reissued these and then I just heard this and it's insane, it's amazing.”
Jane from Occupied Europe
Swell Maps
Jane from Occupied Europe is the second and final album by the English post-punk band Swell Maps. It was released in 1980 by Rather Records and Rough Trade. In 1989, the album was reissued with eight bonus tracks by Mute, and this edition was subsequently reissued in 2004 by Secretly Canadian.
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“Jane From Occupied Europe. Inspired countless bands to just get up and do it. Really early kind of DIY feel on this record. It has some of my favorite Swell Maps songs on it, 'Helicopter Spies,' 'New York City' and also one of the most killer sleeves of all time, in my opinion.”
Tracklist
16 tracks · 50:47 · click to preview1
Robot Factory
2:24
2
Let's Buy a Bridge
1:54
3
Border Country
2:12
4
Cake Shop Girl
2:26
5
The Helicopter Spies
4:15
6
Big Maz in the Desert
5:07
7
Big Empty Field
3:43
8
Mining Villages
1:03
9
Collision With a Frogman
3:40
10
...Vs. the Mangrove Delta Plan
4:22
11
Secret Island
4:33
12
Whatever Happens Next...
2:59
13
Blenheim Shots
3:40
14
A Raincoat's Room
1:43
15
The Stairs Are Like an Avalanche
3:22
16
New York
3:17
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