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Shoes - Present Tense FLAC album


Performer: Shoes
Genre: Rock
Title: Present Tense
Country: US
Released: Sep 1979
Style: Power Pop, New Wave
Label: Elektra
Catalog Number: 6E-244
FLAC version ZIP size: 1843 mb
MP3 version ZIP size: 1924 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 2761 mb
Rating: 4.1
Votes: 233

Tracklist

1Cruel You4:07
2Somebody Has What I Had3:14
3Tomorrow Night2:55
4I Don't Miss You4:02
5Three Times(3:51)
6See Me1:14
7Hangin' Around WIth You3:20
8Now And Then3:10
9Every Girl2:40
10Listen1:35
11Your Very Eyes3:04
12Say It1:02
13I Don't Wanna Hear It2:46
14Too Late2:42
15In My Arms Again4:00

Versions

CategoryArtistTitle (Format)LabelCategoryCountryYear
6E-244Shoes Present Tense ‎(LP, Album)Elektra6E-244US1979
Q6E-244Shoes Present Tense ‎(LP, Album)ElektraQ6E-244Canada1979
ELK 52 187Shoes Present Tense ‎(LP, Album, TP, W/Lbl)ElektraELK 52 187Europe1979
6E-244Shoes Present Tense ‎(LP, Album, SP)Elektra6E-244US1979
6E-244Shoes Present Tense ‎(LP, Album, PRC)Elektra6E-244US1979
CategoryArtistTitle (Format)LabelCategoryCountryYear
Q6E-244Shoes Present Tense ‎(LP, Album)ElektraQ6E-244Canada1979
ELK 52 187Shoes Present Tense ‎(LP, Album, TP, W/Lbl)ElektraELK 52 187Europe1979
6E-244Shoes Present Tense ‎(LP, Album, SP)Elektra6E-244US1979
6E-244Shoes Present Tense ‎(LP, Album, PRC)Elektra6E-244US1979
AIRCD-100Shoes Present Tense ‎(CD, Album)Air Mail RecordingsAIRCD-100Japan2009

Credits

  • Art DirectionJohnny Lee , Mary Francis, Ron Coro
  • Co-producerShoes
  • Drums, VocalsSkip Meyer
  • Engineer [Mixdown]John Brand
  • ManagementDan Bourgoise
  • Mastered ByGeorge Marino
  • Photography ByElliot Gilbert
  • Producer, EngineerMike Stone
  • Technician [Tape Operator]Marlis Duncklau
  • Vocals, BassJohn Murphy
  • Vocals, GuitarGary Klebe, Jeff Murphy
  • Written-ByGary Klebe (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B3, B5c), Jeff Murphy (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B5a, B6), John Murphy (tracks: A3, A4, A6, B1, B4, B5b)
  • Art DirectionJohnny Lee , Mary Francis, Ron Coro
  • Co-producerShoes
  • Drums, VocalsSkip Meyer
  • Engineer [Mixdown]John Brand
  • ManagementDan Bourgoise
  • Mastered ByGeorge Marino
  • Photography ByElliot Gilbert
  • Producer, EngineerMike Stone
  • Technician [Tape Operator]Marlis Duncklau
  • Vocals, BassJohn Murphy
  • Vocals, GuitarGary Klebe, Jeff Murphy
  • Written-ByGary Klebe (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B3, B5c), Jeff Murphy (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B5a, B6), John Murphy (tracks: A3, A4, A6, B1, B4, B5b)

Notes

Specialty pressing.

Issued with a printed inner lyrics-sleeve.Issued with a printed inner lyrics-sleeve (in English), and inner sleeve (in Japanese).
Obi-strip.

Barcodes

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): 6E-244-A SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): 6E-244-B SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Etched Side A): 1-2 6E-244-A-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Etched Side B): 1-2 6E-244-B-SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamped Both Sides): STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamped Both Sides): SRC Logo (Large S with the R and C in the loops)
  • Other (Pressing Plant Code): SP
  • Rights Society: BMI

Companies

  • Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
  • Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
  • Recorded At – The Manor
  • Mixed At – Trident Studios
  • Mastered At – Sterling Sound
  • Produced For – Mike Stone Enterprises, Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Published By – Shoetunes
  • Manufactured By – Warner-Pioneer Corporation
  • Recorded At – The Manor
  • Mixed At – Trident Studios
  • Mastered At – Sterling Sound
  • Produced For – Mike Stone Enterprises, Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Published By – Shoetunes

Video

BoberMod
For my money, the greatest power pop album of them all.

Sheer perfection, the NME review from Max Bell in 1979 should be quoted here (if ever I can find it online).