Cardiacs, eh?

No dates as of yet but sometime this year, apparently.

Why is everybody always recommending the same albums? Yes, "A Little Man...", "On Land and on the Sea" and "Sing to God" are excellent CDs, but my personal favorite may well be "Songs for Ships and Irons". This one also has its fair share of Cardiacs live classics like "Big Ship", "Tarred and Feathered" and "Loosefish Scapegrace" plus it has some of their most progressive tracks namely "Stoneage Dinosaurs", "Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love" and especially the onderful instrumental "All His Geese are Swans" .

BTW Did anyone notice the yet unreleased track "Will Bleed Amen" on Youtube? The version of "Hope Day" is excellent too. If people say the Cardiacs aren't prog, that song is a good introduction.


Edited by Saskia - May 11 2007 at 14:25

Saskia wrote: Why is everybody always recommending the same albums? Yes, "A Little Man...", "On Land and on the Sea" and "Sing to God" are excellent CDs, but my personal favorite may well be "Songs for Ships and Irons". This one also has its fair share of Cardiacs live classics like "Big Ship", "Tarred and Feathered" and "Loosefish Scapegrace" plus it has some of their most progressive tracks namely "Stoneage Dinosaurs", "Blind in Safety and Leafy in Love" and especially the onderful instrumental "All His Geese are Swans" .BTW Did anyone notice the yet unreleased track "Will Bleed Amen" on Youtube? The version of "Hope Day" is excellent too. If people say the Cardiacs aren't prog, that song is a good introduction.

That's another of my favourites too, saskia! It's really just terribly hard to pick a single reccomendation for a newcomer, They all have their merits!

It's looking highly likely that the new album will emerge sometime this year, and rumours abound of BBC sessions and perhaps even a few extra dates on top of their annual Astoria gig! I can scarcely contain my excitement, let me tells ya!

Logan wrote: Rather old topic I know

I wasn't on this site when this thread started! Huge fan, big regrets I didn't know them when I lived in England and never got to see them

SteveG wrote: No mention of Tim Smith yet?

I've known about this band for years although I've heard very little music by them(only a few tracks on youtube). I think I first heard of them on the old RMP in the late 90's. Anyway, unfortunately all their albums are currently out of print. On top of that the leader of the band, Tim Smith, died last year. They are somewhat legendary in "modern" prog circles but like Gentle Giant and Rush they will more than likely never reform again.

Chaser wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I've known about this band for years although I've heard very little music by them(only a few tracks on youtube). I think I first heard of them on the old RMP in the late 90's. Anyway, unfortunately all their albums are currently out of print. On top of that the leader of the band, Tim Smith, died last year. They are somewhat legendary in "modern" prog circles but like Gentle Giant and Rush they will more than likely never reform again. Their albums are readily available from the Cardiacs website cardiacs.net I've bought several recently and they're reasonably priced with a prompt efficient delivery Highly recommended and highly recommend Cardiacs - especially Sing to God, which is a classic IMO

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: ^Downloads maybe but I doubt they have physical copies on there.