Real Life (Magazine album)

Infobox Album
Name = Real Life
Type = Album
Artist = Magazine


Released = April 1978
Recorded = March-April 1978 on the Virgin Mobile and at Abbey Road
Genre = Post punk
Length = 41:24
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = John Leckie; bonus tracks produced by Magazine & Mick Glossop
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kc91z84ajyv8 link]
Last album =
This album = "Real Life"
(1978)
Next album = "Secondhand Daylight"
(1979)

"Real Life" is the debut album by post-punk pioneers Magazine. The album is cited, along with Public Image Ltd.'s debut album, "Public Image", as being one of the first post-punk albums.

Track listing

All songs written by Howard Devoto and John McGeoch unless otherwise indicated.
#"Definitive Gaze" – 4:25
#"My Tulpa" – 4:47
#"Shot By Both Sides" (Devoto, Pete Shelley) – 4:01
#"Recoil" – 2:50
#"Burst" (Devoto) – 5:00
#"Motorcade" (Devoto, Bob Dickinson) – 5:41
#"The Great Beautician in the Sky" – 4:56
#"The Light Pours Out of Me" (Devoto, McGeoch, Shelley) – 4:36
#"Parade" (Devoto, Barry Adamson, Dave Formula) – 5:08

Bonus Tracks:
# "Shot By Both Sides" (4:01)
# "My Mind Ain't So Open" - (2:18)
# "Touch And Go" - (2:58)
# "Goldfinger" (John Barry, Leslie Bricusse) - (3:50)

Personnel

* Howard Devoto - vocals
* John McGeoch - guitar, saxophone
* Barry Adamson - bass
* Dave Formula - keyboards
* Martin Jackson - drums