7 Day Weekend

Infobox Album
Name = 7 Day Weekend
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Comsat Angels


Released = 1985
Recorded =
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 43:02 (LP)
Label = Jive Records
Producer = Comsat Angels, James Mtume, Chris Tsangarides
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xt2ibka96akb link]
Last album = Land (1983)
This album = 7 Day Weekend (1985)
Next album = Chasing Shadows (1986)

"7 Day Weekend" was released in 1985 on Jive Records. It was the Comsat Angels' fifth album. The album was reissued on CD with bonus tracks in 2001 for Jive's "Connoisseur Collection".

The album was named after a song about unemployment which the band never recorded. [Hybrid magazine interview, December 1985 [http://www.hotsdesign.co.uk/comsats/hybrid.htm] ] Jive issued 4 singles from this album: "You Move Me" (summer 1984), "Day One" (October 1984), "I'm Falling" and "Forever Young" (both 1985). [Comsat Angels website [http://www.hotsdesign.co.uk/comsats/web.htm] ] In the end only "I'm Falling" ever charted in the UK, making it to #90, perhaps helped by being featured in the movie "Real Genius".

In a 1997 interview, frontman Steve Fellows was asked how he viewed "7 Day Weekend" in comparison with the band's other Jive album, "Land". He said, "I'm slightly happier with [7 Day Weekend] . It took off in several strange directions. I'm very fond of 'Still It's Not Enough,' which is almost like blues or something. A weird soul song. And 'You Move Me' was a great live song." [Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/97 [http://www.comsatangels.net/] ]

Fellows went through some turmoil with the record label during production of the album, though. On the song "I'm Falling," Jive arranged for an unknown session guitarist to replace Fellows' own work. Upon receiving a recording of it, he mailed it back to them in pieces. [Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/97 [http://www.comsatangels.net/] ] Soon after, the band and label parted company. Said Fellows, "They didn't understand us or care about us. They just wanted a hit pop group – to turn us into another Flock of Seagulls." [Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/97 [http://www.comsatangels.net/] ]

Track listing (1985)

"All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake except where stated."
#"Believe It" – 4:09
#"Forever Young" – 3:59
#"You Move Me" – 4:22
#"I'm Falling" (Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake/Mtume) – 3:59
#"Close Your Eyes" – 4:28
#"Day One" – 4:01
#"You're The Heroine" – 4:08
#"High Tide" – 4:43
#"New Heart & Hand" – 4:22
#"Still It's Not Enough" – 4:51

Track listing (2001)

"All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake except where stated."
#"Believe It" – 4:09
#"Forever Young" – 3:59
#"You Move Me" – 4:22
#"I'm Falling" (Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake/Mtume) – 3:59
#"Close Your Eyes" – 4:28
#"Day One" – 4:01
#"You're The Heroine" – 4:08
#"High Tide" – 4:43
#"New Heart & Hand" – 4:22
#"Still It's Not Enough" – 4:51
#"Land" – 4:13
#"Citadel" (Jagger/Richards) – 3:10

Personnel

*Stephen Fellows - vocals, guitar
*Andy Peake - synthesizer, vocals
*Kevin Bacon - bass guitar
*Mik Glaisher - drums

References