Album Details
2008 reissue of this two-fer from British singer/songwriter Edward Ball and his Mod-flavored outfit The Times. This disc features two of the band's original albums on one CD, both originally released in 1986: Enjoy The Times and Up Against It. Written in reaction to the U.S. Paisley Underground wave of bands then currently feted - Dream On Red, Green Syndicate, Drain Parade and REM, Enjoy connects Edward Ball and his Times to Ray Davies and The Kinks as natural storytellers of everyday British life - but with the added twist of an English nightmare in America. Up Against It is The Times soundtrack to Edward Ball's theatrical production of Joe Orton's 1967 screenplay, originally written for The Beatles. We all know what happened when Britain was ruled by a woman: but what if a band, namely the Beatles had decided to kill her? Just buy this CD and find out. The 20-page booklet contains an 8,000 word discourse by Edward Ball on the making and philosophies behind the two albums. Artpop.
