Housekeeping: 5CD Box Set

Somewhere (somehow) between the feverish grooves of Madchester and the anthemic charge of the Britpop brigade, musically eclectic mavericks No-Man made a small mark on the early 1990s UK Independent music scene.The band released two albums and series of singles on the influential OLI label (Björk, The Shamen etc), which generated rave reviews (Singles Of The Week in Melody Maker, Sounds, and Hot Press) and radio/TV play aplenty (BBC Radio One sessions/playlist, appearances on MTV, Channel Four and ITV1).‘Housekeeping’ is a comprehensive remastered collection of No-Man’s output for the OLI label between 1990-1994.Featuring the band’s first two albums ‘Loveblows & Lovecries’ (1993) and ‘Flowermouth’ (1994), along with the singles compilation ‘Lovesighs’ (1992), the deluxe 5CD bookset also contains outtakes, alternate versions and the band’s sessions for BBC Radio from the period (which reveal a very different, more visceral, side to the band).Formed by Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, the band also included violinist Ben Coleman and the albums featured notable appearances by Mick Karn and Steve Jansen (Japan), Robert Fripp, Ian Carr, Lisa Gerard (Dead Can Dance), and soon to be Porcupine Tree members Richard Barbieri, Chris Maitland and Colin Edwin.Containing driving electronic pop music, epic ambient rock suites and emotive groove-enhanced ballads, ‘Housekeeping’ is a lovingly compiled tribute to the creative anomaly that is (and was) No-Man. Designed by Carl Glover, the hardback book includes essays by Matt Hammers (author of No-Man blog, All The Blue Changes), Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, alongside rare photos and memorabilia.
CD1. Lovesighs – An Entertainment1. Heartcheat Pop2. Days in the Trees – US remix3. Drink Judas4. Heartcheat Motel5. Kiss Me Stupid6. Colours7. Iris Murdoch Cut Me Up8. Days in the Trees – Reich9. Days in the Trees – Ives10. Days in the Trees – Bartok11. Walker12. Road CD2. Loveblows and Lovecries – A Confession1. Loveblow2. Only Baby3. Housekeeping4. Sweetheart Raw5. Lovecry6. Tulip7. Break Heaven8. Beautiful and Cruel9. Painting Paradise10. Heaven’s Break11. Taking It Like a Man12. Babyship Blue13. Tulip – unedited master CD3. Singles1. Ocean Song2. Back to the Burning Shed3. Swirl4. Sweetheart Raw – full length version5. Bleed6. Only Baby – Breathe for Me7. Only Baby – Be for Me8. Long Day Fall9. Painting Paradise – single re-recording10. Heaven Taste CD4. Flowermouth1. Angel Gets Caught in the Beauty Trap2. You Grow More Beautiful3. Animal Ghost4. Soft Shoulders5. Shell of a Fighter6. Teardrop Fall7. Watching Over Me8. Simple9. Things Change CD5. Radio Sessions 1992-941. Break Heaven – Nicky Campbell session2. Heartcheat Pop – Nicky Campbell session3. Housekeeping – Nicky Campbell session4. Ocean Song – Hit the North session5. Days in the Trees – Hit the North session6. Taking It Like a Man – Hit the North session7. Lovecry – GLR session8. Days in the Trees – GLR session9. Sweetheart Raw – The Way Out session10. Teardrop Fall – acoustic session11. Watching Over Me – acoustic session12. Shell of a Fighter – acoustic session13. You Grow More Beautiful – acoustic session