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No-Man is a British duo formed in 1987 by Tim Bowness and Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson.
The band has so far produced six studio albums and a number of singles/outtakes collections (most notably, 2006’s career retrospective, All the Blue Changes).
Originally a sample-based proto-trip hop/ambient/electro-pop styled music, No-Man’s sound has become more organic, diverse and band-oriented in subsequent years. The band has been lauded “Conceivably the most important English group since The Smiths” by Melody Maker music newspaper.
The name No-Man was adopted in 1990 and first used on the self-released June 1990 single release, Colours (a cover of the 1960s Donovan song). The single achieved Melody Maker and Sounds (british music paper) “Singles of the Week” accolades and was re-released by Liverpool-based label Probe Plus in October, 1990.
Between 1991 and 1994, No-Man were managed by Talk Talk’s manager Keith Aspden. During this period, the band received highly positive UK music media support (including more “Singles of the Week” in Melody Maker, Sounds and Irish music paper, Hot Press), had 2 indie top 20 hits (Days In The Trees and Ocean Song), a Billboard Top 40 dance hit (the US only single, Taking It Like a Man) and had high profile contracts with One Little Indian, Hit & Run Publishing and Epic/Sony.
Subsequently, mirroring the evolution of artists such as Talk Talk, David Sylvian, Radiohead, Scott Walker and Kate Bush, with each successive release, the band has moved further away from its more conventional Pop/Rock roots.
The band has so far produced six studio albums and a number of singles/outtakes collections (most notably, 2006’s career retrospective, All the Blue Changes).
Originally a sample-based proto-trip hop/ambient/electro-pop styled music, No-Man’s sound has become more organic, diverse and band-oriented in subsequent years. The band has been lauded “Conceivably the most important English group since The Smiths” by Melody Maker music newspaper.
The name No-Man was adopted in 1990 and first used on the self-released June 1990 single release, Colours (a cover of the 1960s Donovan song). The single achieved Melody Maker and Sounds (british music paper) “Singles of the Week” accolades and was re-released by Liverpool-based label Probe Plus in October, 1990.
Between 1991 and 1994, No-Man were managed by Talk Talk’s manager Keith Aspden. During this period, the band received highly positive UK music media support (including more “Singles of the Week” in Melody Maker, Sounds and Irish music paper, Hot Press), had 2 indie top 20 hits (Days In The Trees and Ocean Song), a Billboard Top 40 dance hit (the US only single, Taking It Like a Man) and had high profile contracts with One Little Indian, Hit & Run Publishing and Epic/Sony.
Subsequently, mirroring the evolution of artists such as Talk Talk, David Sylvian, Radiohead, Scott Walker and Kate Bush, with each successive release, the band has moved further away from its more conventional Pop/Rock roots.
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Schoolyard Ghosts
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IamZanderss wrote:
essellAY , check out "Returning Jesus" and "Schoolyard Ghosts". And I wouldn't recommend Flowermouth, it still has the 90s pop elements like the electronic drums and such.
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przemekspider wrote:
well, it seems i'm the most often listening to no-man person on last.fm. no wonder as i have completely fallen for the mixtaped dvd/cd.
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lewis_mufc wrote:
No way would you write off No-Man off after that album. Try Flowermouth, that's my personal favourite and probably their most accessible. I love all their albums though so I couldn't pick and choose beyond that. It's a bit of a cliche, but no album sounds like another. It's true with No-Man though I reckon.
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essellAY wrote:
I wanted to check them out because of Porcupine Tree, but I *really* didn't like the first album (Loveblows & Lovecries). Apparantly they changed their style a bit at some point, so I was wondering where it becomes a bit less... 90s pop-ish. Or is their first album pretty indicative of the rest of their stuff (so I should just give them a miss)?
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onthewall2983 wrote:
Yay for them making 1,000,000 scrobbles :)
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IKONOS wrote:
Mixtaped is freaking phenomenal!
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Sephirothek wrote:
DVD is just amazing, pure magic...
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citanulpt wrote:
song of the surf [2]
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agrophobia wrote:
song of the surf
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Samperor wrote:
Mine just arrived from Burningshed! \o/
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stopswimming wrote:
The new double DVD "Mixtaped" is excellent ... the first disc is a wonderful recording of the live show at Bush Hall, and the second is a full documentary about the band's history (and some extras). Pretty much essential if you're a fan of the band :)
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clouds41 wrote:
Yes, All Sweet Things. True north as well.
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Cloudy-Now wrote:
All Sweet Things.. <3 I Love this song.
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deadwing1411 wrote:
things i want to tell you <3
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psychosissun wrote:
I'll just crawl beside you, And forget about everything...
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PCB94 wrote:
Porcupine Tree is the side project. No-Man is the bomb. NOT
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plebejusz wrote:
Porcupine Tree is the side project. No-Man is the bomb. [2] Mate, you have a point.
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Pe4ene4ka wrote:
Together We're Stranger <3 [2] Yeeees...
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ColorSlaughter wrote:
Together We're Stranger <3
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deadwing1411 wrote:
Returnig Jesus > anything else
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