Invisible Men
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| Studio album by Anthony Phillips | ||||
| Released | 1983 (US), 1984 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 1982-83 | |||
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Progressive rock Electronic music |
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Passport Records (US) Virgin Records Voiceprint Records Street Tunes Records Esoteric Recordings |
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| Producer |
Anthony Phillips Richard Scott Richard Vallis |
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Original UK cover.
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Invisible Men is an album by Anthony Phillips released in March, 1984. It was originally packaged not as a solo album but as a duo project. The other member of the duo was Richard Scott who co-wrote most songs, sang a few of the lead vocals and programmed a drum machine.
This album features a political angle due to the 1982 Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom. During the conflict an Exocet missile struck a British warship and killed 20 crew members. Also an Argentine musician friend of Ant's (Quiqué Berro) had to leave the United Kingdom. The track 'Exocet' and 'The Women Were Watching' illustrate Anthony's anger over the conflict and how it affected his friend. The ending of 'Exocet'; featuring a fragment of a Falklands war report was actually a recording error but Ant kept it in; it makes a dramatic impression even now. Indeed, "Exocet" was deemed a little too political even to be on the original UK issue of the album but was on the American issue.
As the sleeve notes on the 1996 Blueprint BP211CD issue state "The running order has been switched to that of the originally intended one."
On October 13, 2017, Esoteric Recordings (a Cherry Red Records label) will release a 2-disc deluxe edition of the album. Disc 1 contains a new (2017) remaster of the original stereo mix of the album. Disc 2 contains 16 previously unreleased demos and contemporaneous material. The deluxe edition also includes an illustrated booklet with a new essay by Jon Dann.
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