A Certain Ratio’s greatest strength has always been their unpredictability. They’ve always moved with gleeful disregard for the boundaries of style and genre, their eye fixed firmly on constant progression. It’s an ethos that’s open-minded over all else, and that’s seen them take everything from experimental electronica to vintage funk, filtered through their own Mancunian lens. Their latest studio album, 1982, is no different in its unpredictable multidimensional nature. It shoots off in every direction, whether via searing Afrobeat, mind melting jazz breakdowns or moody electronic experiments all with pop hooks and irresistible dance rhythms. Tracks1~1~Samo1~2~Waiting On A Train1~3~19821~4~A Trip In Hulme1~5~Tombo In M31~6~Constant Curve1~7~Afro Dizzy1~8~Holy Smoke1~9~Tier 31~10~Ballad Of AcrDetailsFormat: Vinyl LPArtist: A Certain RatioRelease Date: 31 March 2023Genre: AlternativeLabel: MuteDistributor: Inertia Music
