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Drumming the Beating Heart is the fourth album by English band Eyeless in Gaza, released in 1982 by record label Cherry Red.

Drumming the Beating Heart
Studio album by Eyeless in Gaza
Released	1982 (1982)
Studio	Woodbine Street Recording Studios
Label	Cherry Red
Producer	John A. Rivers
Eyeless in Gaza chronology
Pale Hands I Loved So Well (1982) Drumming the Beating Heart (1982) Rust Red September (1983)

Content

Regarding the album's style, AllMusic wrote that the album "finds the Nuneaton duo fashioning their stock sonic components into more immediately accessible, conventional song structures, albeit at the avant end of the pop spectrum".[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Martyn Bates and Peter Becker

1. "Transience Blues"
2. "Ill-Wind Blows"
3. "One By One"
4. "Picture the Day"
5. "Dreaming at Rain"
6. "Two"
7. "Veil Like Calm"
8. "Throw a Shadow"
9. "Pencil Sketch"
10. "At Arms Length"
11. "Lights of April"
12. "Before You Go"

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
New Musical Express	favourable[2]
Smash Hits	unfavourable[3]
Trouser Press	favourable[4]

NME called it "so much better than their previous sluggish experiments not because it’s more “commercial”, but because the endeavour required to redesign their form clarifies and strengthens it."[2]

References

External links

• Drumming the Beating Heart at Discogs (list of releases)

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