SULK

Sulk is the second studio album by the Scottish post-punk and pop band the Associates. It was released on 14 May 1982¹ on their own Associates imprint of Beggars Banquet Records for the UK and throughout the rest of Europe on WEA Records and in the US on 4 October by Sire Records. It stayed in the UK Albums Chart for 20 weeks, peaking at No. 10, and it was crowned the album of the year by the British weekly music magazine Melody Maker. Although it was the group's breakthrough record both critically and commercially, it was to be the last studio album recorded by the original pairing of Alan Rankine and Billy Mackenzie, as Rankine departed four months after its release.

Sulk is the second studio album by the Scottish post-punk and pop band the Associates. It was released on 14 May 1982 on their own Associates imprint of Beggars Banquet Records for the UK and throughout the rest of Europe on WEA Records and in the US on 4 October by Sire Records. It stayed in the UK Albums Chart for 20 weeks, peaking at No. 10, and it was crowned the album of the year by the British weekly music magazine Melody Maker. Although it was the group's breakthrough record both critically and commercially, it was to be the last studio album recorded by the original pairing of Alan Rankine and Billy Mackenzie, as Rankine departed four months after its release. "Love Hangover" (McLeod, Sawyer) (12" version of double A-sided single, released July 1982) – 6:15 "18 Carat Love Affair" (double A-sided single, released July 1982) – 3:42 "Ulcragyceptimol" (B-side of 12" of "Club Country") – 4:32 "And Then I Read a Book" (previously unreleased) – 4:28 "Australia" 1 – 3:20 "Grecian 2000" (previously unreleased) – 3:29 "The Room We Sat in Before" 2 – 3:31 Sulk (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)

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