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- Record Label: Fire Records
- Release Date: Oct 20, 2017
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- Summary: The four-disc set features the first four albums from the British 1980s solo project-turned-indie-band led by Pat Fish.
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- Record Label: Fire Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Punk/New Wave, Post-Punk, New Wave
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MagnetNov 21, 2017The Wasted Years finds Fish polishing his legacy with work resembling what Syd Barrett might've sounded like if his voice was closer to cross-tops than sugar cubes. Revisiting these years is the sound of some of our undergraduate degrees. [No. 148, p.57]
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Nov 21, 2017The Wasted Years collects these first four releases; a fabulous chance to get reacquainted with the magic of the Butcher, and what sweetly daft indie sounded like in the mid-80s.
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Nov 21, 2017The Wasted Years is a fine collection of works by an overlooked and sometimes underestimated band.
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Nov 21, 2017All in all, there is an airtight, five-star double-album to be culled from The Wasted Years, but compilation albums are already available, and the full-on Butcher experience is well worth the price of admission.
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Jan 10, 2018The Wasted Years, despite its sardonic title, is a worthwhile look back at the path he took to get to those heights. While it’s not a complete document of the band’s start—this set ignores standalone singles and b-sides from this era, like a rollicking cover of the Modern Lovers’ “Roadrunner”--it sets the table for a three-decade-plus journey that continues to surprise, confound, and satisfy.