Modern Eon - Hicks From The Sticks

Band:		Various Artists

Title:		Hicks From The Sticks

Format:		LP

Year:		1980

Label:		Rockburgh Records Ltd.

Catalog Number:		ROC111

Song Titles:
1. Airkraft "Move In Rhythm"
2. Expelaires "Sympathy (Don't Be Taken In)"
3. Clock DVA "You're Without Sound"
4. Music For Pleasure "The Human Factor"
5. Nightmares In Wax "Shangri-La"
6. Ada Wilson & Keeping Dark "Head In The Clouds"
7. Modern Eon "Choreography"
8. Medium Medium "Them Or Me"
9. Radio 5 "True Colours"
10. They Must Be Russians "When Have I Seen You"
11. Section 25 "After-Image"
12. Art Failure "Gimmik"
13. I'm So Hollow "I Don't Know"
14. Wah! Heat "Hey Disco Joe"
15. Stranger Than Fiction "Immortal In Mirrors"
16. The Distributors "T.V. ME"

("Choreography" is the version from the "Pieces" 7")

Reviews:

Various Artists: Hicks From The Sticks
Consisting as it does of a mixture of already-released tracks and gems from the vaults,'Hicks' constitutes an 'alternative characters' collection, and as such highlights the way the indie chart is rapidly becoming a nesting ground for low-rank name bands. According to Des Moines, the conceptual realist behind this album, Modern Eon's 'Choreography' and Ada Wilson and Keeping Dark's 'Head In the Clouds' have both been top of the hair-shirt parade. While "choreography' has a decent construction to it, the Ada Wilson track is a hideous example of how simple it is to be a shark in a goldfish bowl, scoring hits with a guaranteed audience of alternative record buyers. Shades of the Dandelion label and all its attendant culty marvellousness. [edited for content] -Kevin Fitzgerald, NME April 5, 1980