The second album, From the Lion's Mouth, saw the replacement of keyboard player Marshall with Colvin "Max" Mayers, and more accolades from the critics, but neither record caused the band to break beyond a cult status. Korova pressured Borland and his mates to come up with a more commercially successful third album. In an act of rebellion, the band responded with All Fall Down, an album that took them even further away from that direction. Drummer Dudley told it this way: "We thought [the label wasn't] giving us the support that we were due and that if they really wanted a commercial album, they had got to put plenty of money behind it, which with both Jeopardy and From the Lion’s Mouththey hadn’t really done....So when they turned around and said 'The solution is for you to write more commercial songs,' we thought, 'F--- you,' and went ahead and produced All Fall Down."
During the early 1980s, The Sound toured throughout Europe, covering the UK and much of the continent. Like their contemporaries, the Comsat Angels (whom they toured with in 1981), they enjoyed perhaps their greatest success in the Netherlands, developing a substantial following there. The Sound recorded several Peel sessions and performed the single "Sense Of Purpose" on the TV show Old Grey Whistle Test (circa 1981)And in 1983 and 1984, they made two short tours of the US."
For fans of late 70/early 80s new wave, sound alot like joy division, and it was one of their contemporaries. This is great for the winter, mellow and catchy.
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