Sextet (LP)

After singer Martha Tilson joined up to give trumpeter Simon Topping a break from his reluctant position as frontman, A Certain Ratio's six-piece line-up recorded and self-produced their third album, released at the beginning of 1982.

Thirty-six years later, it still sounds like no other record: it's either that era's creepiest, boggiest dance album or its funkiest smear of brittle art-noise. A gorgeous mess, slumped against the back wall of the best dance club in town circa 1982.

Featuring classic tracks "Knife Slits Water" and "Lucinda", Sextet is the apex of A Certain Ratio's weird relationship to pop.

Limited edition orange vinyl reissue.