Housekeeping: 5CD Box Set

Somewhere (somehow) between the feverish grooves of Madchester and the anthemic charge of the Britpop brigade, musically eclectic mavericks No-Man made a small mark on the early 1990s UK Independent music scene.

The band released two albums and series of singles on the influential OLI label (Bjrk, The Shamen etc), which generated rave reviews (Singles Of The Week in Melody Maker, Sounds, and Hot Press) and radio/TV play aplenty (BBC Radio One sessions/playlist, appearances on MTV, Channel Four and ITV1).

Housekeeping is a comprehensive remastered collection of No-Mans output for the OLI label between 1990-1994.

Featuring the band’s first two albums Loveblows & Lovecries (1993) and Flowermouth (1994), along with the singles compilation Lovesighs (1992), the deluxe 5CD bookset also contains outtakes, alternate versions and the bands sessions for BBC Radio from the period (which reveal a very different, more visceral, side to the band).

Formed by Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, the band also included violinist Ben Coleman and the albums featured notable appearances by Mick Karn and Steve Jansen (Japan), Robert Fripp, Ian Carr, Lisa Gerard (Dead Can Dance), and soon to be Porcupine Tree members Richard Barbieri, Chris Maitland and Colin Edwin.

Containing driving electronic pop music, epic ambient rock suites and emotive groove-enhanced ballads, Housekeeping is a lovingly compiled tribute to the creative anomaly that is (and was) No-Man. Designed by Carl Glover, the hardback book includes essays by Matt Hammers (author of No-Man blog, All The Blue Changes), Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, alongside rare photos and memorabilia.

CD1. Lovesighs An Entertainment

1. Heartcheat Pop

2. Days in the Trees US remix

3. Drink Judas

4. Heartcheat Motel

5. Kiss Me Stupid

6. Colours

7. Iris Murdoch Cut Me Up

8. Days in the Trees – Reich

9. Days in the Trees – Ives

10. Days in the Trees – Bartok

11. Walker

12. Road

CD2. Loveblows and Lovecries A Confession

1. Loveblow

2. Only Baby

3. Housekeeping

4. Sweetheart Raw

5. Lovecry

6. Tulip

7. Break Heaven

8. Beautiful and Cruel

9. Painting Paradise

10. Heavens Break

11. Taking It Like a Man

12. Babyship Blue

13. Tulip unedited master

CD3. Singles

1. Ocean Song

2. Back to the Burning Shed

3. Swirl

4. Sweetheart Raw full length version

5. Bleed

6. Only Baby Breathe for Me

7. Only Baby Be for Me

8. Long Day Fall

9. Painting Paradise single re-recording

10. Heaven Taste

CD4. Flowermouth

1. Angel Gets Caught in the Beauty Trap

2. You Grow More Beautiful

3. Animal Ghost

4. Soft Shoulders

5. Shell of a Fighter

6. Teardrop Fall

7. Watching Over Me

8. Simple

9. Things Change

CD5. Radio Sessions 1992-94

1. Break Heaven Nicky Campbell session

2. Heartcheat Pop Nicky Campbell session

3. Housekeeping Nicky Campbell session

4. Ocean Song Hit the North session

5. Days in the Trees Hit the North session

6. Taking It Like a Man Hit the North session

7. Lovecry GLR session

8. Days in the Trees GLR session

9. Sweetheart Raw The Way Out session

10. Teardrop Fall acoustic session

11. Watching Over Me acoustic session

12. Shell of a Fighter acoustic session

13. You Grow More Beautiful acoustic session

Somewhere (somehow) between the feverish grooves of Madchester and the anthemic charge of the Britpop brigade, musically eclectic mavericks No-Man made a small mark on the early 1990s UK Independent music scene. The band released two albums and series of singles on the influential OLI label (Bjrk, The Shamen etc), which generated rave reviews (Singles Of The Week in Melody Maker, Sounds, and Hot Press) and radio/TV play aplenty (BBC Radio One sessions/playlist, appearances on MTV, Channel Four and ITV1). Housekeeping is a comprehensive remastered collection of No-Mans output for the OLI label between 1990-1994. Featuring the band\’s first two albums Loveblows & Lovecries (1993) and Flowermouth (1994), along with the singles compilation Lovesighs (1992), the deluxe 5CD bookset also contains outtakes, alternate versions and the bands sessions for BBC Radio from the period (which reveal a very different, more visceral, side to the band). Formed by Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, the band also included violinist Ben Coleman and the albums featured notable appearances by Mick Karn and Steve Jansen (Japan), Robert Fripp, Ian Carr, Lisa Gerard (Dead Can Dance), and soon to be Porcupine Tree members Richard Barbieri, Chris Maitland and Colin Edwin. Containing driving electronic pop music, epic ambient rock suites and emotive groove-enhanced ballads, Housekeeping is a lovingly compiled tribute to the creative anomaly that is (and was) No-Man. Designed by Carl Glover, the hardback book includes essays by Matt Hammers (author of No-Man blog, All The Blue Changes), Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, alongside rare photos and memorabilia. CD1. Lovesighs An Entertainment 1. Heartcheat Pop 2. Days in the Trees US remix 3. Drink Judas 4. Heartcheat Motel 5. Kiss Me Stupid 6. Colours 7. Iris Murdoch Cut Me Up 8. Days in the Trees – Reich 9. Days in the Trees – Ives 10. Days in the Trees – Bartok 11. Walker 12. Road CD2. Loveblows and Lovecries A Confession 1. Loveblow 2. Only Baby 3. Housekeeping 4. Sweetheart Raw 5. Lovecry 6. Tulip 7. Break Heaven 8. Beautiful and Cruel 9. Painting Paradise 10. Heavens Break 11. Taking It Like a Man 12. Babyship Blue 13. Tulip unedited master CD3. Singles 1. Ocean Song 2. Back to the Burning Shed 3. Swirl 4. Sweetheart Raw full length version 5. Bleed 6. Only Baby Breathe for Me 7. Only Baby Be for Me 8. Long Day Fall 9. Painting Paradise single re-recording 10. Heaven Taste CD4. Flowermouth 1. Angel Gets Caught in the Beauty Trap 2. You Grow More Beautiful 3. Animal Ghost 4. Soft Shoulders 5. Shell of a Fighter 6. Teardrop Fall 7. Watching Over Me 8. Simple 9. Things Change CD5. Radio Sessions 1992-94 1. Break Heaven Nicky Campbell session 2. Heartcheat Pop Nicky Campbell session 3. Housekeeping Nicky Campbell session 4. Ocean Song Hit the North session 5. Days in the Trees Hit the North session 6. Taking It Like a Man Hit the North session 7. Lovecry GLR session 8. Days in the Trees GLR session 9. Sweetheart Raw The Way Out session 10. Teardrop Fall acoustic session 11. Watching Over Me acoustic session 12. Shell of a Fighter acoustic session 13. You Grow More Beautiful acoustic session