A Different Kind Of Tension

CD released (UK) as EMI CZ93
CD released Jul 1992 (US) as I.R.S. X213154, includes Parts 1,2,3
First vinyl release Sep 1979 (UK) as Liberty-United UAG30260
Vinyl also released Jan 1980 (US) as I.R.S. SP009
Blue vinyl re-released around 1986 on Fan Club / New Rose

The 1979 release reached #26 on the UK album chart.

The album title as printed on the spine of the record jacket is 'Different Kind of Tension', w/o 'A', but with 'A' everywhere else, and always with all lower case letters.
Also printed on the jacket spine is 'this is only the third album'.
Printed on the record label are these phrases a) 'THE ROSE ON THE CHOCOLATE BOX' b) 'THE THORN BENEATH THE ROSE'

Gez notes:

'[UK version] had at leased 3 slightly diff. covers with diff. arrangements of the 'circles' and 'triangles' in each.'

Produced by Martin Rushent
Diggle guitar right channel, Shelley guitar left channel.
Recorded at Eden Studios, mixed at Genetic Sound (Martin Rushent was somehow one of the principals of Genetic Sound / Genetic Records.)
Songs written by Shelley except [a] Diggle

1. Paradise [2:32]
2. Sitting Around at Home [2:38] [a]
3. You Say You Don't Love Me [2:55]
4. You Know You Can't Help It [2:22] [a]
5. Mad Mad Judy [3:35] [a]
6. Raison d'etre [3:32]
7. I Don't Know What To Do With My Life [2:43]
8. Money [2:45]
9. Hollow Inside [4:46]
10. A Different Kind of Tension [4:39]
11. I Believe [7:09]
12. Radio Nine [0:41]

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