Backwards and forwards : the WEA recordings 1984-1995

"With this release, anyone with an open mind can retrace Frame's career and see that while not everything he released was gold, there is enough precious material here to rehab his WEA years and then some. (And if you already knew all this and just want to check out all the post-High Land material in one place, this package certainly comes through. The discs of remixes and extra tracks are good fun, the live tracks are made up of inspired performances, and the full acoustic concert recorded by Frame at Ronnie Scott's in 1991 is a lovely document of a special night.)".

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"This expansive collection follows songwriter Roddy Frame from his second album Knife through his decision to retire the Aztec Camera moniker, highlighting forays into sophistipop, electronica, and soul".

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"There are two ways of looking at this incomplete history of Roddy Frame's time in Aztec Camera. You can gaze at the contents - everything except for the band's two Postcard Records singles and then High Land, Hard Rain, the album that established Frame as one of the greatest songwriters of his generation - and come to the conclusion that a career-spanning boxset without High Land, Hard Rain is like, say, a Velvet Underground boxset without a banana. But, without that record, Backwards & Forwards - The WEA Recordings 1984-1995 tells an equally fascinating tale".

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