Will You Speak This Word is the fourth studio album by English post-punk band Dome, released in 1982 by Norwegian record label Uniton.
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982[1] | |||
| Studio | Blackwing Studios, London[2] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 37:08 | |||
| Label | Uniton | |||
| Producer | ||||
| Dome chronology | ||||
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Content edit
According to Trouser Press, Will You Speak This Word "combines some of Dome 3's ethnic borrowings with the repetitive minimalism of earlier works."[5]
Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
AllMusic called it "even more intriguing" than Dome 3, "if in some ways impenetrable".[6] Trouser Press called it "a progressive album in the truest sense of the term".[5]
Track listing edit
All songs written by Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis unless otherwise indicated.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "To Speak" | Gilbert, Lewis, David Drinkwater | 18:15 |
| Total length: | 18:15 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "To Walk, To Run" | 4:06 |
| 2. | "To Duck, To Dive" | 4:07 |
| 3. | "This" | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Seven Year" | 5:04 |
| 5. | "Atlas" | 2:11 |
| Total length: | 18:53 | |
Personnel edit
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Engineering
Dome
- Bruce Gilbert - vocals, production
- Graham Lewis - vocals, production
Additional Musicians
- Vincent Clark - vocals, Fairlight Computer Synthesizer (track 1)
- Deborah Danahey - vocals (track 1)
- David Drinkwater - violin (track 1)
- Terrence Leach - saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6)
References edit
- ^ "Dome - Will You Speak This Word". Discogs. 1982.
- ^ "4 Will You Speak This Word, by Dome".
- ^ "Dome".
- ^ "Dome".
- ^ a b Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David. "TrouserPress.com :: Dome". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Will You Speak This Word – Dome | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
External links edit
- Will You Speak This Word at Discogs (list of releases)