Jane from Occupied Europe | ||||
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Released | 16 August 1980 | |||
Recorded | June 1979 – May 1980 (WMRS, Leamington Spa), except "Mining Villages" July 1977 ("at home"), "Epic's Trip" & "Big Empty Field (No. 2)" March 1980 ( London) | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 44:17 | |||
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Producer | Swell Maps | |||
Swell Maps chronology | ||||
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Jane from Occupied Europe (stylised as ...In "Jane from Occupied Europe") is the second and final album by English post-punk band Swell Maps. It was released in 1980 by Rather Records and Rough Trade Records. In 1989, the album was reissued with eight bonus tracks by Mute Records.
The album title was adapted by a band eight years later, who told NME, "Swell Maps thought up some really great titles and, er… we just ripped it off." [1]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 8.2/10 [3] |
Record Mirror | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10 [6] |
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In 2016, Paste ranked Jane from Occupied Europe at number 42 on its list of the best post-punk albums. [8] In 2018, Pitchfork listed it as the 165th best album of the 1980s. Pitchfork's Judy Berman wrote: "Swell Maps pasted mostly incomprehensible, drawled vocals into noisy, krautrock-inspired sound collages, straying further beyond the boundaries of any existing genre with each release. Their second album, Jane from Occupied Europe, marked the culmination of that trajectory. It was, most of all, a catalog of thrilling new sounds". [9]
Side one
Side two
Reissue bonus tracks
Jane... majors in innocent instrumental prog-rock...
Jane from Occupied Europe | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 16 August 1980 | |||
Recorded | June 1979 – May 1980 (WMRS, Leamington Spa), except "Mining Villages" July 1977 ("at home"), "Epic's Trip" & "Big Empty Field (No. 2)" March 1980 ( London) | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 44:17 | |||
Label |
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Producer | Swell Maps | |||
Swell Maps chronology | ||||
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Jane from Occupied Europe (stylised as ...In "Jane from Occupied Europe") is the second and final album by English post-punk band Swell Maps. It was released in 1980 by Rather Records and Rough Trade Records. In 1989, the album was reissued with eight bonus tracks by Mute Records.
The album title was adapted by a band eight years later, who told NME, "Swell Maps thought up some really great titles and, er… we just ripped it off." [1]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 8.2/10 [3] |
Record Mirror | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10 [6] |
Uncut | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In 2016, Paste ranked Jane from Occupied Europe at number 42 on its list of the best post-punk albums. [8] In 2018, Pitchfork listed it as the 165th best album of the 1980s. Pitchfork's Judy Berman wrote: "Swell Maps pasted mostly incomprehensible, drawled vocals into noisy, krautrock-inspired sound collages, straying further beyond the boundaries of any existing genre with each release. Their second album, Jane from Occupied Europe, marked the culmination of that trajectory. It was, most of all, a catalog of thrilling new sounds". [9]
Side one
Side two
Reissue bonus tracks
Jane... majors in innocent instrumental prog-rock...