CD: 96972
RELEASED: 2006
LABEL: Sony

01. This Is Welfare
02. (The End Of) Ideology
03. America
04. Where Did The Inquisition Fall
05. Another Sunny Day
06. This Old Land
07. All My Life
08. The Good Earth
09. Swim Or Go Under
10. Civil Service Playing Time
11. Once Again
12. In My Head

One of the most underrated and underappreciated new wave bands (from Holland) of the 80's is The Dutch. Their influences ranged from Magazine and Japan to Joe Jackson and Peter Hammill but they gradually managed to create their own unique sound. A subtle mixture of spidery guitars, lush saxophones, and elastic (fretless) bass. Their 1983 debut single "This Is Welfare" gave the band quite a lot of airplay on the main radiostations in Holland and also reached no. 25 in the charts. Their two albums have now been thankfully digitally remastered and reissued on one CD. Anyone who likes 80's synthpop should definitely buy this and be prepared to be blown away.

Influences / Similar Artists:
Japan, Magazine, Joe Jackson, Tent, Slauerhoff