28th Day: The Complete Recordings 2003

 

This mid-80's paisley pop group based in Chico CA featured Cole Marquis , Barbara Manning

and drummer Michael Cloward. Even though this neo-psych band garnered plaudits and acclaim, 28th Day would eventually become more well known for being the first band to call Barbara Manning a member. Manning, who would later find success as a member of the World of Pooh and S.F. Seals, as well as becoming a sort of indie/underground legend, played bass in 28th Day alongside Cole Marquis on vocals and guitar, and Mike Cloward on drums.
                                 

Although Manning would grow into a force as a songwriter in subsequent projects, the majority of 28th Day's work was written by Marquis. Their debut LP, released on Enigma in 1985, would be the only

studio work from the band, which was to split a short time later. That collection would be expanded in 1992, and then again in 2004, to much acclaim on each occasion. Manning would go on to many other projects, including the aforementioned World of Pooh, S.F. Seals, and the Go-Luckys!, while Marquis would go on to form the Downsiders.
(By Chris True)
                       

One of those albums that did absolutely nothing upon its release but has developed a certain cult cachet

over the years, 28th Day is the recording debut of both indie rock darling Barbara Manning and cult singer/songwriter Cole Marquis. Produced by True West's Russ Tolman and released through his own Bring Out Your Dead imprint via True West's label, Enigma Records, 28th Day is in many ways just another minor release in the post-paisley underground school of California indie rock.
                    

However, the songs' obsessive acoustic guitar strums and clipped, propulsive beats tie 28th Day to

fellow travelers like the Cat Heads and Vomit Launch. Like the work of those bands, songs like the ruminative "Pages Turn" (here in two versions) and the swirling, neurotic "25 Pills" suggest that Chico, CA, was the one city in the Northern Hemisphere that was attuned to the Krautrock-inspired art pop of New Zealand's Flying Nun label.
                   

The album's high point is the tense, strangled "Burnsite," a Manning song that climaxes in one of the

most anguished screams this side of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures. 28th Day broke up shortly after the release of this album, which was reissued on the Skyclad label in the early '90s and again as part of the career retrospective Complete Recordings in 2003.
                        

28th Day – The Complete Recordings
Label: Innerstate Records – 7017
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: Apr 8, 2003
Genre: Rock
Style: Paisley, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

TRAXS

                    

01. 25 Pills    3:24
(Written-By – Marquis)  
02. Where The Bears Sing   3:27
(Written-By – Marquis)
03. This Train   2:36
(Written-By – Pete Seeger)
04. I'm Only Asking   4:16
(Written-By – Manning)
05. Dead Sinner   3:56
(Written-By – Marquis, Cloward)
06. Pages Turn   4:31
(Written-By – Marquis)
07. Lost   3:27
(Written-By – Marquis)
08. Burnsite   3:54
(Written-By – Manning)
09. Instrumental #1   3:22
(Written-By – Manning, Marquis, Cloward)
10. Holiday   4:11
(Written-By – Marquis)
11. Stones Of Judgement   4:01
(Written-By – Manning)
12. Pages Turn (Alternate Version)   4:18
(Written-By – Marquis)
13. Life Story   3:04
(Written-By – Manning)

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDINGS        

    
14. It's All Too Much   4:27
(Written-By – George Harrison)
15. Talk All Night   2:50
(Written-By – Manning)
16. She's Alright   3:19
(Written-By – Marquis)
17. Don't Rewind   4:27
(Written-By – Marquis)

PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DEMO RECORDINGS        

    
18. Prophecy Written   5:27
(Written-By – Marquis)
19. No Sun, No Shadow   5:09
(Written-By – Marquis)
20. Only In Their Dreams   4:12
(Written-By – Marquis)

LINE - UP

                         

Vocals, Bass – Barbara Manning
Vocals, Guitar – Cole Marquis
Drums – Michael Cloward

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