Polyrock is Polyrock's debut album. It was released in 1980 on LP on RCA Records. A CD version was not available until 2007, when it was reissued on Wounded Bird Records.
Critical reception
Chuck Pratt of the Chicago Sun Times wrote, "This is art music that's also dance music, strange yet familiar rock 'n' roll. The band could be compared to Brian Eno, Robert Fripp or the Talking Heads, but it imitates none of those artists. Polyrock makes an original sound, a provocative and impressive one."
Robert Christgau noted the "crescendo techniques developed by, that's right, the Feelies—who could have used some coproduction themselves."
The album was ranked at number 76 on Facts list of "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s", in 2013.
Track listing All tracks written by Bill and Tom Robertson.
"Romantic Me" – 3:09 "Green for Go" – 3:40 "This Song" – 2:15 "Go West" – 3:22 "Your Dragging Feet" – 5:00 "No Love Lost" – 2:55 "Body Me" – 2:41 "Sound Alarm" – 3:01 "Bucket Rider" – 2:55 "Shut Your Face" – 2:13 "#7" – 2:56
Personnel Billy Robertson – guitar, vocals Tommy Robertson – guitar, electronics, violin Curt Cosentino – bass machine, synthesizer Lenny Aaron – keyboards Joseph Yannece – drums, percussions Philip Glass – piano, keyboards Catherine Oblasney – percussions, vocals
Singles Romantic Me / Your Dragging Feet (1980) #69 [Club Play Singles]
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