Psychic TV "Hex Sex The Singles Pt. 1" Cleopatra Records CLEO 65082 1994 (67:51)
Roman P. (3:53)
Good Vibrations (3:58)
Hex Sex (2:15)
Interzone (3:14)
Godstar (3:45)
Je T'aime (6:27)
Supermale (8:05)
United 94 (6:00)
Papal Breakdance (5:58)
Magick Defends Itself (7:27)
Love War Riot (7:22)
Eve Ov Destruction (9:27)
Psychic TV at this time was Genesis P-Orridge, Alex Fergusson and Paula P-Orridge.
Overall impression: great. This disc represents the mid-80's experimental pop phase of Psychic TV (except "United 94" and Love War Riot, '89) by collecting the a and b-sides of the period's singles. The majority of the album is pop dance tracks, stuff like "Hex Sex", "Interzone", "Magick Defends ...", and "Love War Riot" have the definitive PTV 80's pre-acid house sound. "United 94" is an "updated" version of the Throbbing Gristle song, GPO turns it into a pretty spiffy PTV dance number. Tracks like "Roman P." (used in the VW commercial), "Good Vibrations" (very good Beach Boys cover), "Godstar" (dedicated to Brian Jones) and "Eve Ov Destruction" are the more mainstream pop-like songs, yet still not quite top 40 radio friendly stuff. I really like this disc, but it's dcfinitely not for everyone. And, Cleopatra actually managed to get the correct tracklisting, spelling and insert on this one too!