John EckmanSep 2, 2025

The Triffids, Calenture, 1987 on Island Records

This was actually the fourth LP for the Australian alt-rock (post-punk?) band The Triffids, but likely their best known to US audiences (like me). The literary-ness of being named after The Day of the Triffids and using (and defining on the sleeve – this was well before google) a word like Calenture appeared to the precocious teen me:

Calenture: Tropical fever or delirium suffered by sailors after long periods away from land, who imagine the seas to be green fields and desire to leap into them

At this point The Triffids were David McComb, Robert McComb, Alsy MacDonald, Graham Lee, Martyn Casey, and Jill Birt, with production credits spread across Adam Peters, David McComb, Gil Norton, and Craig Leon.

My copy via Cheapo Records in Minneapolis MN

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50+ MusicJul 17, 2023
"Monkey Gone to Heaven" is a song by the American #alternativeRock band #Pixies. Recorded in November 1988 during the sessions for the band's 1989 album #Doolittle, it was released as a single in March, and included as the seventh track on the album when it was released a month later in April. The song was written and sung by #frontman #BlackFrancis and was produced by #GilNorton. Referencing environmentalism and biblical numerology.
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The Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven

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