Slow Crimes ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, 180 + 7", Single, RE). Megaphone Records (3), Knock'em Dead Records, Megaphone Records (3), Knock'em Dead Records. 026, 004, 029, 006. US. 2014. 028, 005, 029, 006. The Work. Great, underrated album from the new-wave end of the . Well worth investigating ! Reply Notify me 1 Helpful.

Slow Crimes is a 1982 studio album by English post-punk rock group the Work. It is their debut album and was recorded between September 1981 – January 1982 in London, Switzerland and Belgium. It was released on LP in April 1982 by Woof Records in the United Kingdom, and follows on from "I Hate America", "Fingers & Toes", "Duty", their first single recorded and released in 1981.

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The album's highlight track is probably "Brickyard," a rhythmically straightforward exploration of multi-layered percussion and guitar sounds and the kind of thing that really would have gotten Fred Frith going if Hodgkinson had brought in the charts during his Henry Cow days.

This album has an average beat per minute of 116 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 85/172 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Slow Crimes. BPM Profile Slow Crimes. Album starts at BPM, ends at BPM (+0), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by The Work.

1. (00:03:00) The Work - Nearly Empty. 2. (00:02:22) The Work - Balance. 3. (00:04:46) The Work - Pop. 4. (00:02:26) The Work - Flies. 5. (00:02:57) The Work - Like This.

Is Slow Crimes the best album by The Work? BestEverAlbums. com brings together thousands of 'greatest ever album' charts and calculates an overall ranking. This album At A Glance. Slow Crimes by The Work (1982) Overall rank: 84,755th.