Battle Hymns for Children Singing

Haysi Fantayzee, “Battle Hymns for Children Singing” (RCA, 1983)
Referred to by a prominent critic as “one of the most annoying records ever made” and “like having painful dental surgery performed by screaming nine-year-olds,” this has long been a favorite of mine. On the furthest wild, inventive end of early-‘80s Brit new-wave pop, this might better be likened to Culture Club if they were possessed by the devil. Quasi-Congolese electrobeats, playground-chanting male/female vocals, and a general everything-plus-the-kitchen-sink air of abandon make this an authentic realization of early Rough Trade postpunk experimentalism as electro-dance bubblegm.
Try 1/1, ¼, 1/5, 2/4
8/16/15