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'Do The Du' features on A Certain Ratio's debut release 'The Graveyard And The Ballroom', which originally came out on Factory Records in December 1979. Pre-order here:A Certain Ratio and Mute are pleased to announce the launch of a long awaited series of reissues, out on 24 November 2017. The series will launch with the reissue of a selection of the Manchester’s band’s albums and will continue into 2018 with a compilation in April, followed by further releases and a rarities box set.24 NOVEMBER 2017 RELEASESThe Graveyard And The Ballroom – Vinyl with ltd edition colour PVC sleeve / CD / cassette (Limited to 500 packaged in coloured PVC sleeve, inc digital copy)To Each – Ltd edition red vinyl / CDForce – Ltd edition yellow vinyl / CDAll vinyl releases include digital copies.

.Years active1977–presentLabels, Rob's Records,Associated acts,WebsiteMembers. Jez Kerr. Martin Moscrop. Donald Johnson.

Tony Quigley. Liam MullanPast members. Peter Terrell. Simon Topping. Martha Tilson.A Certain Ratio (abbreviated as ACR) are an English band formed in 1977 in by Peter Terrell (guitar, electronics) and Simon Topping (vocals, trumpet), with additional members Jez Kerr (bass, vocals), Martin Moscrop (trumpet, guitar), Donald Johnson (drums), and Martha Tilson (vocals) joining soon after.

Drawing heavy influence from as well as and, the band were among to first to debut on 's in 1979 with 'All Night Party,' produced. During ACR's early years with Factory, they scored seven Top Ten U.K. Independent releases, highlighted by 'Flight' and 'Waterline,' and released five albums beginning with (1979).Following late-'80s and early-'90s phases with major-label and Rob Gretton's independent Robs Records, ACR were intermittently active.

They returned to the studio for the 2008 album and since then have continued to perform, with their catalog recirculated through an arrangement with. ACR continued to perform into the late 2010s, and during 2017-2019 expanded, reissued, and anthologized their catalog once more, this time through Mute Records. Contents.History The Factory era The band was formed by singer Simon Topping and guitar/electronics player Peter Terrell, who after initially performing as a duo, were soon joined by bass guitarist/vocalist Jez Kerr and then guitarist/trumpeter Martin Moscrop, the band playing without a drummer for a year. The band's name is taken from the lyric of 's song 'The True Wheel' from the 1974 album. Their early influences included,.

This early line-up, with a bass-heavy industrial/funk sound, recorded the group's debut single, 'All Night Party', released by in September 1979 (the label's first single artist release), with Factory label boss also becoming their manager, proclaiming the band to be 'the new Sex Pistols'. The 5,000 copies that were pressed soon sold out. On 1 October 1979 the band recorded a session for 's show, by which time Donald Johnson had joined the band on drums.Their next release, the -only compilation of demos and live tracks, was released in January 1980. Moscrop started a second band in 1980, (the name later changed to Kalima), that would go on to share several members with A Certain Ratio. In July that year, the band's second single, a cover version of Banbarra's 'Shack Up', recorded at cost of £50, was released, followed in November with 'Flight', which saw their first placing on the, peaking at no. 'Shack Up' got a US release in January 1981, going on to peak at no. 46 on the Dance Club Songs chart, and the band expanded to a six-piece with the addition of former Occult Chemistry singer Martha Tilson, with Topping focusing on trumpet and percussion.The expanded lineup recorded their debut studio album; was recorded in with producing, and released in May 1981.

It topped the UK Independent Chart. They recorded a second Peel session in June, and finished the year with the single 'Waterline', which was another top 10 indie chart hit.

The band's second studio album, Sextet, followed in January 1982, now incorporating elements of. Funk, and, and again topped the indie albums chart, also peaking at no. In February 1982 they released the dub reggae single 'Abracadubra' under the pseudonym 'Sir Horatio'. They had further indie charting singles that year with 'Guess Who?' And 'Knife Slits Water', and recorded a third Peel session in November, now without Tilson, but with added on keyboards and percussion. The band's third album, I'd Like to See You Again, was also issued in November 1982, reaching no. 2 on the indie albums chart.The band's two founding members, Topping and Terrell, left the band in late 1982.

Simon Topping recorded a solo single before forming T-Coy with former (and later member). The band regrouped and returned in October 1983 with the single 'I Need Someone Tonight' (with Carol McKenzie on vocals), another top-10 indie hit. Tony Quigley (of Kalima) joined on bass guitar, and the band released three singles in late 1984 and 1985, before a remixed 'best of' compilation, The Old and the New, was issued in December. Connell left in 1985 to form, whose singer guested on ACR's next album, Force (1986), their last for Factory. In January 1986 they performed live on music show.

1989–1997: A&M, Rob's Records, and Creation Records New releases were sparse during the next two years. Released a 1985 live recording as an album in February 1987, and Italian label Materiali released an EP five months later. The band signed with in 1987, the lineup now Kerr, Moscrop, Johnson, and Quigley, the first releases for the label the singles 'The Big E' and 'Backs to the Wall', which preceded the album Good Together, released in September 1989. A 50–minute recording of a live show from London was broadcast on British television in October. They also set up their own SoundStation studio in Manchester. The band's only significant chart success with A&M came with the 1990 single 'Won't Stop Loving You', which peaked at no. 55 on the, although the first two singles also made the lower reaches of the chart.

The album acr:mcr followed, but the band were then dropped from the label.In 1991, they signed with Rob's Records, owned by manager and former Factory Records partner, releasing a string of singles and the album Up in Dowsnville (1992). In 1994, began reissuing the band's albums on the Rev-Ola sub-label, and also released two of remixes.

The band's first original material for almost three years was released in August 1996, with the live Soundstation Volume 1 EP, followed in November with the Change the Station album. A second Soundstation live EP was released in March 1997, the band's last release for some time.In 2002 reissued the albums with bonus tracks (but using the same masters as the Creation editions). Further re-issues and a live recording from 1980 have also been made available on the label.2000s return The band played occasional live shows between 2002 and 2007, and performed in the US for the first time since 1985 on 16 November 2008, headlining the Part Time Punks festival at The Echo in Los Angeles, releasing a new album the same month, on French label Le Maquis. They performed a headline set at the Offset Festival in London in September 2009, playing alongside fellow post-punk artists, following a one-off live performance commemorating Factory Records in Dublin, in March that year. They performed at the Plan K, in West on 12 December 2009 as part of the event, 'A Factory Night (And Then Again)'.

This event also featured,. Towards the end of 2009, the band announced a live appearance at a fund-raising event at 's Concorde 2 venue on 7 March 2010. Their 2008 album, Mind Made Up was re-issued via LTM Recordings during 2010, along with a redux version of the 1986 set, Force.In May 2011, they performed on The Satellite Stage at Friends Of Mine Festival at near, and were introduced by their friend.In 2018, began reissuing their back catalogue, they released ACR:Set, an album of mostly old tracks with two new tracks, one ('Dirty Boy') recorded with and featuring a recording of Tony Wilson, and undertook a tour of the UK with dates in Ireland and Finland.

In November 2018 they recorded a session for 's show, performing new song 'Dirty Boy', 'Mickey Way', and 'Flight'.They released a box set, a 40th anniversary retrospective named acr:box, in May 2019 and are also touring in support of this.In film 'Wild Party' was used in the soundtrack of the 1985 film. 'Shack Up' was used in the soundtrack of 's (2001). The band are featured in the 2002 film where Tony Wilson (played by ) describes them as 'having all the energy of but better clothes'.

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