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Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology: Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present The Tears Of Technology / Various - VINYL LPTitle: Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present The Tears Of Technology Various Artist: Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology Label: Ace Records Uk Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 029667001168 Genre: Rock Release Date: 2020 03 06 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM IMPORT Double vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. At the turn of the '80s, a new generation of musicians appeared who saw synthesizers not as dehumanizing machines but as
Title: Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present The Tears Of Technology / VariousArtist: Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs: The Tears of Technology
Label: Ace Records Uk
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 029667001168
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2020-03-06
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT
Double vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. At the turn of the '80s, a new generation of musicians appeared who saw synthesizers not as dehumanizing machines but as musical instruments that could be coaxed into creating modern, beautiful and decidedly emotional music. It was almost as if the musicians were intentionally creating this music to prove the doubters wrong. Compiled by Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, The Tears Of Technology celebrates this brief period when scruffy synth duos from the provinces broke through and took over British pop. Like mellotrons before them, synths could project a strange and deep emotion; listen to OMD's 'Sealand', or the Human League's 'WXJL Tonight', and it was clear that something in the wiring had an inherent melancholy. In the '60s and '70s, the synthesizer had mostly been regarded as either a novelty or a threat. Tomorrow's World warned us that the cold, heartless synth would soon make orchestras redundant. But by 1980, Korgs, Moogs and Rolands were becoming affordable for all, and post-punk had created a safe place for new groups to experiment with these new toys. The influence of Kraftwerk - who had made a landmark appearance on Tomorrow's World in 1975 - is all over this collection. Big names rub shoulders with obscurities by Turquoise Days, Electronic Circus and Illustration, all highly prized recordings among 'cold wave' and 'minimal synth' afficionados. There are pioneers like John Foxx and Thomas Leer, alongside unexpected synth sadness from Simple Minds and the Teardrop Explodes. The Tears Of Technology celebrates an era of electronic melancholia, synthesized intimacies and insights - even Tomorrow's World didn't see that coming.
Tracks:
1.1 Jean Walks in Fresh Fields - China Crisis
1.2 Grey Skies - Turquoise Days
1.3 Real to Real - Simple Minds
1.4 Tidal Flow - Illustration
1.5 An Evening in the Ray - Care
1.6 The Winds - the Turquoise Swimming Pools *
1.7 Youth - Soft Cell
1.8 Europe After the Rain - John Foxx
1.9 Personal Loss - Patrik Fitzgerald
1.10 Lights of April - Eyeless in Gaza
1.11 Sealand - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
2.1 Private Plane - Thomas Leer
2.2 Direct Lines - Electronic Circus
2.3 Unless - the Pale Fountains
2.4 October (Love Song) - Chris ; Cosey
2.5 A Map of You - New Musik
2.6 WXJL Tonight - the Human League
2.7 Christiana - Paul Haig
2.8 Tiny Children - the Teardrop Explodes
2.9 Behind the Shades - Oppenheimer Analysis
2.10 Feather Bed - Trevor Bastow
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Not for hot sleepers
Color: White, Size: King (Pack of 2)
They’re comfortable and keep their shape, but they are not cooling pillows. 10 minutes after laying your head on it. You can feel the heat radiating back . I wake up every night with my head soaked with sweat.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Good set
Color: White, Size: King (Pack of 2)
Soft and fluffy! I like the ability to add or remove filling via the zippers. All pillows should have this!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2026
★★★★★ 5
The best pillow I've ever had!
Size: King (U.S. Standard), Number of Items: 2
I have tried a LOT of pillows over the years. I'm allergic to feathers so I need something non-allergenic. I am a back and side sleeper, and all of the pillows I've tried have gone flat after just a few weeks. Well I've had these for a couple of months now, and they show no sign of flatness whatsoever. A few punches or a fluff cycle in my dryer each week plumps them right up. They are just the right kind of firmness -- enough give so that I'm not kinking my neck, but not too much give so that my head ends up on the mattress by morning. I just cannot say enough good things about these pillows. I'm so excited that I finally found one that is perfect for me.
As others have said, they arrive vacuum packed. They look a bit weird, and it will make you wonder how they will ever fluff up from how flat they are when they arrive. But look at it as an opportunity to take out your frustrations lol. Whack them on a wall, punch the bejeebers out of them, it will make you feel good and it will inflate them right up. Or throw them in the dryer like I did and in 15 minutes you will have a perfectly fluffy pillow.
All in all, I highly recommend these. The price point is so reasonable, and they seem to be well made. Five stars all around.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Updated: actually very good pillows for the price
Size: King (U.S. Standard), Number of Items: 2
Wow! It is amazing at how compact these arrive in their package... it actually was a bit of work to get them out of the packaging it was so tight. Once out, they immediately began to "size up" and within about 15 minutes had reached maximum size.
They are comfortable pillows, but lack the firmness that I wanted. On a scale of 1-5, I'd rate them 3 at the most, possible a 2 if 5 is maximum firmness.
Updated: After about a month or so of having these, I have to admit my initial impressions were flat out wrong... these are fantastic... comfortable and more firm than I initially thought... probably 4-4.5 out of 5 on the firmness scale now. Maybe they just take a while to decompress? Anyway, would now definitely recommend!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2025
★★★★★ 4
Not firm. But nice and fluffy
Size: King (U.S. Standard), Number of Items: 2
Very fluffy. Not firm.
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