Romeo Void "Benefactor" LP (1982)

Details: Romeo Void "Benefactor" LP, released on Columbia's sub 415 Records, 1982. Shelf/edge wear and wear at the opening of sleeve. Includes original inner. Record is in fantastic condition! Terre Haute press.

Description: "Those danceable beats, that tough-girl stance -- maybe somebody at Columbia thought the label was getting its own Blondie by buying up 415 Records and its principal asset, Romeo Void. Certainly, Benefactor was a more commercial-sounding effort than their debut album, with the band even agreeing to eviscerate the four-letter word in "Never Say Never," and elsewhere playing up-tempo dance-rock that almost, but not quite, overcame the disaffection of Debora Iyall's lyrics. But Romeo Void still was less a Blondie clone than an heir to X-Ray Spex or the Bush Tetras, playing bass-heavy, minimalist rock behind a pissed-off singer who, unlike Deborah Harry, wasn't kidding. "You don't get it?" asked Iyall. "Rain on you. And the world disappears."--William Ruhlmann, AllMusic

Grade: VG+ (Cover) / NM (Record)

TRACK LISTING SIDE A:

A1. Never Say Never
A2. Wrap It Up
A3. Flashflood
A4. Undercover Kept
A5. Ventilation

TRACK LISTING SIDE B:

B1. Chinatown
B2. Orange
B3. Shake The Hands Of Time
B4. S.O.S.