TOPS / I Feel Alive LP Peppermint Vinyl Pat Tierney between cracking up and freaking

between cracking up and freaking out

released on 17 September 1990 by 4AD

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TOPS / I Feel Alive LP Peppermint Vinyl Pat Tierney between cracking up and freakingTOPS 'I Feel Alive' LP Peppermint Vinyl The artwork for Tops' fourth LP sets the tone for the music enclosed. Inspired by the work of photographer Thomas Ruff, Tops' vocalist Jane Penney stares bare faced down the lens simple and un posed, yet striking with starkness and vulnerability. The image captures the fraught nature of being alive, which the 11 tracks on the album explore. Penny's remarkably expressive voice is front and center. On this record