White Souls in Black Suits

1980 studio album by Clock DVA

Studio album by

Clock DVA

Released

December 1980 (1980-12)

Recorded

DVAtion Studios
(Sheffield, UK)

Genre

Post-punk, industrial, noise

Length

53:04

Label

Industrial

Clock DVA chronology

White Souls in Black Suits
(1980)

Thirst
(1981)

Italian Reissue LP cover (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

White Souls in Black Suits is the debut studio album of Clock DVA, released in December 1980 by Industrial Records.^[2] It was originally issued only as a cassette, though it was reissued on vinyl (Italy only) and CD.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Adi Newton; all music is composed by Clock DVA

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Consent"	5:00
2.	"Discontentment"	5:56
3.	"Still/Silent"	7:14
4.	"Non"	10:36

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Relentless"	5:19
2.	"Contradict"	5:11
3.	"(Film Soundtrack Keyboards Assemble Themselves at Dawn)"	8:03
4.	"Anti-Chance"	5:45

Personnel

Adapted from the White Souls in Black Suits liner notes.^[3]

Clock DVA

Charlie Collins – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, sopranino saxophone, flute, percussion, bells
David James Hammond – guitar
Roger Quail – percussion
Adi Newton – vocals, synthesizer, clarinet, bowed guitar
Steven James Turner – bass guitar

Production and additional personnel

Richard H. Kirk – mixing (4)
Stephen Mallinder – mixing (B4)
Jon Mills – engineering
Chris Watson – mixing (B4)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1980	Industrial	CS	IRC 31
Italy	1982	Italy	LP	EX 24
Italy	1990	Contempo	CD, CS, LP	Conte 157

References

^ Farley, Keith. "Clock DVA: White Souls in Black Suits > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Clock DVA". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ White Souls in Black Suits (sleeve). Clock DVA. London, United Kingdom: Industrial Records. 1980.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)