No Thyself

No Thyself
Studio album by
Released24 October 2011
RecordedRed Bird, Apollo Control
GenrePost-punk
Length45:01 (49:08 with bonus)
LabelWire-Sound
Magazine chronology
Magic, Murder and the Weather
(1981)
No Thyself
(2011)
Singles from No Thyself
  1. "Hello Mister Curtis (With Apologies)" b/w "Holy Dotage"
    Released: 10 December 2011

No Thyself is the fifth and final studio album by the band Magazine, and the first since their 2009 reformation. It was released on the Wire-Sound label on 24 October 2011, about 30 years after the release of their previous studio album, Magic, Murder and the Weather.[1][2]

Bass guitarist Barry Adamson, while still remaining a member of Magazine, did not participate in the making of No Thyself due to prior obligations in film music.[2][3] Guitarist John McGeoch had died in 2004.[3] Both musicians were important in previous lineups.[2] Pete Shelley, who had founded Buzzcocks with Magazine singer Howard Devoto, co-writing early Buzzcocks material and one Magazine song together, contributed to the writing of the first track. The album cover features the painting The Misshapen Polyp Floated on the Shores, a Sort of Smiling and Hideous Cyclops by French artist Odilon Redon.[4]

  1. ^ Mulholland, Garry (21 October 2011). "Magazine No Thyself Review". BBC. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Guthrie, Sean (26 October 2011). "Magazine, No Thyself (Wire-Sound)". www.heraldscotland.com. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b Simpson, Dave (12 March 2004). "John McGeoch Innovative and influential guitarist of the post-punk era". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. ^ "The Misshapen Polyp Floating on the Shores". odilon-redon.org. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.