Ten Notes on a Summer's Day

Ten Notes on a Summer's Day
Studio album by
Released1986
RecordedWinter 1984 – Summer 1985
StudioSouthern Studios, Wood Green, London
GenreAvant-garde
Length20:03
32:31 (Crassical Collection)
LabelCrass Records[1]
ProducerPenny Rimbaud
Crass chronology
Yes Sir, I Will
(1983)
Ten Notes on a Summer's Day
(1986)
Best Before 1984
(1986)
Alternative covers
Cover of the remastered 'Crassical Collection' rerelease
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Classic Rock[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

Ten Notes on a Summer's Day is the sixth and final studio album by the English punk rock group Crass, though members of the group subsequently collaborated and recorded under other names.[5][1] It was released in 1986 and consists of a vocal and instrumental version of the same tracks in an avant-garde musical style.

The album was remastered and re-released as the sixth and final part of the Crassical Collection.[6] The version of track 1 on the Crassical Collection CD has the opening notes from the instrumental version dubbed over the "What happened to Crass?" speech at the beginning of the vocal mix. The vocal mix also seamlessly fades into the Instrumental mix.

  1. ^ a b "Crass". Trouser Press. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Crass - Ten Notes On A Summer's Day: The Swansong". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. ^ Batcup, Tim (July 2012). "Crass - Ten Notes on a Summer's Day - The Swansong". Classic Rock. No. 172. p. 102.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 603.
  5. ^ Guides (Firm), Rough (18 August 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Crass - The Crassical Collection". www.punknews.org. 21 January 2013.