Colourbox’s one full album was a bit of a slumgullion of previously released singles plus new tracks, but as a portrait of the band’s experimenting with sonic possibilities in the art/dance worlds of the mid-1980s it’s a remarkable, sometimes affecting listen. With Lorita Grahame adding her strong singing on tracks like “Arena” and “Punch,” plus various cover versions and frenetic sample fests such as “Just Give ‘Em Whiskey,” brothers Steven and Martyn Young created a snapshot of a time and place leading into the late eighties UK dance explosion.

– Ned Raggett