Waiting for a Miracle album cover
Waiting for a Miracle

The Comsat Angels

1980
Polydor

Tense, poised, channeling atmosphere through skilled playing and sympathetic production and the gifts of a distinct singer and lyricist — the only reason why the Comsat Angels’s debut album isn’t as highly regarded as the near-contemporaneous Unknown Pleasures would appear to be strangely bad luck. The thrillingly stark power of “Independence Day” can’t be topped, but Waiting For A Miracle has any number of second place finishers, from the opening kick of “Missing In Action” to the slow burn of “Total War” to the nervous pulse of “”Baby.””

Ned Raggett

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