The 1990 debut album from Pale Saints, 'The Comforts of Madness', is an outstanding record that owed as much to post-punk and L.A.'s Paisley Underground scene than it did to shoegaze. The Sunday Times called it 'an unintended indie manifesto: music that is at once wayward and concise, dissonant and beautiful.' Shortly after its release and in need of a second live guitarist, Lush founding member Meriel Barham joined the Leeds trio of Ian Masters, Graeme Naysmith and Chris Cooper, bringing a new dynamic to the band. Having previously worked well with producer Hugh Jones (Echo & The Bunnyman, Modern English, The Sound), he did a brilliant job recording their second album, 'In Ribbons' (1992), despite some studio tensions. Brooklyn Vegan said in a recent celebration of the album that it was the 'push and pull between Masters' outsider tendencies and (the rest's) commercial interests that makes 'In Ribbons' so good. If some of the wild, ragged edges of 'Comforts of Madness' have been smoothed off, the album makes up for it with scope and beauty. And there's still no shortage of weird.' Missing its original release date in 2022 due to Covid delays and a production plant in meltdown, 'In Ribbons' is finally getting the 30th Anniversary celebration it deserves with a special double LP/CD release - the first disc being the UK version of the album, and the second a bonus disc of never before heard demos (including their first attempt at Slapp Happy's 'Blue Flower' and Ian's 4 track recording of 'Kinky Love') and two brass band versions by The Tintwistle Band.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Throwing Back the Apple

Pale Saints

2.Ordeal

Pale Saints

3.Thread of Light

Pale Saints

4.Shell

Pale Saints

5.There Is No Day

Pale Saints

6.Hunted

Pale Saints

7.Hair Shoes

Pale Saints

8.Babymaker

Pale Saints

9.Liquid

Pale Saints

10.Neverending Night

Pale Saints

11.Featherframe

Pale Saints

12.A Thousand Stars Burst Open

Pale Saints

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.Babymaker

Pale Saints

2.Kinky Love

Pale Saints

3.Hair Shoes

Pale Saints

4.Shell

Pale Saints

5.Hunted

Pale Saints

6.Featherframe

Pale Saints

7.Blue Flower

Pale Saints

8.Throwing Back the Apple

Pale Saints

9.Ordeal

Pale Saints

10.Untitled Instrumental

Pale Saints

11.A Thousand Stars Burst Open (Tintwhistle Band Version)

Pale Saints

12.A Revelation (Tintwhistle Band Version)

Pale Saints

Delivery charges

• Orders under £20 - £2.99 postage fee
• Orders £20 and over - FREE*
• Click & Collect - FREE**
• Express Delivery - £5.99

*Selected items are only available for shipping via a dedicated delivery service for a charge.
**Selected items are only available for delivery using Click & Collect to an hmv or FOPP store of your choice.

For more information, please visit the Delivery section of our Help Centre.

When will my order arrive?

• We aim to dispatch orders within 24 hours* 
• Standard delivery is a Royal Mail Tracked 48® service and usually arrives within 2-5 working days, including Saturdays. 
• Express delivery is either a Royal Mail Tracked 24® or DPD service, for delivery within two working days (if ordered by 2pm, Monday to Friday - excluding public holidays).
• We’ll aim to dispatch pre-orders so that you receive them on the release date.

*Items must be in stock to be dispatched within these timeframes. Where an item is 'Back in stock soon', we'll aim to receive more stock within a week and will dispatch orders once the stock has arrived.

For more information, please visit the Delivery section of our Help Centre.

Will you tell me when my order is on its way?

• We’ll send you a dispatch email when your items are on their way, but you can also check the status of your order in your account.
• We don’t always ship everything together so check your dispatch email for more details - we’ll send you a dispatch email per parcel.
• If your order contains items that are out of stock, we’ll ship the in-stock items as soon as we can and will dispatch the out-of-stock items as soon as we’ve received more stock.

For more information, please visit the Delivery section of our Help Centre.

Trusted Suppliers

Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. When you place an order for an item that is fulfilled by Exertis, your details shall be forwarded to them so that they can fulfil the order, and to their courier so that they can deliver the item.

Returns

• We're happy to accept returns for unwanted items provided that they're returned within 14 days of receipt; unopened, unused and in perfect condition.
• Some exclusions apply, please visit the Returns section of our Help Centre for more details.