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Personnel: Robert Ian McNabb (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Roy Corkill (programming). Audio Mixer: Mark Phythian. Liner Note Author: Terry Staunton. Recording information: Amazon, Liverpool; Vibe, Oldham. Photographer: Andrew Catlin. Ian McNabb's group The Icicle Works played second fiddle throughout the early and mid-'80s to fellow atmospheric, post-punk popsters The Teardrop Explodes and Echo and the Bunnymen. With Truth And Beauty, McNabb earns a place at the front of the orchestra. McNabb's cozy-fireplace vocals are finally layered right up front in the mix where they belong. The epic, 7-minute title track moves through tempos and emotions with raw, gorgeous yearning. Unfortunately, the spartan production relies on drum "programming." ~ Roch Parisien