Martyn Bates-Discography

*-CD only

<Single>
Letters Written(Cherry Red : TRED 38/CDMRED
134)released 1982, CD released 1996

Side-A 1.Morning Singing 2.Cut Like Sunset 3.In June 4.Mirrored in Me 5.Overflowing Look
Side-B 1.Aftertaste of Old 2.Jagged Tears of Words 3.Letters from Yesterday 4.Calls of Birds 5.Hungry Like Sharp Desire

(CD only included 9 tracks of 'The Return of the Quiet')
11. Love Fell Silent 12. Last Chapel Picnic 13. At The Return of the Quiet 14. She Will Know 15. You've Got To Farewell 16. July Late Afternoon 17. Sad Song of Almost 18. The Look of Love 19. Etc Angel

The Look of Love(Cherry Red : 12Cherry 99)released
1987

Side-A 1.The Look of Love
Side-B 1.Adam & Eve & Pinch Me 2.May 3rd

You So Secret(Integrity : IR 004)released 1989

Side-A 1.You So Secret
Side-B 1.And I Don't Know How It Will Be 2.Born and Beginning 3.When You Praise Her

Letters To A Scattered Family(Integrity : IR
005-7)released 1989

Side-A 1.On The Day You Climb Down
Side-B 1.City, All The Strangers

Port of Stormy Lights(Sordide Sentimental :
Booklet+CD Single)(5000 copies Limited)issued 1989

1. 3 Weeks and After
2. She Waltzes By The Window
3. Beaten Gold
4. Ways of Going

<Album>
The Return of The Quiet(Cherry Red : BRED 81/Toy's
Factory : tfck-88815)released 1987, Japanese edition released 1991

Side-A 1.Love Fell Silent 2.Last Chapel Picnic 3.At The Return of Quiet 4.She Will Know
Side-B 1.You've Got to Farewell 2.July Late Afternoon 3.Sad Song Almost 4.The Look Of Love 5.Etc. Angel

CD Only: Etc. Angel*

Love Smashed On A Rock(Integrity : IR 002/IR
002CD)released 1988

Side-A 1.I'd Better Mean It All Now 2.Since I Can't Have You 3.You So Secret 4.This Is What I Say to Love 5.Dark's Chorus
Side-B 1.Love Smashed On A Rock 2.We Won't Begin To Belong 3.Azure Flag 4.She's On A Pedestal 5.You're The Spell(I Can't Break)
CD Only: And I Don't Know How It Will Be*/ Down Amongst the Lonely*

Letters To A Scattered Family(Integrity : IR005/IR005
CD)released 1989

Side-A 1.On The Day You Climb Down 2.Snow Rages 3.City, All The Strangers 4.Little Days 5.Your Jewled Footsteps
Side-B 1.For Love, Waiting To Die 2.Shuttered Nights 3.First And Last February 4.This One Refrain 5.I'll Wrap Your Hopes

(CD only included 7 tracks of 'The Return of the Quiet')
11.Last Chapel Picnic 12. At The Return of the Quiet 13. She Will Know 14. You've Got To Farewell 15. July Late Afternoon 16. Sad Song of Almost 17. The Look of Love

Stars Come Trembling(Integrity : IR011/IR011
CD)released 1990

Side-A 1.Fired High 2.Her And Same Heaven 3.The Words of The Haunted 4.Flashes of Sun 5.The Gift of Lieing 6.End of Sleep
Side-B 1.Lightening Following 2.Later War Cries 3.Wintersky 4. Glow of Sight

Chamnber Music(Sub Rosa : SR81)released 1994

1.Strings in the Earth and Air 2. Dark Leaves 3. Twilight Turns from Amethyst 4. Yellow Keys 5. At That Hour When All Things Have Repose6. When the Sky Star Goes Forth in Heaven7..Lean Out of the Window, Goldenhair8. I Would in That Sweet Bosom Be9. Sad Austerities10. My Love Is In Light Attire11. Who Goes Amid the Green Wood12. Rich Apparel13. Winds of May, That Dance on the Sea 14. Silvery Arches 15. Bright Cap and Streamers 16. Bid Adieu 17. What Counsel has the Hooded Moon 18. Go Seek Her Out Courteously 19. Nightdew 20. My Dove, My Beautiful One 21. From Dewey Dreams, My Soul Arise 22. The Flowery Bells of Morn 23. O Cool is the Valley Now 24. Thrushes Calling 25. Because Your Voice Was at My Side 26. Stranger 27. O Sweetheart, Hear You

Chamber MusicⅡ(Sub Rosa : SR91)released 1994

1. Be Not Sad 2. In The Dark Pine-Wood 3. His Love 4. He Who Hath Glory Lost 5. His Companion 6. Of That So Sweet Imprisonment 7. This Heart 8. Between Kiss and Kiss 9. Silently She's Combing 10. On The Drappled Glass 11. Lightly Come or Lightly Go 12. Thou Leanest to the Shell of Night 13. At Ghosting Hour 14. Though I Thy Mithridates Were 15. Gentle Lady, Do Not Sing 16. Dear Heart 17. Love Came to Us 18. O, It Was Out by Donnycarney 19. Bat 20. Rain Has Fallen 21. Now O Now 22. The Wind Is Whistling 23. Sleep Now 24. Unquiet 25. All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters 26. I Hear An Army 27. Fluttering Whips

Mystery Seas(Letters Writtens 2)(A-Scale :
018)released 1995

1. You, Looking to Me For A Sign 2. Shorepoem 3. Calm of Dark 4. Imagination Feels Like Poison 5. Trade Winds 6. Over The Waters 7. Everywhere There's Rain 8. Empty Pages 9. Midday Coming Misty 10. On The Beach of Fontana 11. Sky After All 12. Fragment(Little Star #1)
13. If I Could See in Everyone 14. Of Night 15. Gift

Imagination Feels Like Poison(A-Scale : ASR 022
CD+Booklet)released 1996

1. Mock Sun #1 2. I Can't Look For You 3. Bones of Your Face 4. Years of Salt 5. I Forget You 6. The God On The Tree 7. Full Sail 8. Flanaghan 9. Fully Bright 10. Mystery Seas 11. This Wayward Love 12. Fantaccini Playground 13. Ellen Massey 14. Letters to a Scattered Family 15. Silvery Images 16. No-One Spoke 17. The Mountain Tomb(poem by W.B. Yeats)

Imagination Feels Like Poison(A-Scale : ASR 022
CD)released 1996

1.Poems Pennyeach 2. Wishing-Songs 3. Stars Above 4. War-Like 5. Bethlehem 6. Alone Reprise 7. Once Blessed 8. The Heart's Song

Mystery Seas(Letters Written #2)(re-issue)released
2005

1. you looking to me for a sign 2. shorepoem 3. calm of dark 4. imagination feels like poison 5. trade winds 6. over the waters 7. everywhere there's rain 8. empty pages 9. midday coming misty 10.on the beach at Fontana 11. sky after all 12. fragment(little star #1) 13. if I could see everyone 14. of night 15. gift

Migraine Inducers/Antagonistuic Music(Compete Version)released 2007

Arriving Fire(A-scale A-scale048)released 2014

1. Arriving Fire 2. Flight 3. Port of Stormy Lights 4. Past
Tense / Eclipse 5. Skirting the Shore of Sunrise 6. Pity Winner 7. Fragment / Glad 8. The Rhyme of Miracles 9. More 10. Liar's Roses 11. Two Voices 12. Close of a Song
13. World's Eye

Fireworks&Jewels/the colour of amber released 2015

1.Born Tomorrow 2. Faith Stars 3. Call & Response 4. Long After 5. Embers, Starry Tapers 6. Away 7. Gathering 8. Belong 9. If At All 10. Shielded / Yielding 11. Remebering 12. Fireworks & Jewels 13. Unsung

I said to love(A-scale056) released 2017

1. At Last
2. Again Awhile
3. Shimmering
4. Unknowned Light
5. I said to Love
6. Hallucination
7. I am Bound
8. Softspokenlies
9. Spring Dresses Winter
10 All The Lowlands
11 Ruined Flowers
12.Riches, Crying Moon
13.Fight
14.I Look Back
15.Three/Here

<Booklet>
Imagination Feels Like Poison(Stride Publications 1st Edition)issued 1997

→Seleted solo Lyrics 1982-1995

Plague of Years(Stride Publications 1st Edition)issued 2000

Selected Lyrics of Eyeless In Gaza, 1980-1997

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