| Waiting for a Miracle | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Comsat Angels |
| Cover: | Comsat Angels - Waiting for a Miracle-cover.jpg |
| Released: | 5 September 1980 |
| Recorded: | January 1980 |
| Genre: | Post-punk |
| Length: | 37:31 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Producer: | Peter Wilson and the Comsat Angels |
| Next Title: | Sleep No More |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Waiting for a Miracle is the debut album by the Comsat Angels, released on 5 September 1980 on Polydor Records.
The entire album was recorded in 10 days. Frontman Stephen Fellows explained how they were able to accomplish this: "We were totally organised. Arrangements, tempos and all the lyrics were sorted out before we went in." But he wasn't quite happy with everything, and in a 2002 interview, said, "The thing that bugs me most about the [early] records is my singing, particularly on the first album. I wish I'd sung more before we made that."[1] The cover photograph was taken by Martyn Goddard at Sheffield Parkway, Sheffield.[2]
Although the album's sales were mediocre, it was well received by critics.[3]
The album was not issued on CD until 15 years after its initial vinyl release. It has been reissued on CD three times, in 1995 by RPM Records, in 2006 by Renascent and in 2015 by Edsel Records,[4] with different track listings (see below). Two singles were taken from Waiting for a Miracle: "Total War" and "Independence Day" (the latter released on July 4).[5]
All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake
CD 1Bonus Tracks
CD 2John Peel Sessions