Cactus World News - No Shelter

Some of you lovely people may, or may not, remember when I posted Cactus World News debut album Urban Beaches (if you don’t already have it, get it, Now!). It is, and always will be, a stone cold classic album that seemed to fall through the usual cracks. Having sold a credible 250K copies, toured as special guests of The Cult on 1985’s Love Tour, continued air-play on college radio of the single The Bridge that their future was, rosy.  Unfortunately, not. With a three year wait for new material, CWN became the forgotten, lost, Irish jewel. By 1989 a second, more pop-oriented album was shelved by MCA after two singles failed to draw any further attention. CWN eventually called it a day in 1991. Finally, after being leaked on the internet, No Shelter was released in 2004 by Red Coral; the waiting had ended, but was it was worth the wait? No Shelter is a bit more polished, a bit more over produced and the rawness of the debut is at times, missing in action. But now, today, after almost 33 years it sounds fresh, bright and shiny shiny. Don’t get me wrong, it is no Urban Beaches, but it definitely deserves a shot across your boughs. Just for fun, play No Shelter‘s “Falling Sun” for that annoying collector who claims to own every rare U2 track.

Ripped to classy as feck MP3 for your continued enjoyment

1.      Window To Your World
2.      Taste Of Mercury
3.      Rebound
4.      On The Run
5.      Say Goodbye
6.      Town Like This
7.      Falling Sun
8.      Sleep All Day
9.      Volcano
10.   Furious Love
11.   Everytime
12.   Memory Harbour
13.   City Of Angels
14.   Reconcile
15.   Window To Your World (Demo Version)

As mentioned, The Bridge (Extended) 12” in MP3 @ 320kbps
A.      The Bridge (Extended)
B1.  Tables Over Turn
B2.  Go Dtí An Tra