Under Wartime Conditions
{{Infobox album
| name = Under Wartime Conditions
| type = studio
| artist = The Cleaners from Venus
| cover = Under Wartime Conditions.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1984}}
| recorded = January–May 1984
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Indie pop
| length = 36:55
| label = {{flatlist|
- Acid Tapes
- Calypso Now
- Man at the Off Licence
}}
| producer =
| prev_title = In Golden Autumn
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Songs for a Fallow Land
| next_year = 1985
}}
Under Wartime Conditions is the seventh album by English musician Martin Newell, under the alias The Cleaners from Venus, released in 1984 by record labels Acid Tapes, Calypso Now and Man at the Off Licence.
Reception
{{album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/under-wartime-conditions-mw0000943211 |title=Under Wartime Conditions – Cleaners from Venus
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 8.1/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17610-cleaners-from-venus-in-the-golden-autumn-under-wartime-conditions-songs-for-a-fallow-land/ |title=Cleaners from Venus: In the Golden Autumn / Under Wartime Conditions / Songs for a Fallow Land Album Review
}}
Trouser Press called it "rudimentary and casual, but musically substantial and indicative of anything-goes pop talent".{{cite web |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=martin_newell |title=TrouserPress.com :: Martin Newell |last=Robbins |first=Ira |website=TrouserPress.com |accessdate=May 17, 2016}} Pitchfork wrote: "If anything, [Under Wartime Conditions] proved his most enjoyably rollicking record yet".
Track listing
{{tracklisting
|all_writing=Martin Newell
|title1=Summer in a Small Town
|title2=Johnny the Moondog is Dead
|title3=Hand of Stone
|title4=Drowning Butterflies
|title5=Radio Seven
|title6=Fracas on West Street
|title7=Lukewarm Love Song
|title8=A Blue Wave
|title9=A Song for Syd Barrett
|title10=The Winter Palace
|length1=4:55
|length2=4:06
|length3=3:39
|length4=5:00
|length5=1:06
|length6=3:08
|length7=4:17
|length8=2:43
|length9=3:59
|length10=3:58
}}
References
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