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- Artist: Savage Republic
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- Release Date: 2002 01
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rock
Review
Both the 1985 Ceremonial LP and the 1985 Trudge EP are combined onto one CD on this reissue, which despite the title actually puts the tracks on Trudge before the ones from Ceremonial. Ceremonial is their most accomplished and accessible work, largely jettisoning the harsher scrapings of the early records for expansive instrumentals featuring chiming guitars and occasional touches of ethereal trombone. Aiming for (and sometimes achieving) a hypnotic drone, at their best these have a melancholy beauty, bringing raga rock into the post-punk age. The title track, unusually, features a female vocal from guest singer Louise Bialik, as well as (relatively) conventional lyrics. Trudge, originally released as a four-song, import-only 12", contains instrumentals from the mid-'80s. These are fully realized works, not just odds and ends; in fact, if they had been added to the Ceremonial album, they would have fit in pretty well, and maybe even counted among the stronger tracks. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Trudge | Savage Republic | (7:16) | |
| Trek | Savage Republic | (8:21) | |
| Siege | Savage Republic | (4:21) | |
| Assembly | Savage Republic | (4:43) | |
| Valetta | Savage Republic | (3:31) | |
| Andelusia | Savage Republic | (5:40) | |
| Walking Backwards | Savage Republic | (3:44) | |
| 1000 Days | Savage Republic | (3:35) | |
| Mediterranea | Savage Republic | (3:49) | |
| Dionysius | Savage Republic | (2:46) | |
| Ceremonial | Savage Republic | (6:23) | |
| Year of Exile | Savage Republic | (9:31) | |
| Land of Delusion | Savage Republic | (2:23) |
