LC (album)
# LC (album)

LC is the second studio album by English band The Durutti Column. It was released in November 1981 through Manchester record label Factory.

## Background

The album was the first to feature drummer and percussionist Bruce Mitchell. The song "The Missing Boy" is a tribute to songwriter Vini Reilly's friend and label-mate Ian Curtis of Joy Division, who committed suicide in the previous year.

## Release

LC was released in November 1981.

It was reissued in January 2013 on the reactivated Factory Benelux as a double-CD package.

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Vini Reilly.

### 2013 track listing

The 2013 reissue includes the Sordide Sentimental single "Danny"/"Enigma", the Deux Triangles 12" (the original FBN-10), the tracks on A Factory Quartet, Crépuscule compilation album tracks, and demo versions of tracks from LC.

**Disc one**

* "Sketch for Dawn (1)"
* "Portrait for Frazier"
* "Jaqueline"
* "Messidor"
* "Sketch for Dawn (2)"
* "Never Known"
* "The Act Committed"
* "Detail for Paul"
* "The Missing Boy"
* "The Sweet Cheat Gone"
* "Danny"
* "Enigma"
* "For Mimi"
* "For Belgian Friends"
* "Self-Portrait"
* "Favourite Painting"
* "Zinni"

**Disc two**

* "Mavuchka"
* "Experiment in Fifth"
* "Portrait for Paul"
* "The Act Committed"
* "Portrait for Frazier"
* "Never Known"
* "Untitled LC Demo"
* "For Patti"
* "Weakness and Fever"
* "The Eye and the Hand"
* "Party"
* "One Christmas for Your Thoughts"
* "Hommage to Martinů"
* "Sleep Will Come"
* "Piece for an Ideal"
* "Piece of Out of Tune Grand Piano"

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

AllMusic wrote, "As great as Return is, this is perhaps even better, signaling a full flowering of [Vini] Reilly's talents throughout the album."

Brian Eno claimed Reilly's album LC as his all-time favourite album.

## Personnel

### The Durutti Column

* Vini Reilly – vocals, all other instruments, production
* Bruce Mitchell – percussion

### Additional personnel

* Stewart Pickering – production
* EG – mastering
* Les Thompson – sleeve design
* GYL – sleeve artwork
* Jackie Williams – sleeve painting
* John Nichols – sleeve photography
