Skylarking is the ninth studio album by the English band XTC, released on 27 October 1986. The eighth studio album was actually the Dukes of Stratosphear release ’25 O’Clock’. Produced by American musician Todd Rundgren, Skylarking is a loose concept album centred around various cycles in life, such as the seasons, days, and years. The … Read more
Diamond is the second studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released on 25 May 1982 by Chrysalis Records. The album was promoted with the single “Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On)”, which was released in 1981, a full year before the album, and it reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart. … Read more
When synthesists Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware left the Human League in 1980, the decision seemed iffy; after all, the League appeared on the way up and would achieve global fame the very next year with Dare!. The first album from Heaven 17, Marsh and Ware’s new trio with singer Glenn Gregory, wasn’t greeted … Read more
Catch as Catch Can is the third studio album by Kim Wilde, released in autumn 1983. Having toured the UK and Europe in November and December 1982, there was a silence of six months. Kim Wilde returned with the single “Love Blonde”, a jazz/swing-inspired track that lyrically mocked the blonde bombshell image that some media … Read more
Parade is the fourth studio album by Spandau Ballet, released on 25 May 1984 by Chrysalis Records. The album contained two UK Top 10 hits, “Only When You Leave” (#3, also a minor US hit), and “I’ll Fly for You” (#9).
Featuring songs written for David Byrne’s film of the same name, True Stories is even more pop-oriented than Little Creatures, full of simple, catchy melodies and guitar hooks. ‘True Stories’ is not the soundtrack to David Byrne’s movie of the same name. Rather, this album contains Talking Heads’ versions of songs from the film. In … Read more