Please is the first album by English electronic music group Pet Shop Boys, released in 1986. According to the duo, the album’s title was chosen so that people had to go into a record shop and say “Can I have the Pet Shop Boys album, ‘Please’?” The debut album has sold to date in the … Read more
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is the self-titled debut album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1980. The album peaked at number 27 in the UK Albums Chart. “Electricity” and “Red Frame/White Light” were low charting singles taken from the album. A re-recorded version of “Messages” provided OMD with their first hit in … Read more
Some Great Reward is the fourth album by the British electronic group Depeche Mode, released in 1984. The album peaked at #5 in the UK and at #51 in the US. The title comes from the last lines of the bridge in “Lie to Me” when it repeats near the end. The album was supported … Read more
Einzelhaft, (Solitary Confinement or Incarcerated!), (1982) is the name of the first album by Falco. It was released in Austria, Germany, the United States, Japan, Spain, Italy, Canada, Sweden and Finland. The album achieved some success with its flagship single, “Der Kommissar”, an innovative and influential German-language rap song. An English version of the song … Read more
The Colour of Spring is Talk Talk’s third album and was released in 1985 in Germany, and then 1986 in other countries. It became the band’s highest selling non-compilation studio album, reaching the Top 20 in numerous countries (topping the Dutch charts), including their homeland, where it reached No. 8 and stayed in the charts … Read more
The Age of Plastic is the first album by synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, which consisted of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, released on Island Records on 4 February 1980. The album is a concept album, with themes of intense nostalgia and anxiety about the possible effects of modern technology. It followed the success of … Read more
1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) is a soundtrack album by Eurythmics, their fourth album overall, containing music recorded by the duo for director Michael Radford’s colour remake film version of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Virgin Films produced the film for release in its namesake year, and commissioned Eurythmics to write … Read more
The Art of Falling Apart is the second full-length album by the English synthpop duo Soft Cell, released in 1983. The album reached No. 5 on the UK charts, although its two singles “Where the Heart Is” and the double A-sided single “Numbers” / “Barriers” both failed to reach the Top 20, breaking the duo’s … Read more
Construction Time Again is the third studio album by the British electronic band Depeche Mode, released in 1983. This was the first Depeche Mode album with Alan Wilder, who composed the songs “Two Minute Warning” and “The Landscape Is Changing” (as well as the B-side “Fools”). The title comes from the second line of the … Read more