Flock of Seagulls. This is actually their 2nd album - from 1982. From 1981 to 1985 they put out 5 records - one each year. But this is the only one I own, thank goodness. It really is a good representation of that era and the post-punk movement, which I never bought into. And I just think this song - is getting closer to becoming my favorite song of the that era (the early to mid-eighties); it is call Space Age Love Song. Give it a listen. It's a catchy tune that holds up well. FOS had bigger hits like I Ran (So Far Away) and then they flamed out a bit. Didn't they all? I read that back in 2003, the original line-up (brother Mike and Ali Score, Paul Reynolds and Frank Maudsley) reunited for a one-off performance on the VH1 series called Bands Reunited. And later in 2004, FOS reformed and played a small number of live shows in the States, but broke up (again) immediately afterward.
Their album "Listen" from 1983 had two more great songs on it: "Over the Border" and "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)." I've only heard that record and the one you posted. I wonder if any of their other releases contain any songs that are as good as those and Space Age Love Song or I Ran (So Far Away)?
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Man that dry ice maching was pumping out the CO2, so much so I thought some in the first row might get asphyxiated!
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