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3 stars 1985: The Associates - Perhaps - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n4tVd9ABhVTTxdqzVNNlatIV3oIUy9rjA

The three official videos and singles from The Associates third album, "Perhaps" - the first without founder member Alan Rankine. 
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3 stars 1990: The Associates - Wild and Lonely - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kMVPvw_SPzKOAGnWQC7UPO4DjbLCWzH1I

A favourite song from The Associates fourth and final album, including a heart-warming montage in memory of Billy Mackenzie (1957-1997). Broken Heart



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 4 stars 1982: The Associates - Sulk - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k-ivyNcvL0zovevkCxXVPzkz4X5J8zb-4

Club Country - the second single from The Associates best album.



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The Associates and Billy Mackenzie (1957-1997)  - A voice to die for? Broken Heart



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^ Yes, I like a bit of Jangle Pop to brighten up a dull day, so The Lotus Eaters are now added to the list. Thumbs Up
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Would you consider 'The Lotus Eaters' as an addition to the list Paul?

'The First Picture Of You' - a lovely single, although I have never seen "flowers screaming their joy".

The First Picture Of You

I still have the single, bought in Woolworth's back in 1983! Smile
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THE ASSOCIATES      Scottish band The Associates went through a couple of name changes - including The Ascorbic Ones & Mental Torture - before arriving at The Associates. Their lead vocalist Billy Mackenzie (1957-1997) has one of the most distinctive high tenor voices in Synth-Pop, sounding like Scotland's answer to Russell Mael of Sparks. Smile


No idea what Party Fears Two is all about, but who cares, and have you ever seen a cooler-looking keyboard player? - apart from Professor Brian Cox of D-Ream, obviously. Tongue



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1982      9        10       The Associates - Party Fears Two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybfTKNl2NM
1982     13       10       The Associates - Club Country - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2XAvwbld7U
1982     21        8        The Associates - Love Hangover - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acUD_FVCZ7s
1984     43        6        The Associates - Those First Impressions - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHCKSZZNB8c
1984     53        4        The Associates - Waiting for the Loveboat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NdpUGW8ru4
1985     49        6        The Associates - Breakfast - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ_4f4gVof4
1988     56        3        The Associates - Heart of Glass - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w66qlTbA3wo


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NEIL ARTHUR       The one and only solo album by Neil Arthur who's created so many albums with Blancmange that it's now become a huge trifle! Tongue




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1994     50        2        Neil Arthur - I Love I Hate - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_DtRPAFIrM


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ART OF NOISE       An experimental electronic band who are so avant-garde that they're almost French. Tongue

 2 stars 1984: Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mss_PWXs479Ptb7a8KPZu0i0kHS5kJcfw
 2 stars 1999: Art of Noise - The Seduction of Claude Debussy - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLARymfUOHRWyu0a9W4XjviNm32KSfBAFE

A dedication to Queen Camilla. Smile



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1984       8        19       Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSy9mNjWSVA
1985      51        4        Art of Noise - Moments in Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC5XTz-S8k0
1985      69        1        Art of Noise - Legs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeD1cyZ8IqQ
1986       8         9        Art of Noise - Peter Gunn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-vUY6erQU
1986      12        9        Art of Noise - Paranoimia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6epzmRZk6UU
1987      60        4        Art of Noise - Dragnet - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y5U2N891E0
1988       5         7        Art of Noise - Kiss (with Tom Jones) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uZQFOfMSfY
1989      63        3        Art of Noise - Yebo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p70gpLzS4O0
1990      67        1        Art of Noise - Art of Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lf7cArduqg
1992      45        5        Art of Noise - Instruments of Darkness - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m15s1llKAh4
1992      53        2        Art of Noise - Shades of Paranoimia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxn8y2RSCWk
1999      53        1        Art of Noise - Metaforce - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAxXDJdXuxA


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A-Z of Synth-Pop Britannia Artists -  now fully updated (hopefully) Smile

ABC; John Adams; Alpinestars; Altered Images; Arcadia; Art of Noise; Neil Arthur; The Associates

B-Movie; B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation); Andy Bell; Blancmange; The Blue Nile; Blue Zoo; Boom Boom Room; Boys Don't Cry; Bronski Beat; The Buggles

Cabaret Voltaire; Candyland; CaVa CaVa; China Crisis; Chris & Cosey; Chvrches; Cicero; Vince Clarke; Classix Nouveau; The Communards; The Cure

Dalek I Love You; Darkstar; Dead or Alive; Depeche Mode; The Devils; Thomas Dolby; Dolphin Brothers; Dramatis; The Dream Academy; Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy; Duran Duran

Eighth Wonder; Erasure; Eurythmics

Fad Gadget; The Farmer's Boys; Fashion; Fatal Charm; Fiat Lux; Fiction Factory; The Fixx; Flock of Seagulls; John Foxx; Frankie Goes to Hollywood; Frazier Chorus; Freur; Furniture

Dave Gahan; Gardening by Moonlight; Peter Godwin; Goldfrapp; Martin Gore

Paul Haig; Toni Halliday; Heartbeat; Heaven 17; Rupert Hine; Hollywood Beyond; Hot Chip; The Human League; Hurts

I Blame Coco; The Icicle Works; It's Immaterial

Philip Jap; Japan; Jon & Vangelis; Howard Jones

Kajagoogoo; Nik Kershaw; King; Kissing the Pink

La Roux; Labyrinth Ear; Ladytron; Landscape; Limahl; Linea Aspera; The Lotus Eaters; The Lover Speaks

M; Maps; Marilyn; Marnie; Mirrors; Mobiles; The Mood; Pauline Murray

Naked Eyes; Bill Nelson's Red Noise; New Musik; New Order; Nancy Nova; Gary Numan (& Tubeway Army)

Philip Oakey & Georgio Moroder; Onetwo; Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; The Other Two

Pet Shop Boys

The Quick

Radio Heart (featuring Gary Numan); Real Lies; Re-Flex; Rexy; Richard X

Scarlet Fantastic; Scritti Politti; Section 25; Sharpe & Numan; Pete Shelley; Shriekback; Shura; Simple Minds; So; Soft Cell; Sal Solo; Belouis Some; Spandau Ballet; Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin; Strawberry Switchblade

Talk Talk; Teardrop Explodes; Tears for Fears; Technique; Techno Twins; Thompson Twins; Tik & Tok; Toto Coelo; Louise Tucker

Ultravox

Vegas; Vicious Pink; Vitamin Z; Visage

Wang Chung; When in Rome; Kim Wilde; Win; Pete Wylie

Yazoo; Years & Years; Younger Younger 28's


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Final additions - Part 6 of 6 (U-Z)

Vicious Pink
Wang Chung
Kim Wilde (added by Silly Puppy)
Win
Pete Wylie
Years & Years
Younger Younger 28's


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A few more Synth-Pop artists to add - Part 5 of 6 (Q-T)

Radio Heart (featuring Gary Numan)
Real Lies
Rexy (added by Silly Puppy)
Scarlet Fantastic
Scritti Politti (added by Silly Puppy)
Section 25 (added by Silly Puppy)
Pete Shelley (added by Silly Puppy)
Shriekback (added by Hugh Manatee)
Shura
Simple Minds (added by Silly Puppy)
So 
Sal Solo (of Classix Nouveau)
Strawberry Switchblade (added by Silly Puppy)
Teardrop Explodes
Technique
Techno Twins
Tik & Tok
Toto Coelo
Louise Tucker (Operatic Synth-Pop!)


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More additions - Part 4 of 6 (M-P)

M
Marilyn
Marnie (of Ladytron)
Mobiles
The Mood
Pauline Murray
Naked Eyes (added by Silly Puppy)
Bill Nelson's Red Noise (added by Silly Puppy)
New Musik (added by Octopus II)
Nancy Nova (daughter of Bob Holness) - Can I have a "P" please Bob?
The Other Two (from New Order)



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A few more Synth Britannia artists to add to the list - Part 3 of 6 (I-L)

I Blame Coco
It's Immaterial
Philip Jap
King
La Roux (added by Octopus II)
Labyrinth Ear
Ladytron (added by Silly Puppy)
Limahl
Linea Aspera (added by Logan)
The Lotus Eaters (added by Octopus II)
The Lover Speaks


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^ That's quite an eclectic line-up of Synth-Pop. It's so bizarre they spelt it with two Z's and only one R. Smile
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Back in 1981 Mute records issued 'Some Bizzare Album' which included very early Depeche Mode and Soft Cell tracks. All synth driven, some very poppy, others not so. 

Another vinyl album I wish I had kept, although I now own the CD. Smile

Some Bizzare Album (1981, Vinyl) - Discogs


Tracklisting. (The Residents and Fad Gadget tracks were added to the CD reissue).

1Illustration (Tidal Flow)
2Depeche Mode (Photographic)
3The The
4B Movie (Moles)
5Jell (I Dare Say This Will Hurt A Little)
6Blah Blah Blah (Central Park)
7Blancmange (Sad Day)
8Soft Cell (The Girl With The Patient Leather Face)
9Neu Electrikk (Lust Of Berlin)
10Naked Lunch (La Femme)
11The Fast Set (King Of Rumbling Spires)
12The Loved One (Observations)
13Warm Leatherette - The Normal
14Back to Nature - Fad Gadget
15The Act Of Being Polite - The Residents
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JOHN ADAMS       Not the 2nd president of the USA but a little-known Synth-Pop singer from the UK. Smile

4 stars 1987: John Adams - Strong
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ARCADIA      A low budget Duran Duran featuring Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor (not the Queen guy). Oh My God! Look at those perms! It could only be the 1980's..... And you thought it was only the Germans who were famous for their mullets. Tongue


Election Day - Where's Peter Snow's Swingometer? Smile


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1985      7         7        Arcadia - Election Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W5aKwrsYIM
1986     37        4        Arcadia - The Promise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uf4xI7CP4c
1986     58        2        Arcadia - The Flame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sed7pWnaroc


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Altered Images:- Two mini-documentaries - and I DO mean "mini". Tongue
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 4 stars 1983: Altered Images - Bite - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k6_fLhPnWBJUPxyKIeCnSeJhKp8Brd2Gs

A favourite song from my favourite Altered Images album. I'd Love to Stay but it's time to move on to the next artist soon. Smile


Two further singles and official videos from the Bite album - or tasty chicken niblets if you prefer. Smile
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