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SYNTH BRITANNIA - HITS & MISSES (B)  (Complete UK hit singles)

Year   Pos.   Weeks

1981     61        3      B-Movie - Remembrance Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUJMvoxiSz8
1982     67        4      B-Movie - Nowhere Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQfC7Ow5GHo

1991     37        5      B.E.F. featuring Lalah Hathaway - Family Affair - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-fzJOaUkKg

1982     65        2      Blancmange - God's Kitchen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P80QyxCR6B4
1982     46        5      Blancmange - Feel Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJS_zpOHkFc
1982      7        14     Blancmange - Living on the Ceiling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW_m8lhZbQQ
1983     19        9      Blancmange - Waves - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvb8m8Trh8c
1983     10        8      Blancmange - Blind Vision - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_9VQpaf1Rg
1983     33        8      Blancmange - That's Love, That Is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij9b9SgKXrw
1984      8        10     Blancmange - Don't Tell Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukLGrA2ryYY
1984     22        8      Blancmange - The Day Before You Came - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWrS4oqtBW4
1985     40        5      Blancmange - What's Your Problem? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGtGd8pQhag
1986     72        1      Blancmange - I Can See It - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Das4nFl7nY

1989     67        1      The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4R4hAA6wGc
1990     72        1      The Blue Nile - Headlights on Parade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTUKxyeunR0
1991     50        2      The Blue Nile - Saturday Night - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpBrGCnz3DE

1982     55        3      Blue Zoo - I'm Your Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJeUPDnemp8
1982     13       10     Blue Zoo - Cry Boy Cry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4CbdGGl19o
1983     60        4      Blue Zoo - I Just Can't Forgive & Forget - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWgwx8ZFVCI

1986     74        1      Boom Boom Room - Here Comes the Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwdhG74QK4M

1985      -         -       Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be a Cowboy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wWySln4sY0

1984      3        13     Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sARuFu-tc
1984      6        10     Bronski Beat - Why? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3LbzjFJdSA
1984     16       11     Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-szBDby1Zg
1985      3        12     Bronski Beat - I Feel Love (with Marc Almond) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJtyWksh3K0
1985      3        14     Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-aPzPvj4ys
1986     20        7      Bronski Beat - C'mon, C'mon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y88DGu6POcg
1989     32        7      Bronski Beat - Cha Cha Heels (with Eartha Kitt) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nuQdGm6jCI
1991     32        4      Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (Remix) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xUPL_T9Krs

1979      1        11     The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYAErFChPm4
1980     16        8      The Buggles - The Plastic Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ajJrE64A8    
1980     38        5      The Buggles - Clean Clean - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzb1E16r164
1980     55        4      The Buggles - Elstree - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gon6yrifDA


Pos. = Highest position in the UK charts.     Weeks = Number of weeks in the UK charts.


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BLUE ZOO       Animal magic with one hit wonders Blue Zoo - one of the best Synth-Pop bands no one's ever heard of. Cry Boy Cry. Cry




Year   Pos.   Weeks    Complete UK Hit Singles

1982     55        3      Blue Zoo - I'm Your Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJeUPDnemp8
1982     13       10     Blue Zoo - Cry Boy Cry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4CbdGGl19o
1983     60        4      Blue Zoo - I Just Can't Forgive & Forget - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWgwx8ZFVCI


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BOOM BOOM ROOM      Not San Francisco's funkiest cocktail bar, but another band of one hit wonders (but only if you call one week in the charts at #74 "a hit").  Smile

3 stars 1986: Boom Boom Room - Stretch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bICQ4aO0zHw    




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1986     74        1      Boom Boom Room - Here Comes the Man - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwdhG74QK4M


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BOYS DON'T CRY      The third "one hit wonder" band in a row, where their single "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" reached #12 on the American Hot 100 Billboard chart and charted all around the world - all around the world that is, apart from the UK, where it failed to chart at all, which gave Boys Don't Cry something to cry about. Cry

3 stars 1987: Boys Don't Cry - Who the Am Dam Do You Think We Am? - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_laySyGMjaD4O99V6SXezP3gnqfNKmCplo

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BRONSKI BEAT      The most irritating voice in Synth-Pop (Jimmy Somerville) together with annoyingly repetitive dance beats. Not a great combination. How did you guess I'm not a fan? Tongue

 2 stars 1995: Bronski Beat - Rainbow Nation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XNHqdgN_Tk



Year    Pos.   Weeks     Complete UK Hit Singles

1984      3        13     Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sARuFu-tc
1984      6        10     Bronski Beat - Why? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3LbzjFJdSA
1984     16       11     Bronski Beat - It Ain't Necessarily So - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-szBDby1Zg
1985      3        12     Bronski Beat - I Feel Love (with Marc Almond) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJtyWksh3K0
1985      3        14     Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-aPzPvj4ys
1986     20        7      Bronski Beat - C'mon, C'mon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y88DGu6POcg
1989     32        7      Bronski Beat - Cha Cha Heels (with Eartha Kitt) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nuQdGm6jCI
1991     32        4      Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (Remix) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xUPL_T9Krs


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THE BUGGLES       Fed up with producing untalented punk idiots with band names such as the Unwanted, the Unwashed and the Unheard, Trevor Horn decided The Buggles would be a great name for his own Synth-Pop band (although he's since regretted the choice of name) in partnership with premier league keyboardist Geoff Downes. Their first single "Video Killed the Radio Star" made it all the way to number one, as well as being the first video ever to be played on MTV in 1981. The Buggles broke up following poor sales of their sophomore album, but more Drama was just around the corner when Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes both became unexpected members of YES! Shocked

 3 stars 1981: The Buggles - Adventures in Modern Recording - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLALm9OqeAm6luHidBL21rnXdJ2lAulMks



Year    Pos.   Weeks     Complete UK Hit Singles

1979      1        11     The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYAErFChPm4
1980     16        8      The Buggles - The Plastic Age - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7ajJrE64A8    
1980     38        5      The Buggles - Clean Clean - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzb1E16r164
1980     55        4      The Buggles - Elstree - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gon6yrifDA


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The Buggles - Two classic Synth-Pop favourites from the Prince's Trust Concert: Produced by Trevor Horn, 2004



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SYNTH BRITANNIA - HITS & MISSES (C)   (Complete UK hit singles)

Year    Pos.   Weeks

1987      69       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Don't Argue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjvvg5s54l0
1989      66       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Hypnotised - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6MmJbHDyA
1990      55       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Keep On - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9yu0Aj6jBI
1990      61       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Easy Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elM0KCO6wvI

1991      72       1       Candyland - Fountain of Youth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm44WJ2pCZ0

1982      49       5       CaVa CaVa - Where's Romeo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9YiYDG71xw
1983      65       3       CaVa CaVa - Brother Bright - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf59vcFspQk

1982      45       5       China Crisis - African and White - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlVLcjh8d8E
1983      12       9       China Crisis - Christian - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiinmKN2xPk
1983      46       6       China Crisis - Tragedy and Mystery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OsDd21e-JU
1983      48       5       China Crisis - Working with Fire and Steel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srhAmIgvL54
1984       9        8       China Crisis - Wishful Thinking - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQpRMegYc0
1984      44       3       China Crisis - Hanna Hanna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm87WC7Zn30
1985      14       9       China Crisis - Black Man Ray - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWcbaXS-ZU
1985      19       9       China Crisis - King in a Catholic Style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EYLrws2_s0
1985      54       3       China Crisis - You Did Cut Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lq3HD1yIVY
1986      47       4       China Crisis - Arizona Sky - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UdUrHAero
1987      36       5       China Crisis - Best Kept Secret - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCcBjMSEKew

1992      19       8       Cicero - Love is Everywhere - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wrhsDOJHbI
1992      46       3       Cicero - That Loving Feeling - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEsVeKLzgKY
1992      70       1       Cicero - Heaven Must Have Sent You Back - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz2wzuLQ5D0

1981      43       7       Classix Nouveau - Guilty - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx0CmfpBFi0
1981      67       3       Classix Nouveau - Tokyo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QXsHszj_Rk
1981      45       5       Classix Nouveau - Inside Outside - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO1poNwLioc
1981      44       4       Classix Nouveau - Never Again - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKiIrMnOwdM
1982      11       9       Classix Nouveau - Is It a Dream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff6gWyyFEyc
1982      43       4       Classix Nouveau - Because You're Young - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t-ZGyvmZTM
1982      60       2       Classix Nouveau - The End... Or the Beginning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IPTtM1fnbA

1985      30       8       The Communards - You Are My World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY4TtASv3w0
1986      29       5       The Communards - Disenchanted - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcugrXZRtJQ
1986       1       14      The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RHBAd5YUR8
1986       8       10      The Communards - So Cold the Night - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v41kAb3osI
1987      23       7       The Communards - Tomorrow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkUU3kAWEyQ
1987       4       11      The Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvlv5qrhDUM
1988      28       7       The Communards - For a Friend - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u08O_CdEm1M
1988      28       8       The Communards - There's More to Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN49I0r58pM

1980      31       8       The Cure - A Forest - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xik-y0xlpZ0 
1981      43       6       The Cure - Primary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xrZ61cuKLk
1981      44       4       The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KeII31qyck
1982      34       4       The Cure - Hanging Garden - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEH5jReEkSk
1982      44       5       The Cure - Let's Go to Bed - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6vVP91C3Iw
1983      12       8       The Cure - The Walk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkCYh1x44G8
1983       7       11      The Cure - The Love Cats - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcUza_wWCfA
1984      14       7       The Cure - The Caterpillar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxJ5YvYfx4
1985      15      10      The Cure - In Between Days - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scif2vfg1ug
1985      24       8       The Cure - Close to Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjvfIJstWeg
1986      22       6       The Cure - Boys Don't Cry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GkVhgIeGJQ
1987      21       5       The Cure - Why Can't I Be You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI0a9hTh5AU
1987      27       6       The Cure - Catch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPnYXldfY8
1987      29       5       The Cure - Just Like Heaven - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3nPiBai66M
1988      45       3       The Cure - Hot Hot Hot!!! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0E9urVs-2o
1989       5        6       The Cure - Lullaby - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijxk-fgcg7c
1989      18       7       The Cure - Lovesong - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks_qOI0lzho
1990      24       6       The Cure - Pictures of You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmFFTkjs-O0
1990      13       5       The Cure - Never Enough - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Cqp3pnE98
1990      13       5       The Cure -Close to Me (Remix) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw8Hwz3Xumc
1992       8        3       The Cure - High - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9xXCK28wDU
1992       6        7       The Cure - Friday I'm in Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGgMZpGYiy8
1992      28       2       The Cure - A Letter to Elise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AUCSkHCrwY
1996      15       2       The Cure - The 13th - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQB1OcvmbUI
1996      31       2       The Cure - Mint Car - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7F9LhuMsrQ
1996      60       1       The Cure - Gone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4SYZU-5Dp0
1997      62       1       The Cure - Wrong Number - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxcDXwJR_C8
2001      54       1       The Cure - Cut Here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sKWrpaEw0k


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Art of Noise - Before You Tube, there was The Tube, a trendy teatime pop show hosted by Jools Holland (keyboard player with Squeeze) and Paula Yates (ex-wife of Bob Geldof). Here's Anne Dudley with Art of Noise performing Live on The Tube in a rare clip from 1986. It's so rare in fact, that I found the clip on YouTube just now when I wasn't even looking for it. Tongue


Artist of Noise - An in-depth interview with Anne Dudley. Heart



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SYNTH BRITANNIA - HITS & MISSES (D)  (Complete UK hit singles)

Year    Pos.   Weeks

1984      22       9       Dead or Alive - That's the Way (I Like It) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llHhiiNnIjY
1984       1       23      Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU
1985      11       8       Dead or Alive - Lover Come Back to Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6E3fslffUw
1985      14       8       Dead or Alive - In Too Deep - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-CtGsJ_ndU
1985      23       6       Dead or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBpF0NTUTnA
1986      31       4       Dead or Alive - Brand New Lover - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWbj64Rwfvc
1987      12       7       Dead or Alive - Something in My House - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZKNzs35GP8
1987      69       2       Dead or Alive - Hooked on Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMKS-mj9FtA
1988      70       1       Dead or Alive - Turn Around and Count 2 Ten - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwYgMMBfxDA
1989      62       2       Dead or Alive - Come Home with Me Baby - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU3kmgXTHIc

1981      57       4       Depeche Mode - Dreaming of Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNSZLG2mBc
1981      11      15      Depeche Mode - New Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFnEhwmpjXI
1981       8       10      Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6FBfAQ-NDE
1982       6       10      Depeche Mode - See You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuWQitNlvf0
1982      12       8       Depeche Mode - The Meaning of Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkc6TYIxNls
1982      18      10      Depeche Mode - Leave in Silence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucIv-sMta7I
1983      13       8       Depeche Mode - Get the Balance Right - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfiISFiozg8
1983       6       11      Depeche Mode - Everything Counts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-gK-9EIq4
1983      21       7       Depeche Mode - Love in Itself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pi_egc6qkY
1984       4       10      Depeche Mode - People Are People - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTYsElEGswc
1984       9        9       Depeche Mode - Master and Servant - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsvfofcIE1Q
1984      16       6       Depeche Mode - Somebody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbaKcxTW7A8
1985      18       9       Depeche Mode - Shake the Disease - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_0sL_SQYvw
1985      18       4       Depeche Mode - It's Called a Heart - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQYs5AOXnOA
1986      15       5       Depeche Mode - Stripped - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU8UfYdKHvs
1986      28       5       Depeche Mode - A Question of Lust - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glw10co1IRs
1986      17       6       Depeche Mode - A Question of Time - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pt7EWFF_T8
1987      16       5       Depeche Mode - Strangelove - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHRabky4Ajc
1987      22       4       Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snILjFUkk_A
1988      21       5       Depeche Mode - Behind the Wheel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAuMiKqP-4
1988      16       2       Depeche Mode - Little 15 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTUlg__sVYo
1989      13       8       Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI
1990       6        9       Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY
1990      16       6       Depeche Mode - Policy of Truth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2VBmHOYpV8
1990      17       6       Depeche Mode - World in My Eyes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZdL4JlnxI
1993       8        7       Depeche Mode - I Feel You - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTKJ_itifQg
1993      14       4       Depeche Mode - Walking in My Shoes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrC_yuzO-Ss
1993       9        4       Depeche Mode - Condemnation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjG7MhfeQRA
1994       8        4       Depeche Mode - In Your Room - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGvZyrhObrg
1997       4        4       Depeche Mode - Barrel of a Gun - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7GCrTFCXYo
1997       5        5       Depeche Mode - It's No Good - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QPvffO1gs
1997      23       4       Depeche Mode - Home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZHs-SRJbzU
1997      28       2       Depeche Mode - Useless - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Kyu4XURaE
1998      17       3       Depeche Mode - Only When I Lose Myself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l35XzUD8GGU
2001       6        5       Depeche Mode - Dream On - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dgrMSTalZ0
2001      12       6       Depeche Mode - I Feel Loved - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL8Wqe-QWM8
2001      19       3       Depeche Mode - Freelove - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ3nJ6KhWOo

1981      48       3       Thomas Dolby - Europa and the Pirate Twins - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkj4p3rI17s
1982      31       8       Thomas Dolby - Windpower - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xuJqVqVoek
1982      49       4       Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me with Science - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V83JR2IoI8k
1984      17       9       Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmGxh1FhtxE
1984      46       5       Thomas Dolby - I Scare Myself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUHYLBxmUEw
1988      53       3       Thomas Dolby - Airhead - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96bsUwvoHxc
1992      22       5       Thomas Dolby - Close But No Cigar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7TqMaZLWug
1992      36       4       Thomas Dolby - I Love You Goodbye - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SSAqXKPZns
1992      62       2       Thomas Dolby - Silk Pyjamas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6i0OdanlVo

1981      33       7       Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise (with Gary Numan) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1VymsO6aLA
1982      57       1       Dramatis - I Can See Her Now - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7YBqbxNBrc

1985      15       8       The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXnulANF8g
1985      68       2       The Dream Academy - The Love Parade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoQvD4rd_j0

1983      55       4       Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Hold It - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GElH5T-drA
1985       4       11      Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwQlwdSphGo
1985      14       9       Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Icing on the Cake - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKtrIxn4XU

1981      12      11      Duran Duran - Planet Earth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NF6Qa84mno
1981      31       7       Duran Duran - Careless Memories - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6kIZ0BCvUU
1981       5       11      Duran Duran - Girls on Film - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjMZMxNr-0
1981      14      11      Duran Duran - My Own Way - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUrIDz6L5vc
1982       5       12      Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJL-lCzEXgI
1982       2        9       Duran Duran - Save a Prayer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uxc9eFcZyM
1982       9       11      Duran Duran - Rio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTizYn3-QN0
1983       1        9       Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M0hogZyRyU
1983       3       11      Duran Duran - Union of the Snake - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6p5Q6_JBes
1984       9        7       Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3a4OTh2Y8w
1984       1       14      Duran Duran - The Reflex - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ebkj9x5Ko
1984       2       14      Duran Duran - Wild Boys - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M43wsiNBwmo
1985       2       16      Duran Duran - A View to a Kill - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp4CR2HcHLQ
1986       7        7       Duran Duran - Notorious - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z0e1Wm64M
1987      22       6       Duran Duran - Skin Trade - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNU61nS0TTY
1987      24       5       Duran Duran - Meet El Presidente - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6CLWV0JBU4
1988      14       5       Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAAC9wttHM8
1989       9        5       Duran Duran - All She Wants Is - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-dxAxfkmvk
1989      30       4       Duran Duran - Do You Believe in Shame - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Io3CtmdoQ
1989      31       5       Duran Duran - Burning the Ground - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQejdkyeZgc
1990      20       4       Duran Duran - Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lshDXc-2mes
1990      48       3       Duran Duran - Serious - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ihtEg_hWIM
1993       6        9       Duran Duran - Ordinary World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqIACCH20JU
1993      13       8       Duran Duran - Come Undone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epj84QVw2rc
1993      35       3       Duran Duran - Too Much Information - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbl7hwCgETU
1995      28       4       Duran Duran - Perfect Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48YIGqvpXNE
1995      17       5       Duran Duran - White Lines (Don't Do It) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah4f62bYAcw
1997      21       2       Duran Duran - Out of My Mind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daZCDGYKi74
1999      23       3       Duran Duran - Electric Barbarella - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK1g5dMYR3s
2000      53       1       Duran Duran - Someone Else, Not Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVPPnVZr3FE 


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Synth-Pop Britannia

CABARET VOLTAIRE      The fourth most famous Synth-Pop band from Sheffield, Cabaret Voltaire are named after the Zurich nightclub that inspired the avant-garde Dada art movement, and just as the name implies, Cabaret Voltaire's music is decidedly offbeat, weird and eccentric, varying wildly from experimental, to industrial, to dance music, and with bizarre song titles such as "Spread the Virus", "Baader Meinhof" and "Do the Mussolini", you can expect the unexpected. Smile

 1 stars 1980: Cabaret Voltaire - Three Mantras - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDQpBMVj-hw
 2 stars 1980: Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lv35Iz39SM-n87oDrYs8g4GOlisKMaBzs
 3 stars 1985: Cabaret Voltaire - The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nCGyEQGGIl1kFOMBCUQnwsui40U0Pg1hE
 3 stars 1990: Cabaret Voltaire - Groovy, Laidback and Nasty - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nKuSoax9nFGz4Cdl_ZqunqTxcvS0Mkff8
 2 stars 1993: Cabaret Voltaire - International Language - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lkEVYlMNQdX57nLIRGoxRFLwjzDOXcJq8
 2 stars 1994: Cabaret Voltaire - The Conversation - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiyiBCq1LXxbwmXXkxBx2O5SjNOzZEmHM


Year    Pos.   Weeks     Complete UK Hit Singles

1987      69       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Don't Argue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjvvg5s54l0
1989      66       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Hypnotised - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6MmJbHDyA
1990      55       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Keep On - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9yu0Aj6jBI
1990      61       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Easy Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elM0KCO6wvI


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'Nag Nag Nag' is a great track by Cabaret Voltaire. It was released as a single in 1979 and should have been a hit. (The song is not about an old horse). Wink

I would post a youtube link, but I don't know how to do it. Smile
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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

'Nag Nag Nag' is a great track by Cabaret Voltaire. It was released as a single in 1979 and should have been a hit. (The song is not about an old horse). Wink

I would post a youtube link, but I don't know how to do it. Smile
"Nag Nag Nag" sounds like something Alf Garnett would've said to the "silly old moo" in Till Death Us Do Part. Smile

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CANDYLAND      A sugary confection that got stuck in the molasses swamp of indifference, but why not Suck It and See. Smile



Year    Pos.   Weeks     Complete UK Hit Singles

1991      72       1       Candyland - Fountain of Youth - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm44WJ2pCZ0


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CaVa CaVa      Como ca va? It's CaVa CaVa, a short-lived New Wave band from Bournemouth, featuring a male singer with a squeaky voice who sounds remarkably like a girl (and looks not unlike a young Jon Anderson), but then again, anything goes in the weird and wacky world of 1980's New Romanticism. CaVa CaVa's one and only album was distributed by Regard Records - the primary label of Haysi Fantayzee, but try not to hold that against them. Tongue

3 stars 1983: CaVa CaVa - CaVa CaVa - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztDpiN0ufdQ



Year    Pos.   Weeks     Complete UK Hit Singles

1982      49       5       CaVa CaVa - Where's Romeo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9YiYDG71xw
1983      65       3       CaVa CaVa - Brother Bright - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf59vcFspQk

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Synth-Pop Britannia

CABARET VOLTAIRE      The fourth most famous Synth-Pop band from Sheffield, Cabaret Voltaire are named after the Zurich nightclub that inspired the avant-garde Dada art movement, and just as the name implies, Cabaret Voltaire's music is decidedly offbeat, weird and eccentric, varying wildly from experimental, to industrial, to dance music, and with bizarre song titles such as "Spread the Virus", "Baader Meinhof" and "Do the Mussolini", you can expect the unexpected. Smile

 1 stars 1980: Cabaret Voltaire - Three Mantras - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDQpBMVj-hw
 2 stars 1980: Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lv35Iz39SM-n87oDrYs8g4GOlisKMaBzs
 3 stars 1985: Cabaret Voltaire - The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nCGyEQGGIl1kFOMBCUQnwsui40U0Pg1hE
 3 stars 1990: Cabaret Voltaire - Groovy, Laidback and Nasty - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nKuSoax9nFGz4Cdl_ZqunqTxcvS0Mkff8
 2 stars 1993: Cabaret Voltaire - International Language - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lkEVYlMNQdX57nLIRGoxRFLwjzDOXcJq8
 2 stars 1994: Cabaret Voltaire - The Conversation - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiyiBCq1LXxbwmXXkxBx2O5SjNOzZEmHM


Year    Pos.   Weeks   (Complete UK hit singles)

1987      69       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Don't Argue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjvvg5s54l0
1989      66       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Hypnotised - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw6MmJbHDyA
1990      55       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Keep On - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9yu0Aj6jBI
1990      61       2       Cabaret Voltaire - Easy Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elM0KCO6wvI


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I had every confidence that those midperiod albums from "The Crackdown" to "Groovy, Laidback and Nasty" would garner the most favour with you considering they are the most accessible albums CV released (particularly "Groovy, Laidback and Nasty").

As a fan from virtually the beginning I rate "The Crackdown" and "Micro-Phonies" as five star albums, well worth a listen by any Industrial/ House music fans.


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^ Cabaret Voltaire's videos are just as bizarre as their music, where they make a good argument for gun control in the shocking video below. Geek

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CHINA CRISIS       Crisis? What Crisis? They're Merseyside's Best Kept Secret and I've been Flaunting the Imperfection with China Crisis for nearly forty years now, having first learned how to play Black Man Ray (badly) on my Yamaha keyboard back in the mid-1980's. Could I still play it now? That would just be Wishful Thinking. Smile

 4 stars 1982: China Crisis - Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lQJUi-xOWRentDOa08wmyg2ZGMEHQFPXs
 4 stars 1983: China Crisis - Working with Fire and Steel - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lnegkMOcmRO_LlP8_QPhKB1WFH8JJDtc0
 4 stars 1985: China Crisis - Flaunt the Imperfection - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_na9ifzlz3gniY69KDemHBX3WtPsULLaVo
 3 stars 1989: China Crisis - Diary of a Hollow Horse - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lFRHxK3H5tk4OZbb9F98x82S_R3LGGSF8
 3 stars 2015: China Crisis - Autumn in the Neighbourhood - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m6urOd2ExOMlpGIjzsrjKxdXaYpAT7RaI



Year    Pos.   Weeks     Complete UK Hit Singles

1982      45       5       China Crisis - African and White - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlVLcjh8d8E
1983      12       9       China Crisis - Christian - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiinmKN2xPk
1983      46       6       China Crisis - Tragedy and Mystery - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OsDd21e-JU
1983      48       5       China Crisis - Working with Fire and Steel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srhAmIgvL54
1984       9        8       China Crisis - Wishful Thinking - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQpRMegYc0
1984      44       3       China Crisis - Hanna Hanna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm87WC7Zn30
1985      14       9       China Crisis - Black Man Ray - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTWcbaXS-ZU
1985      19       9       China Crisis - King in a Catholic Style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EYLrws2_s0
1985      54       3       China Crisis - You Did Cut Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lq3HD1yIVY
1986      47       4       China Crisis - Arizona Sky - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7UdUrHAero
1987      36       5       China Crisis - Best Kept Secret - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCcBjMSEKew


Pos. = Highest position in the UK charts.     Weeks = Number of weeks in the UK charts.


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China Crisis as they were then, Live in England in 1985 (Full Show) - All 25 minutes of it. Smile


And China Crisis as they are now, Live in Sydney, Australia in 2022



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I have always liked China Crisis for the way their music sounds, however I find them lyrically a bit soft, if not downright baffling at times.

It's not that I dislike baffling lyrics as such (Jon Andersons lyrics for one example) it's just that China Crisis seem to have a "that'll do" attitude to their lyrics.

"Decorate, paint it for the union (?)
No reason to give up on the illusion."
Arizona Sky

"Don't say walk
I may lose my fear."
Christian

Their lyrics can go from profound to mundane in one line.

"Are we believing
Black man ray
Persuasive danger
In everything you say
And we the people
Who answer you why
Forever doubt
As time goes by"
Black Man Ray

I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas
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