Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980s. Show all posts

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Arcadia: So Red the Rose (released 18 November 1985)

01 Election Day (5:29)
02 Keep Me in the Dark (4:31)
03 Goodbye Is Forever (3:49)
04 The Flame (4:23)
05 Missing (3:40)
06 Rose Arcana (0:51)
07 The Promise (7:30)
08 El Diablo (6:05)
09 Lady Ice (7:32)






So Red the Rose is the only studio album by the Duran Duran-spinoff group Arcadia, released on 18 November 1985 by Parlophone. The album peaked at number 23 on the Billboard 200 in January 1986 and at number 30 on the UK Albums Chart in December 1985.
There were many musical guests on the album, including David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Herbie Hancock, Grace Jones, and Sting (who provided backing vocals on "The Promise").
The album's artwork featured painted ink drawings by fashion illustrator Tony Viramontes of fashion model Violeta Sanchez as well as an innovative "light space" photograph of the band by Dean Chamberlain, who also directed the video for the song "Missing". Nick Rhodes said of the model Sanchez on the album cover, "She had an elegance to her, an old style classic beauty."

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Killing Joke: Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (released 22 November 1986)

01 Adorations (4:41)
02 Sanity (4:44)
03 Chessboards (5:47)
04 Twilight of the Mortal (4:12)
05 Love of the Masses (4:41)
06 A Southern Sky (4:38)
07 Wintergardens (5:24)
08 Rubicon (7:06)











Monday, April 4, 2022

Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring (released 17 February 1986)

01 Happiness is Easy (6:30)
02 I Don't Believe in You (5:02)
03 Life's What You Make It (4:29)
04 April 5th (5:51)
05 Living in Another World (6:58)
06 Give It Up (5:17)
07 Chameleon Day (3:20)
08 Time It's Time (8:14)





Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring Preview Video 
(Living in Another World)


Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Alphaville: The Breathtaking Blue (released 04 April 1989)

01 Summer Rain (4:10)
02 Romeos (5:29)
03 She Fades Away (4:57)
04 The Mysteries of Love (4:56)
05 Ariana (Maniacs Rule the World) 3:43
06 Heaven or Hell (3:27)
07 For a Million (6:10)
08 Middle of the Riddle (3:19)
09 Patricia's Park (4:12)
10 Anyway (2:49)




Alphaville: The Breathtaking Blue Preview Video



Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO): A New World Record (released 19 November 1976)

01 Tightrope (5:00)
02 Telephone Line (4:38)
03 Rockaria! (3:12)
04 Mission: A World Record (4:24)
05 So Fine (3:55)
06 Livin' Thing (3:21)
07 Above the Clouds (2:16)
08 Do Ya? (3:45)
09 Shangri-La (5:34)