Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84

Description

4CD, 80-track set exploring the independent side of the UK’s post-punk synth-pop boom. The accompanying hardback book includes over 12,000 words of sleevenotes (including artist-written pieces), an introductory essay by Dave Henderson and period imagery.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Windpower – Thomas Dolby
2. Science Fiction – Alan Burnham
3. Warm Leatherette – The Normal
4. Stay With Me Tonight – Alex Fergusson
5. Tarantula – Colourbox
6. Fantasy – 100% Manmade Fibre
7. Bandwagon Tango – Testcard F
8. Electrical Language – Be-Bop Deluxe
9. The World – Dalek I
10. Honour Among Thieves – Chain of Command
11. Red Frame/White Light – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
12. Red Castles – Legendary Pink Dots
13. Lifes Illusion – Ice the Falling Rain
14. The Human Factor – Music for Pleasure
15. She’s an Image – Poeme Electronique
16. I’m Thinking of You Now – Box of Toys
17. The Planet Doesn’t Mind – New Musik
18. Hope Deep Inside – Schleimer K
19. The Distance from K”ln – Native Europe
20. Technical Miracle – Voice of Authority
Disc 2
1. Circus of Death – The Human League
2. Xoyo – The Passage
3. Crowds – A Popular History of Signs
4. October (Love Song) – Chris And Cosey
5. Feel So Young – Laugh Clown Laugh
6. Croatia – Basking Sharks
7. Mr Nobody – Thomas Leer
8. Ricky’s Hand – Fad Gadget
9. Hypnotic Rhythm – Local Boy Makes Good
10. Drowning in Berlin – The Mobiles
11. Even Now – Edward Ka-Spel
12. Lying Next to You – Passion Polka
13. Rabies – Naked Lunch
14. Do It – The Limit
15. Work Song – Robert Calvert
16. Baby Won’t Phone – Quadrascope
17. It Happened Then – Electronic Ensemble
18. In the Morning – Jeanette
19. Nightlife – Those Attractive Magnets
20. My Coo Ca Choo – Beasts in Cages
Disc 3
1. Your Love Is Like a Slug – The Bodhi-Beat Poets
2. Veil Like Calm – Eyeless in Gaza
3. Destitution – Camera Obscura
4. Good Times – Drinking Electricity
5. Happy Families – Zoo Boutique
6. Feels Like Winter Again – Fiat Lux
7. Falling Downstairs – Colin Potter
8. Our Little Girl – David Harrow
9. It Never Rains in Outer Space – Futurhythm
10. Zennor – Goat
11. Videomatic – Final Program
12. Taddy Up – Pink Industry
13. You Don’t Look the Same – Play
14. Children of the Revolution – The Fast Set
15. Trace of Red – Two
16. Lying Here – Shox
17. Daytime Assassins – The Builders
18. Beating Heart (12″ Version) – Section 25
19. Absent Friends – Joe Crow
20. Jamaica Day – Faction
Disc 4
1. Generator (Laserbeam) – Tim Blake
2. Touch – Lori and The Champions
3. The Secret Affair – Jupiter Red
4. I’m Your Man – Blue Zoo
5. Even Roses Have Thorns – Jesus Couldn’t Drum
6. Paint It Black – Techno Pop
7. Chase the Dragon – Kevin Harrison
8. Other Passengers – Thirteen At Midnight
9. Your Voice – Freeze Frame
10. Stay With You – Time In Motion
11. Live Wires Kill – The Toy Shop
12. Surface Tension – Analysis
13. Time – Paul Haig
14. Contemplation – Solid Space
15. Committed to Vinyl – Martin O’Cuthbert
16. Look Don’t Touch – Science
17. The Wishing Tree (Megatree Mix) – Charlie’s Brother
18. Working Model – The Quarks
19. There’s Someone Following Me – Eddie & Sunshine
20. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Hybrid Kids