![]() Apparently, this was due to their use of layers of sound on their tracks. Producer Phil “Creator of the Wall of Sound and also Convicted Murderer” Spector loved this song and wanted to work with A Flock of Seagulls. Our local college station, WXCI, played this song a bunch in 19 and this led to me associating A Flock of Seagulls with bands like New Order and Ultravox. It got a bunch of club play and was a minor hit in the U.S. This track reminds me a little of Thomas Dolby’s contemporary work, like “Airwaves” ( #2). The song was a minor hit in the UK and was later added to A Flock of Seagulls’ second album, Listen.įirst single from A Flock of Seagulls (1982), released as a single in 1981 Furthermore, it’s really catchy, which of course helps in a single. ![]() ![]() This was A Flock of Seagulls’ first single and it’s clear that their style was already in place – spacey keyboard work, extensive coloring from the guitar and paranoid, science fiction themed lyrics. This is the first truly great A Flock of Seagulls song on this list. This is the last “merely good” quality song on this list – we take another big leap up in quality as of the next song. The lyrics are decent if not planet-shattering but that fact is largely irrelevant to me because of the improved quality of the music. This, to me, is a hint of what could have been! AllMusic’s entry on that album suggests that Matt Green of Spahn Ranch wrote this song, but I think he may just have remixed it. It’s inventive, fresh and hearkens back to the band’s glory days but it’s also part of a musical setting that suggests 1996. This is arguably the most successful track from The Light at the End of the World in no small part because of Mike Score’s retro keyboard work. Third single from The Light at the End of the World (1995), released as a single in 1996 Ah, hindsight is everybody’s best friend. They could easily have gone in a Depeche Mode/New Order direction – building on their sound and incorporating new musical directions. Perhaps this sound had run it’s course and it was time to change directions, but to my ear they were on the verge of a sort of sonic breakthrough here. Lyrically, this song points the way to the problems they faced on their next two albums, but musically the band was reaching a kind of creative peak. I wish the lyrics were addressed to a robot, but with a little imagination on the listener’s part, perhaps they were. ![]() ![]() Guitarist Paul Reynolds evocative guitar work, Mike Score’s signature keyboard drones, Frank Maudsley confident bass work and even Ali Score’s very-80’s electronic drums add up to create an especially satisfying tune. The band seems energized and tight, their sounds polished but not so polished that it has lost it’s character. I’m not crazy about the lyrics to “The More You Live, The More You Love” and that has made it difficult for me to acknowledge that the musical performance on this song is really very good. Here are ten terrific songs that were singles.įirst single from The Story of a Young Heart (1984), released as a single in 1984 I’m going to specifically mention their Grammy award winning instrumental “D.N.A.,” “Over My Head,” and “The Traveler” as being particularly worth a few moments of your time. There’s a number of songs by A Flock of Seagulls that were not released as singles but are worth your time. I welcome editing feedback since sometimes I favor speed over spelling. My main sources are Wikipedia (mostly reliable) and Discogs (reasonably reliable). Basically, I make playlists of all the singles by certain musical artists and then try to order them using the guiding principle “do I like each song more than the last song.” I define “single” in a broad enough way to include any song that was released as a purchasable single in any format in any country as a promotional single in any country as a video or generally any song that I know charted anywhere. If you’re just joining us, check out the About This Project link for details. ![]()
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