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Rufus rag likes this. Location: Cleveland, Ohio. AndrewK , Dec 14, Location: Canberra. The Northern Ireland band reached the 32 spot on the U. Blogload: The Undertones - Hypnotised - music4thekids. On this date in , The Saints re-released their debut single, " I'm Stranded ". It was backed by " No Time ". Both tracks appeared on their debut album, I'm Stranded.
The Australian punk band had released the single in very limited quantity in August, It contained the singles, " See You " 6 U. The album reached the 8 spot on the U. On this date in , UB40 released their fourth album, UB The album reached the 4 spot on the U.
Blogload: UB40 - UB44 - thejukejointmp3. On this date in , The Specials released their second album, More Specials. It contained the singles, " Stereotype " 6 U. The U. The album reached the 5 spot on the U. Blogload: The Specials - More Specials - rudesteady. On this date in , David Bowie had the 1 album in the U. On this date in , The Police released their second album, Reggatta de Blanc.
The album reached the 1 spot on the U. Blogload: The Police - Reggatta de Blanc - thejukejointmp3. It contained the singles, " Dreaming " U. The album peaked at the 17 spot on the U. On this date in , Spherical Objects released their debut single, " The Kill ". It was backed by " The Knot ". Neither track appeared on an album. Spherical Objects was a post-punk band formed in Manchester, England. Not The Kill but Blogload: Spherical Objects - all four albums - lost-in-tyme.
On this date in , The Go-Go's had the 1 album in the U. It would hold this spot for six consecutive weeks. On this date in , Madness released their second album, Absolutely. It contained the singles, " Baggy Trousers " 3 U. The album reached the 2 spot on the U. Blogload: Madness - Absolutely - murdermysterydiscos.
On this date in , The Police released their third album, Zenyatta Mondatta. Blogload: The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta - jensenbrazil. On this date in , released their eighth single, " Found Out Too Late ". It was backed by " Lie Lie Lie ". Neither track originally appeared on an album but both were added to their fourth album, The Biggest Prize In Sport when it was re-released on CD.
The London punk band continues to tour and release albums today. It was backed by " Back To Back ". The mod revivalists were often playing with other mod bands of the time on the same bill like The Chords and Secret Affair, but never received the same label support. On this date in , The Cortinas released their only album, True Romances. It included their third single, " Heartache ".
This was a much more reserved set of songs than their first hard driving singles, " Defiant Pose " and " Fascist Dictator ". While not included on this album originally, they were both added as bonus tracks on the CD re-release. Blogload: The Cortinas - True Romances - powerpopcriminals.
It contained the previous single, " Post War Glamour Girl ". John Cooper Clarke was a punk poet who sung his songs rhythmically or, sometimes, had the poems accompanied to a music background. He appeared in the movie, Urgh!
A Music War. On this date in , Split Enz released their second album, Dizrythmia. Both the singles and album charted in their native New Zealand as well as in Australia, but not elsewhere. They also released their eighth single on this date, " My Mistake ". It was backed by " Crosswords ". Both tracks appeared on Dizrythmia. On this date in , The Germs released their first single, " Forming ".
The B side was a live version of " Sexboy " which was simply labeled "The Germs live" on the record. Neither track appeared on their first album. The Los Angeles punk band had a huge local following that fell apart after lead singer Darby Crash overdosed and died. Blogload: The Germs - M. On this date in , Special Duties released their third single, " Bullshit Crass ".
Neither track appeared on an album but both were added to their debut album, 77 in '82 when it was re-released on CD. The English punk band from Essex lasted from to The single's title was a direct attack on U. Not Bullshit Crass but On this date in , Wasted Youth released their fifth single, " Reach Out ". It was backed by " Gone Midnight ". This was the U. The single reached the 42 spot on the U. It was backed by " Lama Sabach Tani " which was an instrumental version of side A.
The A side appeared on their debut album, A Product Of The B side was a non-LP track. Blogload: Thompson Twins - Make Believe extended version - plus 3 other tracks - burningtheground-djpault. On this date in , John Foxx released his second solo album, The Garden. K and " Dancing Like A Gun ". The album, itself, reached the 24 spot on the U. John Foxx was the former frontman for Ultravox.
Blogload: John Foxx - The Garden - commercialzone. The release reached the 24 spot on the U. On this date in , New Order released their second single, " Procession ". It was backed by " Everything's Gone Green ". Neither track appeared on an album until 's compilation, Substance. The B side was on both versions.
The B side was also released as a separate 12 inch single later. The single reached the 38 spot on the U. The sleeve for the single was released in many different color variations. On this date in , Squeeze released their fourteenth single, " Labelled With Love ". It was backed by " Squabs On Forty Fab ". The A side appeared on their fourth album, East Side Story. Blogload: Squeeze - Greatest Hits - lagrimapsicodelica. The band hailed from Canada. Not Trance And Dance but It was backed by an instrumental called " Annex ".
The A side appeared on their second album, Organisation. The single reached the 8 spot on the U. Siouxsie and The Banshees The actual tracks had shorter titles.
The Manchester, England natives released ten singles and numerous cassettes but no vinyl albums. Blogload: The Freshies - The complete 7 inch discography - mutant-sounds.
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