Spandau Ballet was an English sophisti-pop/soul band that was initially active during the 1980s. The band released four albums and numerous singles between 1980 and 1984 on Reformation, a subsidiary label they established in association with Chrysalis. They emerged from the fashionable Blitz scene that set London alight at the dawn of the 1980s. Led […]
Everyone knows the first British Invasion of 1964, spearheaded by The Beatles and codified as a movement by The Dave Clark Five. They opened the US charts to UK acts that ranged from Mersey-lite Northerners (Gerry & The Pacemakers, Herman’s Hermits, The Hollies, The Searchers, Freddie & The Dreamers) to rough/edgy Londoners (The Rolling Stones, […]
Diamond is the second album by English pop-funk/blue-eyed-soul quintet Spandau Ballet, produced by Richard James Burgess and released in 1982 on Chrysalis. Tracklist: A1. “Chant No 1” (4:05) A2. “Instinction” (4:48) A3. “Paint Me Down” (3:44) A4. “Coffee Club” (5:30) B1. “She Loved Like Diamond” (2:55) B2. “Pharaoh” (6:35) B3. “Innocence and Science” (4:15) B4. “Missionary” […]
Journeys to Glory is the debut album by English funk-pop/blue-eyed soul quintet Spandau Ballet, released in 1981 on Reformation/Chrysalis. The album was produced by Easy Street/Landscape drummer Richard James Burgess, who coined the phrase “New Romantic” to describe the music/fashion Blitz Club scene that spawned the band. Tracklist: A1. “To Cut a Long Story Short” […]
What’s the likelihood that a 16-year-old freshly delving into old music and styles would confuse/mix post-hippie 1971 fashion and 1981 new romantic fashion and lump the music of ELP, Gary Numan, Atomic Rooster, and Spandau Ballet into one category, thinking the organ on “Tank” sounds just like the synth on “Cars”? Part I. The Great […]
