Various Artists - Electrical Language - Independent British Synth Pop 78-84
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Various Artists - Electrical Language - Independent British Synth Pop 78-84 Various Artists

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Condition: Brand New
Release date: Oct 24, 2025
Catalogue number: CRCDBOX77
Barcode: 5013929107793
Format: 4CD Box Set

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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.

Track List:
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 Köln - 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
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Format: 4CD Box Set

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