Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84
Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84
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Sign in or Sign up!- Release Date: 24/10/2025
- Barcode: 5013929107793
- Edition: Box Set
- Genre: Rock
- Label Family: Cherry Red
- Subgenre: Compilation

Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84
Box Set
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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.
TRACK LISTING
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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