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Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84

Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84

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  • 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

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
  • ADDITIONAL DETAILS

  • Number of Discs: 4
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