A Flock of Seagulls
A Flock of Seagulls (tiež známa ako Flock of Seagulls) je britská rocková skupina, ktorá patrila do prúdu New Romantic. Skupinu pôvodne tvorili bratia Michael "Mike" Score (klávesy, spev) a Alister "Ali" James Score (bicie)[3] spolu s Frankom Maudsleyom (basová gitara) a Paulom Reynoldsom (gitara).
| A Flock of Seagulls | |
|---|---|
| Základné informácie | |
| Iné názvy: | Flock of Seagulls |
| Pôvod | Huyton, Anglicko, Spojené kráľovstvo |
| Žáner(-re) | New Wave, New Romantic, Synthpop, Post-punk, Alternatívny rock |
| Pôsobenie | 1979 - súčasnosť |
| Vydavateľstvá | Cocteau Records, Jive Records |
| Členovia skupiny: | |
| Michael "Mike" Score Joe Rodríguez Pando Michael Brahm[1][2] | |
| Bývalí členovia | |
| Alister "Ali" James Score Frank Maudsley Paul Reynolds | |
Skupina mala niekoľko hitových singlov vrátane medzinárodných „I Ran (So Far Away)“, „Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)“ a „The More You Live, the More You Love“ a stala sa populárnou v roku 1980 vďaka ich MTV video k piesni „I Ran (So Far Away)“.[4]
Členovia
Originálna zostava (1979–1984)
- Frank Maudsley – basová gitara
- Paul Reynolds – gitara
- Alister "Ali" James Score – bicie
- Michael "Mike" Score – klávesy, spev
Diskografia
Štúdiové albumy
- (1982) – A Flock of Seagulls
- (1983) – Listen
- (1984) – The Story of a Young Heart
- (1985) – Dream Come True
- (1995) – The Light at the End of the World
Single
| Rok | Titul | Album | Pozície v rebríčkoch | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK[5] | UK Indie[6] | AUS[7] | DEU[8] | IRL[9] | NZ[10] | US | ||||||
| Hot 100 | MSR | Dance Club Play | ||||||||||
| 1981 | „(It's Not Me) Talking“ | – | – | 45 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| „Telecommunication“ | A Flock of Seagulls | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | ||
| 1982 | „I Ran (So Far Away)“ | 43 | – | 1 | 31 | – | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 | ||
| „Space Age Love Song“ | 34 | – | 68 | – | – | 31 | 30 | 59 | – | |||
| „Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)“ | Listen | 10 | – | 46 | 37 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 62 | ||
| 1983 | „(It's Not Me) Talking“ (Cocteau Records reedícia) | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| „Nightmares“ | Listen | 53 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| „Transfer Affection“ | 38 | – | – | – | 22 | 43 | – | – | – | |||
| „(It's Not Me) Talking“ (Rerecording) | 78 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1984 | „The More You Live, the More You Love“ | The Story of a Young Heart | 26 | – | – | 37 | – | 32 | 56 | 10 | – | |
| „Never Again (The Dancer)“ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| „Remember David“ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1985 | „Who's That Girl (She's Got It)“ | Dream Come True | 66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1986 | „Heartbeat Like a Drum“ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1989 | „Magic“ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1995 | „Magic“ (Re–issue) | The Light at the End of the World | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| „Burnin' Up“ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1996 | „Rainfall“ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2000 | „Rainfall“ (Reedícia) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2007 | „I Ran (So Far Away)“ (A Flock Of Seagulls vs. The Angry Kids) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Ocenenia
Skladba „D.N.A.“ z albumu A Flock of Seagulls vyhrala v roku 1983 Cenu Grammy za najlepší inštrumentálny rockový výkon.
Referencie
- A Flock of Seagulls on MySpace Music
- A Flock of Seagulls Fan Club
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine. A Flock of Seagulls biography [online]. www.allmusic.com, [cit. 2010-05-03]. Dostupné online.
- allmusic
- http://archive.is/20130102043404/http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3577
- http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/a.htm
- Kent, David Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. David Kent, 1993 ISBN 0-646-11917-6
- http://www.charts-surfer.de/
- http://www.irishcharts.ie/
- http://charts.org.nz/search.asp?cat=s&artist=a&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts
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