A Flock of Seagulls (remastered & expanded edition)

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Annotation

Originally released in 1982, A Flock OF Seagulls’ eponymous debut album reached the top 10 in the US charts, with the smash hit single, ‘I Ran’, climbing to number 9 in the US Billboard Hot 100. The album – with its pioneering New Wave production techniques – received rave reviews at the time, with producer Phil Spector hailing it as ‘phenomenal’.

This 40th Anniversary special CD reissue includes the original album remastered, as well as b‐sides, singles, BBC Sessions and a BBC concert held at the Paris Theatre, London, which was originally transmitted in January 1982, all exclusive to the 3 CD format, as well as liner notes compiled by journalist John Earls comprising of an interview with lead singer and founding band member Mike Score.

Annotation last modified on 2024-10-23 16:14 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: original album remastered
2▶CD: b‐sides, singles & BBC Session
3▼CD: BBC Sessions & Concert
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1Don’t Ask Me (Richard Skinner session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1981-09-06)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1981-09-06)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1981-09-06)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1981-09-06)
live recording of:
Don't Ask Me (on 1981-09-06)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
2:51
2Messages From the Rings of Saturn (Richard Skinner session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1981-09-06)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1981-09-06)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1981-09-06)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1981-09-06)
live recording of:
Messages (on 1981-09-06)
lyricist and composer:
Mike Score
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
2:50
3I Ran (Richard Skinner session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1981-09-06)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1981-09-06)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1981-09-06)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1981-09-06)
live recording of:
I Ran (on 1981-09-06)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4:57
4Tanglimara (Richard Skinner session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1981-09-06)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1981-09-06)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1981-09-06)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1981-09-06)
live recording of:
Tanglimara (on 1981-09-06)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
4:25
5D.N.A. (Kid Jensen session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1982-03-31)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1982-03-31)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1982-03-31)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1982-03-31)
live recording of:
D.N.A. (on 1982-03-31)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
2:25
6I Ran (Kid Jensen session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1982-03-31)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1982-03-31)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1982-03-31)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1982-03-31)
live recording of:
I Ran (on 1982-03-31)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3:56
7Space Age Love Song (Kid Jensen session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1982-03-31)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1982-03-31)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1982-03-31)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1982-03-31)
live recording of:
Space Age Love Song (on 1982-03-31)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
3:47
8Standing in the Doorway (Kid Jensen session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1982-03-31)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1982-03-31)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1982-03-31)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1982-03-31)
recording of:
Standing in the Doorway (on 1982-03-31)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
4:11
9Committed (Janice Long session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1982-12-04)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1982-12-04)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1982-12-04)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1982-12-04)
recording of:
Committed (on 1982-12-04)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
2:43
10I Ran (Janice Long session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1982-12-04)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1982-12-04)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1982-12-04)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1982-12-04)
live recording of:
I Ran (on 1982-12-04)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
4:59
11Telecommunication (Janice Long session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1982-12-04)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1982-12-04)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1982-12-04)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1982-12-04)
live recording of:
Telecommunication (on 1982-12-04)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
2:28
12You Can Run (Janice Long session)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1982-12-04)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1982-12-04)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1982-12-04)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1982-12-04)
live recording of:
You Can Run (on 1982-12-04)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
5:00
13Modern Love Is Automatic (live at Paris Theatre, London)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1981-01-30)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1981-01-30)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1981-01-30)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1981-01-30)
live recording of:
Modern Love Is Automatic (on 1981-01-30)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
3:42
14Standing in the Doorway (live at Paris Theatre, London)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1981-01-30)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1981-01-30)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1981-01-30)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1981-01-30)
live recording of:
Standing in the Doorway (on 1981-01-30)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
4:25
15Telecommunication (live at Paris Theatre, London)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1981-01-30)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1981-01-30)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1981-01-30)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1981-01-30)
live recording of:
Telecommunication (on 1981-01-30)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
3:03
16Man Made (live at Paris Theatre, London)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1981-01-30)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1981-01-30)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1981-01-30)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1981-01-30)
live recording of:
Man Made (on 1981-01-30)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
5:42
17I Ran (live at Paris Theatre, London)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1981-01-30)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1981-01-30)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1981-01-30)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1981-01-30)
live recording of:
I Ran (on 1981-01-30)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
5:04
18(It’s Not Me) Talking (live at Paris Theatre, London)
drums (drum set):
Ali Score (on 1982-01-30)
electric bass guitar:
Frank Maudsley (on 1982-01-30)
electric guitar:
Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls) (on 1982-01-30)
keyboard and lead vocals:
Mike Score (on 1982-01-30)
live recording of:
(It's Not Me) Talking (on 1982-01-30)
writer:
Frank Maudsley, Paul Reynolds (UK guitarist, in A Flock of Seagulls), Ali Score and Mike Score
publisher:
Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
5:05