Various – Tears Of Technology (Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present) (2LP) (New Vinyl)
Double vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. At the turn of the ’80s, a new generation of musicians appeared who saw synthesizers not as dehumanizing machines but as musical instruments that could be coaxed into creating modern, beautiful and decidedly emotional music. It was almost as if the musicians were intentionally creating this music to prove the doubters wrong. Compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, The Tears Of Technology celebrates this brief period when scruffy synth duos from the provinces broke through and took over British pop.
1. Jean Walks in Fresh Fields – China Crisis
2. Grey Skies – Turquoise Days
3. Real to Real – Simple Minds
4. Tidal Flow – Illustration
5. An Evening in the Ray – Care
6. The Winds – the Turquoise Swimming PoolsÂ
7. Youth – Soft Cell
8. Europe After the Rain – John Foxx
9. Personal Loss – Patrik FitzgeraldÂ
10. Lights of April – Eyeless in GazaÂ
11. Sealand – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkÂ
12. Private Plane – Thomas LeerÂ
13. Direct Lines – Electronic CircusÂ
14. Unless – the Pale FountainsÂ
15. October (Love Song) – Chris ; CoseyÂ
16. A Map of You – New MusikÂ
17. WXJL Tonight – the Human LeagueÂ
18. Christiana – Paul HaigÂ
19. Tiny Children – the Teardrop ExplodesÂ
20. Behind the Shades – Oppenheimer AnalysisÂ
21. Feather Bed – Trevor Bastow
