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Electrical Language: Independent British Synth Pop 78-84

£37.99

Released: 24th October 2025. 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.

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    • Details

      Released:
      24th October 2025
      Category:
      Rock/Pop, Compilation
      Format:
      CD Box Set
      Barcode:
      5013929107793
    • 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

      Track name
      Artist
      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

      Track name
      Artist
      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

      Track name
      Artist
      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

      Track name
      Artist
      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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