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Biografía

Blancmange were formed in Harrow in 1979, by vocalist, Neil Arthur (born on 15 August 1958, in Darwen, Lancashire); and instrumentalist Stephen Luscombe (born on 29 October 1954, in Hillingdon, Middlesex). They released their first EP "Irene and Mavis" the following year, but had their first real exposure via a track on the seminal Some Bizarre compilation album, alongside fellow acts Soft Cell and Depeche Mode. This led to them signing a deal with London Records. Their first success was the Talking Heads influenced single "Feel Me", a minor hit in 1982, but later that year they broke through with the single "Living On The Ceiling," which made Number 7 in the UK singles chart. Arguably their seminal moment arrived in 1984, when they elected to cover ABBA's single "The Day Before You Came". According to an article by Stephen Thanabalan on the New Wave Revival in Rolling Stone, they were one of the new romantic's biggest propagating machines for the movement emanating out of London and Essex, and scored one of the biggest hits of the mid 1980s with "

Álbumes

A Kick Up the '80s, Vol. 1: Senses Working Overtime

Just Say Yesterday

Richard Blade's Flashback Favorites, Vol. 3

Second Helpings

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