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The video for "I Ran" was low budget (even for the time), but it provided enormous exposure for the band, and it is well-remembered in part because MTV played it frequently. [10] The band's debut album, A Flock of Seagulls, was released in 1982. The album was a commercial and critical success, reaching number 1 in Australia and the Top 10 in ...
"Space Age Love Song" is a 1982 single released by the British band A Flock of Seagulls. It was their fourth single. Lead guitarist Paul Reynolds remarked on their 1984 video album Through the Looking Glass that, as the band could not come up with a title for the track, he suggested "Space Age Love Song" because he thought it sounded like a space age love song.
"The More You Live, the More You Love" is a song by A Flock of Seagulls, released as the first single from their third album, The Story of a Young Heart. It is the band's last international hit to date. The song entered the top 40 in the UK and in several other countries, such as Germany and New Zealand.
Mike played keyboard and guitar, and was a vocalist. A Flock of Seagulls started playing in bars and practised on top of the hall where Mike worked, until they got a contract with a record label. Soon after that, their debut self-titled album, A Flock of Seagulls, was released in 1982, and
[2] [3] Following this, A Flock of Seagulls signed to major label Jive and by the end of 1982 they had a top-ten hit in the US with "I Ran (So Far Away)" and in the UK with "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)". In the wake of the latter's success in the UK, "(It's Not Me) Talking" was remixed and released as a 12-inch single in March 1983 ...
Paul Reynolds (born 4 August 1962) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame as the lead guitarist of the new wave band A Flock of Seagulls. AllMusic writer Tom Demalon praised Reynolds for his unique guitar style, which set his band apart from other synth-heavy acts of the time.
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The album failed to chart on either side of the Atlantic and thus was a commercial failure. [8] It also received generally negative reviews. Music Week called for "hiatus time for the 'Gulls, both artistically and commercially" and summarised, "From the uninspired title to the often cluttered songs, this LP tells the story of a band not quite up to their best."