Listen (album)

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Listen
Listen cover
Studio album by A Flock of Seagulls
Released 1983
Genre New Wave
Length 42:02
Label Zomba Records
Producer Mike Howlett
Professional reviews
A Flock of Seagulls chronology
A Flock of Seagulls
(1982)		 Listen
(1983)		 The Story of a Young Heart
(1984)

Listen was the second album release by the UK synthpop band A Flock of Seagulls, released in 1983. It teamed the musical group with record producer Mike Howlett again, except on the single release "(It's Not Me) Talking" which was produced by Bill Nelson. The record includes the UK Top 10 hit "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)", a song with one of the longest titles to achieve such success. The shape of a person's face on its sleeve cover is in fact the band's drummer, Ali Score.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" – 5:31
  2. "Nightmares" – 4:37
  3. "Transfer Affection" – 5:21
  4. "What Am I Supposed To Do" – 4:13
  5. "Electrics" – 3:33
  6. "The Traveller" – 3:26
  7. "2-30" – 0:59
  8. "Over the Border" – 5:04
  9. "The Fall" – 4:30
  10. "(It's Not Me) Talking" – 5:00
  • Note: this is the track listing for the original LP release, with the CD re-issue including the bonus tracks "Committed", "Quicksand", and a live rendition of their hit "I Ran (So Far Away)". The cassette version of this album includes the bonus tracks "Rosenmontag", "Quicksand", and "The Last Flight of Yuri Gogarin". Also, "(It's Not Me) Talking" was released in 1981, three years before Listen was released on Bill Nelson's "Cocteau" label.

The version of the song used on "Listen" appears to be a re-recorded version, as a consequence, the Cocteau version has yet to see a CD release.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Chart positions

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 16
United Kingdom 16
Germany 14
Switzerland 44