Waiting for a Miracle

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Waiting for a Miracle
Studio album by Comsat Angels
Released	September 5, 1980
Recorded	January 1980
Genre	Post-punk
Length	37:31 (LP)
Label	Polydor
Producer	Comsat Angels
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Waiting for a Miracle (1980) Sleep No More (1981)

Waiting for a Miracle is debut album by Comsat Angels, released in September 1980 on Polydor Records. The album was reissued on CD twice, in 1995 by RPM records and in 2006 by Renascent, with different track listings.

The album contains the original version of 'Independence Day', perhaps their best-known song.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Stephen Fellows, Mik Glaisher, Kevin Bacon and Andy Peake.

1. "Missing in Action"
2. "Baby"
3. "Independence Day"
4. "Waiting for a Miracle"
5. "Total War"
6. "On the Beach"
7. "Monkey Pilot"
8. "Real Story"
9. "Map of the World"
10. "Postcard"
11. "Home Is the Range"*
12. "We Were"*
13. "Ju Ju Money"*
14. "Work"**
15. "Independence Day" (demo version)**
16. "Real Story" (demo version)**
17. "Target Talk" (demo version)**
18. "Living In" (demo version)**

Tracks marked (*) appear only on both CD-reissues. Tracks marked (**) appear only on the 2006 Renascent reissue.

[edit] Personnel

• Stephen Fellows - vocals, guitar
• Andy Peake - synthesizer, vocals
• Kevin Bacon - bass guitar
• Mik Glaisher - drums

[edit] Trivia

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• 5000 LP's were pressed with an alternate mix of Independence Day, these say "Comsat Angles" on the label.