Fabrique was Fashion

Fashion (band)

Fashion were a British New Wave band consisting of Dee Harris, Al 'Luke Sky' James, Alan Darby, John Mulligan, Marlon Recchi, and Dik Davis.The band had two or three eras...

's 1982 second album. It was produced by Zeus B. Held

Zeus B. Held

Zeus B. Held is a German music producer and musician, known for his work in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. He was involved with several artists of the Krautrock, Disco and New Wave era, such as Birth Control, Rockets, Gina X Performance, Dead Or Alive, John Foxx, Fashion and Men Without Hats on their...

. The album included the following UK

United Kingdom

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 hit singles: "Streetplayer (Mechanik)" which reached No. 46 in April 1982 and "Love Shadow", which made No. 51 in August of the same year. The album itself made #10 in the charts, spending 16 weeks on the top 100.

The album was re-released with additional material in 2004 as The Height Of Fashion.

Track listing

1. "Move On"
2. "Love Shadow"
3. "Streetplayer - Mechanik"
4. "Dressed to Kill"
5. "You Only Left Your Picture"
6. "Something in Your Picture" (De Harriss/Zeus B Held)
7. "It's Alright"
8. "Whitestuff (Short Cut)" (De Harriss/Zeus B Held)
9. "Do You Wanna Make Love"
10. "Slow Blue"
11. "Mutant Move" *
12. "Love Shadow (Smokey Dialogue)" *
13. "Street Mechanik" *
14. "Do You Wanna Make Love (at – 5:00 am?)" *
15. "You Only Left Your Picture (Reggae Reprise)" *

(Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) are bonus tracks on The Height of Fashion)

'Double Play' cassette (Arista Canada ATC6604 (c)1982) contains all the above plus:

1. "Dressed to Kill Double Dub"
2. "Something in Your Picture (Alternative Playback)"
3. "Whitestuff (The Unfinished)"

All songs written by De Harriss unless noted

Personnel

• De Harriss - vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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• Mulligan - synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , vocals
• Marlon Recchi - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Dik Davis - drums and percussion
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
• Zeus B. Held
  Zeus B. Held
  Zeus B. Held is a German music producer and musician, known for his work in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. He was involved with several artists of the Krautrock, Disco and New Wave era, such as Birth Control, Rockets, Gina X Performance, Dead Or Alive, John Foxx, Fashion and Men Without Hats on their...
  
  —additional keyboards, engineer
• Gina Kikoine—vox (track 2)
• Pete Willman—base clavinet (track 2)
• Nick Froome—mixing engineer
• Christian Gence—engineer
• Chris Lester—engineer
• Jean-Pierre Massiera—engineer
• Jean-Marc Meredith—engineer
• Steve Robert—engineer
• Martin Homberg—engineer
• Paddy Eckersley—front foto
• David Bailey—back foto
• David Shortt—design control
• Thomi Wroblewski—front foto tinting

External links

• Fabrique album page