Faith Assembly
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Faith Assembly is a Synthpop
project run by Mark Stacy, who founded the project and currently continues it in the USA
. Stacy started out releasing recordings on his own Record Label, The Diary of Winter Publishing, and later was taken on by the record label A Different Drum
.
Faith Assembly has produced a number of albums and several singles, their most famous within the underground synthpop scene probably being Shades of Blue and Red Ambition. Faith Assembly's songs often feature on A Different Drum
compilations and taster CDs.
, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
and Simple Minds
.
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
project run by Mark Stacy, who founded the project and currently continues it in the USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Stacy started out releasing recordings on his own Record Label, The Diary of Winter Publishing, and later was taken on by the record label A Different Drum
A Different Drum
A Different Drum is an independent record label and online store based in the US state of Utah, specializing in synthpop and related genres...
.
Faith Assembly has produced a number of albums and several singles, their most famous within the underground synthpop scene probably being Shades of Blue and Red Ambition. Faith Assembly's songs often feature on A Different Drum
A Different Drum
A Different Drum is an independent record label and online store based in the US state of Utah, specializing in synthpop and related genres...
compilations and taster CDs.
Style
Using the classic 80s synthpop sound in the early albums such as Shades of Blue and The Diary of Winter, Stacy makes use of guitars, retro synths, samples from old films and female vocals to produce a sound not unlike 80s groups ABCABC (band)
ABC are an English band, that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour and released a new album, Traffic, in 2008.-Formation:...
, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England...
and Simple Minds
Simple Minds
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...
.
Albums
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Shades Of Blue Shades of Blue (Faith Assembly album) Faith Assembly is known as the modern New Romantic band.-Original Release :# "Redemption"# "Denial"# "Sand Castles"# "Solitude"# "Captive"# "Pool Of Tears"# "Darkness"# "Rian"-Re-released :# "Redemption"# "Denial"# "Sand Castles"... |
1st studio album; Reissued in 1998 |
| 1997 | My Mortal Beloved My Mortal Beloved My Mortal Beloved is the second album by Faith Assembly. It includes the popular Synthpop hit "Red Ambition" and the modern New Wave classic "Her Deepest Sleep".-Track listing:# "Persuasion"# "Unraveled"# "Evil Twin Sister"# "Red Ambition"... |
2nd studio album |
| 2000 | Ghosts I Have Been | 3rd studio album; Reissued in 2009 |
| 2003 | Windmills Windmills (Faith Assembly album) Windmills is a collection of exclusive songs and favorite remixes from the first ten years of Faith Assembly's underground music career. Some of the tracks are pulled from the band's popular singles, and others were created just for this collection.... |
remix album with studio tracks + DVD |
| 2008 | Descent Into Madness Descent into Madness Descent into Madness is the fourth album by Faith Assembly.-Track listing:# "Descent into Madness"# "Amnesia"# "Charlatan"# "Dark Horse"# "Fade to Black"# "Carry Me"# "Flight"# "Ever After"# "Mercenary"# "Straight Jacket"... |
4th studio album |
| 2011 | Dreams from Arcadia | Greatest Hits Compilation Album from 1991–2011 |
EP
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Diary of Winter The Diary of Winter The Diary of Winter is an EP released by Faith Assembly in 1991.-Original Release :# "Reflections in the Window"# "Fiction"# "Heaven's Gate"# "The First Day of Autumn"-Re-released :# "Reflections in the Window"# "Fiction"# "Heaven's Gate"... |
EP; Reissued in 1996 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | "Denial" 1 | Shades of Blue |
| 1994 | "Redemption" 1 | |
| 1994 | "Pool of Tears" 1 | |
| 1996 | "Reflections in the Window" 1 | The Diary of Winter |
| 1996 | "Her Deepest Sleep" | My Mortal Beloved |
| 1997 | "Red Ambition" | |
| 1999 | "Crash and Burn" | Ghosts I Have Been |
| 2006 | "Carry Me" 1 | Descent into Madness |
| 2009 | "Scarborough Fair Scarborough Fair "Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of the United Kingdom.The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she... " 2 |
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- 1 Limited promo release
- 2 Digital single
Similar musical style to Faith Assembly
- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkOrchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England...
- Simple MindsSimple MindsSimple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...
- Depeche ModeDepeche ModeDepeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
- ABCABC (band)ABC are an English band, that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour and released a new album, Traffic, in 2008.-Formation:...