Songs to Remember
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Songs to Remember is the debut album
by the British
new wave pop group Scritti Politti
. Released in 1982, the album peaked at no.12 in the UK.
Singles taken from the album include "The "Sweetest Girl"
" (1981), "Faithless" (1982) and the double A-side "Asylums In Jerusalem"/"Jacques Derrida" (1982).
Single
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
new wave pop group Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti
Scritti Politti are a British band, originally formed in 1977 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Although there have been various changes to the line-up, Cardiff-born singer-songwriter Green Gartside was the founding member of the band and the only member to have remained throughout the group's...
. Released in 1982, the album peaked at no.12 in the UK.
Singles taken from the album include "The "Sweetest Girl"
The Sweetest Girl
"The “Sweetest Girl”" is a song by British band Scritti Politti, released in 1981 as a single. The single peaked at #64 in the UK Singles Chart...
" (1981), "Faithless" (1982) and the double A-side "Asylums In Jerusalem"/"Jacques Derrida" (1982).
Side one
- "Asylums In Jerusalem" - 3:12
- "A Slow Soul" - 3:16
- "Jacques DerridaJacques DerridaJacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...
" - 4:58 - "Lions After Slumber" - 6:09
- "Faithless" - 4:13
Side two
- "Sex" - 4:20
- "Rock a Boy Blue" - 5:52
- "Gettin' Havin' & Holdin'" - 5:16
- "The "Sweetest Girl"The Sweetest Girl"The “Sweetest Girl”" is a song by British band Scritti Politti, released in 1981 as a single. The single peaked at #64 in the UK Singles Chart...
" - 6:15
Personnel
- Green GartsideGreen GartsideGreen Gartside , is a British musician, and the frontman of the band Scritti Politti....
- vocals, guitar - Mike MacEvoy - keyboards
- Robert WyattRobert WyattRobert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...
- keyboards - Tom Morley - drums
- Nial Jinks - bass
- Joe Cang - bass
- Lorenza Johnson, Jackie Challenor, Mae McKenna - backing vocals
- Steve Sidwell - trumpet
- Jamie TalbotJamie TalbotJames Robert "Jamie" Talbot is an English jazz alto saxophonist.Talbot played with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and then with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra while young.He attended the Royal College of Music in 1978-79, then recorded throughout the decades of the 1980s and 1990s with...
- saxophone
Charts
Album| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | UK | 12 |
Single
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "The "Sweetest Girl" The Sweetest Girl "The “Sweetest Girl”" is a song by British band Scritti Politti, released in 1981 as a single. The single peaked at #64 in the UK Singles Chart... " |
UK | 64 |
| 1982 | "Faithless" | UK | 56 |
| 1982 | "Asylums In Jerusalem"/"Jacques Derrida" | UK | 43 |