Label:Statik Records – STAT LP 8, STAT 3105
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:Greece
Released:1982
Genre:Electronic, Rock
Style:New Wave, Synth-pop
This is the Greek edition, album cover and inlay is imported, vinyl is made in Greece.
Tracklist
A1 Feel The Fear
A2 Get Up And Go!
A3 Inhibitions
A4 Obsession
A5 Hanging On
B1 Positive Negative
B2 Waiting For The 7th Man
B3 Out Of Reach
B4 Tension
B5 Change Of Heart
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Positive Noise were a New Wave and Synthpop band from Scotland who had a number of indie hits in the 1980s. They released three albums and several singles and were together for over five years.The band was formed in 1979 by Ross Middleton (vocals), his brothers Graham Middleton (keyboards, vocals) and Fraser Middleton (bass guitar, vocals), Russell Blackstock (guitar, vocals), and Les Gaff (drums).Their first released material was two tracks ("Refugees" and "The Long March") on the Statik label compilation album Second City Statik in 1980, and they followed this with two singles on Statik in 1981, both of which were top-ten hits on the UK Independent Chart.Debut album
Heart of Darkness (listen it here) was released in May 1981, after which Ross left to form the short-lived Leisure Process, with Blackstock taking over on lead vocals. Heart of Darkness peaked at number four on the independent chart, and the band's second album,
Change of Heart (1982), also charted, reaching number 21. They released a third and final album,
Distant Fires, in 1985, now with John Telford on drums and John Coletta on guitar, but their earlier success was not repeated and they split up shortly afterwards.
Albums
Heart of Darkness (1981) [came with a bonus 7-inch single: "Love Like Property"]
The Greek edition [STAT 3101] include ''Charm'' as a bonus track.
Change of Heart (1982)
Distant Fires (1985)
For Change of Heart, guitarist Russell Blackstock also assumed the vocal chores, and Positive Noise transmuted into a slick electronic dance machine, churning out precise rhythms with anxious, semi-melodic vocals. Gone is the audio clumsiness and uncertain footing of the first LP; Positive Noise's niche is definitely in club music.
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