- Visage (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Visage
Type =Album
Artist =Visage
Released = November, 1980
Recorded = 1979-1980
Genre =New Romantic
Length = 38:27
Label =Polygram Records
Producer =Midge Ure ,Visage
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tzanqj3woj0a link]
Last album =
This album = "Visage"
(1980)
Next album = "The Anvil"
(1982)"Visage" is the eponymous debut album from the British
New Romantic groupVisage , recorded at Genetic Sound Studios in London released byPolygram Records onNovember 10 ,1980 . The album reached #13 in the UK and was certified "Silver" by the British Phonographic Industry in March 1981.Personnel
Visage members at the time of the album's recording were:
*Steve Strange - vocals
*Midge Ure - guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
*Billy Currie - electric violin, synthesizer
*John McGeoch - guitar, saxophone, backing vocals
*Rusty Egan - drums, electronic percussion, backing vocals
*Dave Formula - synthesizerGuest musicians included:
*Barry Adamson - bass
*Christopher Payne - synthesizer
*Cedric Sharpley - drums, electronic drums programming"(Both musicians appear only in the song "Fade to Grey")."
The album was produced by
Midge Ure andVisage .Track listing
Original release: 28MM 0019
Side A:
#"Visage" – 3:53
#"Blocks on Blocks" – 4:00
#"The Dancer" – 3:40
#"Tar" – 3:32
#"Fade to Grey" – 4:00Side B:
#"Malpaso Man" – 4:14
#"Mind of a Toy " – 4:28
#"Moon Over Moscow" – 4:00
#"Visa-age" – 4:18
#"The Steps" – 3:14* Track A3 composed by Ure/Egan.
* Track A5 composed by Currie/Ure/Payne.
* All other tracks composed by Visage (Currie/Egan/Formula/McGeoch/Strange/Ure).One Way Records release: OW 34519
#"Visage" – 3:53
#"Blocks on Blocks" – 4:00
#"The Dancer" – 3:40
#"Tar" – 3:32
#"Fade to Grey" – 4:00
#"Malpaso Man" – 4:14
#"Mind Of A Toy" – 4:28
#"Moon Over Moscow" – 4:00
#"Visa-age" – 4:18
#"The Steps" – 3:14Bonus tracks:- "Fade to Grey (Dance Mix)" – 6:14
Singles
#"Tar" – 3:27 (Sept. 1979), did not chart
#"Fade to Grey" – 3:14 (Nov. 1980), UK #8
#"Mind of a Toy " – 3:39 (Mar. 1981), UK #13
#"Visage" – 3:47 (Jun. 1981), UK #21
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