June 17, 2014

Fashion - Fabrique (1982)

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. The first, from 1978 to 1980, was part of the underground music of the 1970s, while punk was making their last hits in Britain, when the band, named Fàshiön Music, released experimental post-punk rock and like-reggae/ska oriented songs; and was also characterized by the presence of lead vocalist and guitarist Luke Sky, who left in 1980, ending with that first era.
“Fabrique” was Fashion's 1982 second album, and saw a significant change in line-up, with James having left the band and Harris and Recchi joining. Fabrique, produced by Zeus B. The album included the following UK hit singles: "Streetplayer (Mechanik and "Love Shadow". The album itself made #10 in the charts. The track "Whitestuff" was featured in the television show Miami Vice's two hour season 2 opener, "Prodigal Son".
The album was later re-issued with additional material as Height of Fashion (1990).

Track listing

01.  Move On  - 3:52 
02.  Love Shadow  (Vocals: Gina Kikoine)  - 3:40 
03.  Street Player (Mechanik)  - 3:48 
04.  Dressed To Kill  - 4:13 
05.  You Only Left Your Picture  - 4:57 
06.  Something In Your Picture   - 3:36 
07.  It's Alright  - 4:33 
08.  White Stuff (Short Cut)  - 3:06 
08.  Do You Wanna Make Love  - 5:54 
10.  Slow Blue  - 4:47


Credits
De Harriss - vocals, guitar
Mulligan - synthesizer, vocals
Marlon Recchi - bass guitar, vocals
Dik Davis - drums and percussion, vocals
Zeus B. Held - additional keyboards, engineer
Gina Kikoine - vox
Pete Willman - base clavinet

Nick Froome - mixing engineer
Christian Gence - engineer
Chris Lester - engineer
Jean-Pierre Massiera - engineer
Jean-Marc Meredith - engineer
Steve Robert - engineer
Martin Homber - engineer
David Shortt - design control
Producer - Zeus B. Held


Notes
Genre: Industrial, Electro, Synth-pop
Length: 42:26


© 1982 Arista Records

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