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 enlarge | Artist: A Flock Of Seagulls
Label: Superfecta
Category: Music
Buy Used: $89.95
Used (2) from $89.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 140071
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 9
UPC: 825597000925
EAN: 0825597000925
ASIN: B0002ZDW80
Release Date: October 12, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: A Flock Of Seagulls Listen in Very Good Condition VERY RARE Out Of Print (FAST SHIPPING)
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| Tracks:
| • | Wishing | | • | Nightmares | | • | Transfer Affection | | • | What Am I Supposed To Do | | • | Electrics | | • | The Traveller | | • | 2:30 | | • | Over The Border | | • | The Fall | | • | (It's Not Me) Talking | | • | Committed (Extended Version) | | • | Quicksand | | • | I Ran (Live) |
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Album Description
The Grammy-Award winning band's 1983 album finally makes its compact disc debut in the United States. A Billboard Top 20 album, Listen features four hit singles: "Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You)", "Nightmares", "Transfer Affection", and "(It's Not Me) Talking". Three bonus tracks have been added, including the 80s alternative radio classic, "Committed". All songs are newly digitally remastered and the booklet contains complete lyrics for the first time. Furthermore, journalist Stephen "Spaz" Schnee has compiled new liner notes based on a 2004 interview with Mike and Ali Score.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
Yes, incomplete... although blissful this was re-released! November 13, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I am in agreement about the missing tracks "Last Flight of..." and "Rosemantag". Those were two hellaciously alternative songs, given the time of its original release. I will miss them.
I have waited many years to hear this CD again. I originally had the cassette when first released, but after taking that damn cassette everywhere I went for many years, it faded with the scenery. I have looked for the CD version on ebay and every so often one can find one going for $80 out of some remote village half way around the globe. Now that it is rereleased and two very important tracks were omitted I will still wait for that day I can get the original CD on ebay for $50.
The song Committed was a treat for me since I only had a sound snippet memorized in my head from the one time I had heard the song back in 83. Thanks for the memories.
Anyway, get this CD. It, in my humble opinion, is a work of art. The songs are strong and good. THe Production is very much unique for the time, the reverb fills up your speakers and gives an unmistakeable sense of place while you 'listen'. I wish they would have graced the bottom end of the sound spectrum a bit on the remaster, but then it wouldn't true to how Mike Howlett produced it. I guess I can just use my stereo's EQ.
Incomplete...... November 10, 2004
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I grew up listening to the cassette version, the songs here are in a different sequence and they omitted 2 outstanding tracks from the original, "Rosenmontag" and "The Last Flight of Yuri Gargarin" which could have easily fit on the CD. Somehow this difference takes away from the impact of the album (as I remember it), which is a bit disappointing. After all, do we really need another version of "I Ran"? Overall though, it still remains a timeless piece of new wave nostalgia, still sounding as fresh today as it did 20 years ago.
Dreamy and Hypnotic; Outstanding New Wave Rock April 18, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dreamy and Hypnotic; Outstanding New Wave Rock
All right, I'll admit, maybe this band from Liverpool, England, took themselves just a little too seriously in 1983, what with the silly hairstyles and odd fashion sense. Maybe they let the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental in 1982 go to their hair-do's. And maybe my 4-Star rating might be just a bit inflated, being that I've been an undying fan of AFOS since their first record, which is still today one of my all-time favorite albums. But cast all that aside, and you'll find that this is a darn good album, difficult as that may be for the casual listener to believe. While "Listen" departs from the harder-edged sound of the debut LP, it does find its own groove within a somewhat softer and more techno-fied atmosphere. Don't get me wrong; a few songs still rock pretty good, highlighting the work by amazing lead guitarist Paul Reynolds. But for the most part, the in-your-face guitar licks of the first album are relegated to the middle-ground, or background completely, while the drums and keyboards are pushed forward (could it be that the Score brothers; singer and keyboardist Mike, and drummer Ali, wanted their handiwork to overshadow that of Reynolds and bassist Frank Maudsley? Who knows.). In general, the formula works, in the context of the album as a whole. "Wishing" is brilliant, except for the annoying "buzz" sound heard on every single drum beat of the song (too bad that wasn't eliminated for the remastered release). "Nightmares" reminds one of how it felt to be eight years old and alone in the dark. "Transfer Affection" is a lovely ballad, found also on the Flock's "Best Of" CDs. "What Am I Supposed To Do?" is a fast-tempo tune, but does evoke sadness from the listener, as the song is about a painful breakup. "Electrics", "The Traveler", "Over The Border" and "It's Not Me Talking" are all New Wave-Rock oriented, while "2:30" seems to be really not much of anything; just synth effects that open with what sounds like an earthquake. Only "The Fall" causes me to hit the skip button. It's not all that bad, just a bit too slow and a bit too monotonous, even for the `Gulls. Two of the three bonus tracks are worth the price of the disc alone. The grunge-like "Quicksand" could have been a rock-radio favorite, had the group used it as a single instead of a b-side. It still stands up as one of the Flock's very best rock songs. And the live version of "I Ran" (the b-side of "It's Not Me Talking", at least in the U.S.) manages to capture the raw energy of the original studio recording. For some reason, there are two songs from the original CD and cassette releases that are missing from this reissue; "Rosenmontag" and "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin." Both were weird techno-flavored instrumentals, which tells me that AFOS, along with other British synth-rock bands and artists (like Gary Numan), were musical visionaries rather than One Hit Wonders. So if you're reading this you must be thinking about buying the CD. Do it, and also what the title suggests.
 Missing Key Tracks August 14, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The reissue of A Flock Of Seagulls brilliant second album "Listen" disappoints for a number of reasons. First, why has the album never included the beautiful 9:38 version of "Wishing" that was released as a 12 inch single in the UK? Even the US promo EP has a 6:05 version that has the same gorgeous intro as the UK 12 inch. (The US album version clocks in at 5:30, this has been the version issued ad nauseum, except for the seriously truncated 3:58 US 45 version). Second, where are "Rosenmontag" and "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin"? I have a former edition of the CD, released in 1992 by Beehive Trading Limited (perhaps UK?) which has these two tracks, as well as "Quicksand", but no "Committed", which I only have on the aforementioned US EP and UK 12 inch. Buy this disc for what's here; the rating is for the "business" end of things, not for the fantastic music.
 Best of the brooding synth-pop October 26, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is by far the best AFOS album ever. It hits the epitome of the band's talent and puts them inside a genre of music that at the time had no name. This was a dark and brooding album that oozes angst and that ominous gothic sound while at the same time being very new wave. It's not until years later this kind of sound gets more exposed when industrial music hits the airwaves. A Flock of Seagulls were one of the first.
WISHING and TRANSFER AFFECTION are obvously the reasons why most of you would get this album since they are the two most notable hits.
OVER THE BORDER is my favorite in this album and those of you who like electronic music would probably get into it if you got into Gary Numan's Cars. Granted these are two totally different songs, but they both give me the same goose bumps.
THE FALL and NIGHTMARES are definitely for the post modern crowd. Very brooding. Very well done.
The rest of the songs are an interesting mix of new wave style music pushing a little more on the fringes than pop. Still a lot of good tracks here. If you're a fan of 80's industrial or post modern techno-synth music then this one's for you.
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