A Flock Of Seagulls: Discography

Listen
1983 Zomba Productions Ltd.
Formats: CD, Cassette, LP
(USA): JIVE/ARISTA JL8-8013, LP (UK): JIVE HIP 4

Track List (CD) - (2010 Cherry Pop)

Wishing (If I had a Photograph of You)
Nightmares
Transfer Affection
What Am I Supposed To Do
Electrics
The Traveller
2:30
Over The Border
The Fall
(It's Not Me) Talking
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of You) (Extended Version)
Committed
Nightmares (12" Version)
Quicksand
Tanglimara

Track List (CD) - (2004 Superfecta)

Wishing (If I had a Photograph of You)
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)

Track List (LP) -

Wishing (If I had a Photograph of You)
Nightmares
Transfer Affection
What Am I Supposed To Do
Electrics
The Traveller
2:30
Over The Border
The Fall
(It's Not Me) Talking

Track List (Cassette-1992 CD)

Wishing (If I had a Photograph of You)
Nightmares
Transfer Affection
What Am I Supposed To Do
The Fall
Rosenmontag
Electrics
The Traveller
2:30
Over The Border
(It's Not Me) Talking
Quicksand
The Last Flight Of Yuri Gagarin

Notes -

The profile on the front is Ali Score.
Cassette contains three bonus tracks unavailable on LP.
The 1992 import CD insert lists tracks as if it were the LP (only 10 tracks). However, it contains all tracks from the cassette and in the same sequence as the cassette.
As far as the bonus CD and Cassette tracks go, "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin" was the B-side to the "Nightmares" single and "Rosenmontag" was added on the "Nightmares" 12" Single. "Quicksand" appeared as the B-side to the "Transfer Affection" single.
The doll on the cover is seen in the "Nightmares" video.
"Nightmares" probably (but not definitely) received its North American radio debut on FM radio staion WLIR's Sunday night program "Off the Boat," when the track was played while still only available as a vinyl import.
The two b-sides reveal the often-overlooked experimental side of A Flock of Seagulls.
Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin (pronounced Guh-GAYR-in) was a Russian cosmonaut and the first man in space. He orbited the earth in April 1961, a humilating blow to the U.S. spaceflight team which at the time was in heated competition with its communist counterparts. His "last flight" took place on March 27, 1968, when the UTI MiG-15 (an experimental jet he was piloting) crashed. He was 34 years old. The Apollo 15 astronauts put a plaque on the moon naming all of the men who'd died in the space race. Gagarin was honored among them.
In 2001, the band Ozma released an album strangely titled "The Doubble Donkey Disc." It featured tracks called "The Flight of Yuri Gagarin" and "The Landing of Yuri Gagarin," although it is unknown if they were inspired by AFOS' "Last Flight."
"Rosenmontag" (German for "Rose Monday") is a festival which takes place in Cologne, Germany in the days leading up to Lent. Rosenmontag is the Monday prior to Ash Wednesday. It is likely that the band learned about this Catholic holiday while in Germany during the recording of "Listen." Coincidentally, it is also the title of a 1930 film directed by Hans Steinhoff.
Slightly edited versions of "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin" and "Rosenmontag" appeared on the original cassette and CD pressings of "Listen."
Songs from this album, such as "Wishing," "Nightmares," and "Quicksand," are continually being performed in live sets. Even when the original line-up reunited in 2004 for a brief mini-tour of the United States, five songs from the album were included.
In 2004, the album was reissued on CD by Superfecta with three bonus tracks, which include "Committed (Extended Mix)," "Quicksand," and "I Ran (Live)."
The CD was reissued again in 2010 by Cherry Pop records with five bonus tracks, which include "Wishing (If I Had A Photograph of You) (Extended Version)," "Committed," "Nightmares (12" Version)," "Quicksand," and "Tanglimara." Liner notes were contributed by Ron DeRidder.

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