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Released
  
6 March 1981

Studio
  
Trident Studios

Journeys to Glory (1981)
  
Diamond (1982)

Release date
  
6 March 1981

Label
  
Chrysalis Records

Recorded
  
1980–81

Length
  
33:00

Artist
  
Spandau Ballet

Producer
  
Richard James Burgess

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Genres
  
New Romanticism, New wave, Synth-pop

Similar
  
Spandau Ballet albums, New Romanticism albums, Other albums

Spandau ballet journeys to glory 19 1 lp album


Journeys to Glory is the first studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released on 6 March 1981 by Chrysalis Records, just ten days after its recording at Trident Studios. The first editions of the vinyl version had an embossed cover. Early CD releases featured the original white cover. The album was re-released in a remastered and expanded 2 CD Special Edition on 8 March 2010.

Contents

Reception

When it was released the album was considered "fresh, bold, and even somewhat avant-garde". Many fans feel that the spare, drum-led, funk-undertones are more original than the group's later soul-influenced recordings. One reviewer describes the recordings as "completely unforgettable" and Hadley's semi-operatic vocals as "really strong" and demonstrating a "willingness to experiment". Another reviewer suggests that the slow final track "Toys" was "one of the 1980s' most tragically under-rated tracks".

Journeys to Glory, the Radio Show

In November 2009 BBC Radio 2 broadcast Journeys to Glory: The Spandau Ballet Story, a retrospective of the band presented by Jonathan Ross

Original release

All songs are written by Gary Kemp.

  1. "To Cut a Long Story Short" - 3:20
  2. "Reformation" - 4:54
  3. "Mandolin" - 4:07
  4. "Musclebound" - 5:06
  5. "Age of Blows" - 4:09
  6. "The Freeze" - 4:35
  7. "Confused" - 4:38
  8. "Toys" - 5:48

2010 special edition

Disc 1

  1. "To Cut a Long Story Short"
  2. "Reformation"
  3. "Mandolin"
  4. "Musclebound"
  5. "Age of Blows"
  6. "The Freeze"
  7. "Confused"
  8. "Toys"
  9. "The Freeze" (7" Version)
  10. "Musclebound" (7" Version)
  11. "Glow" (7" Version)

Disc 2

  1. "To Cut A Long Story Short" (12" Version)
  2. "The Freeze" (Special Mix)
  3. "Glow" (12" Version)
  4. "The Freeze" (12" Version)
  5. "The Freeze" (BBC Session)
  6. "Mandolin" (BBC Session)
  7. "Musclebound" (BBC Session)
  8. "Glow" (BBC Session)

Musicians

  • Tony Hadley – vocals, keyboards
  • Gary Kemp – guitar, keyboards
  • Steve Norman – guitar
  • Martin Kemp – bass guitar
  • John Keeble – drums

    • Production

  • Richard James Burgess – producer
  • John Etcham – engineer (Jam)
  • Stephen Short – engineer (Trident Studios)
  • Andy Jackson – engineer (Utopia)
  • Hugh Padgham – engineer (The Manor)
  • Marlis Duncklau – engineer (The Manor)
  • Graham Smith – design and photography
  • Lee Andrews – hair
  • Simon Withers – lighting

    • Singles

    Three singles were taken from the album.

    Songs

    1To Cut a Long Story Short3:20
    2Reformation4:55
    3Mandolin4:08

    References

    Journeys to Glory Wikipedia
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