Released 1983 Length 31:03 Release date 1983 Label Enigma Records | Recorded 1982–1983 Artist SSQ Producer Jon St. James Genres Electropop, New wave | |
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Similar Stacey Q's Greatest Hits, Better Than Heaven, Hard Machine, Color Me Cinnamon, Nights Like This | ||
Playback is the only studio album by the American synthpop band SSQ, released in 1983 by Enigma and EMI America Records. It is the only album released by the band as SSQ, though the band members later worked on lead singer Stacey Q's debut album Better Than Heaven (1986) and her sophomore album, Hard Machine (1988).
Contents
"Synthicide", "Big Electronic Beat", and "Clockwork" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1984 film Hardbodies. "Synthicide" and "Anonymous" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1985 film Cavegirl.
The album was re-released on July 10, 2014 by F1 Music as a digital download on iTunes and Amazon.
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Music videos
Music videos were released for both "Synthicide" and "Screaming In My Pillow." There were three different videos released for "Screaming In My Pillow": The first version was a PG-13-rated version that received airplay on MTV. A more controversial, "uncensored" version was aired on Playboy TV depicting full-frontal nudity and lesbianism by Stacey Swain and an unknown model. A third video, called the NC-17 version, was considered too graphic for mainstream airplay. It was included on Red Hot Rock, a VHS compilation of uncensored music videos.
Personnel
Songs
1Synthicide3:36
2Jet Town3:40
3Big Electronic Beat3:34