^ "Canadian album certifications – A Flock of Seagulls – Listen".ISSN 0033-7064 – via Library and Archives Canada. ISSN 0006-2510 – via World Radio History. ^ "Charts.nz – A Flock of Seagulls – Listen".^ " – A Flock of Seagulls – Listen" (in German).^ " – A Flock of Seagulls – Listen" (in Dutch).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Press. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: The Video Generation, 1981–1990. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). The 2010 Cherry Red release has the 10 LP tracks in the order, followed by the B-sides "Committed", "Quicksand" and "Tanglimara" and the remixes of " Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" and "Nightmares". The version of the song used on Listen is a re-recorded version as a consequence, the Cocteau version has yet to see a CD release. "(It's Not Me) Talking" was released in 1981, two years before Listen was released on Nelson's Cocteau label. The 2004 CD version contains the 10 LP tracks in the order, followed by three bonus tracks-"Committed", "Quicksand", and a live rendition of " I Ran (So Far Away)". The cassette version and the 1992 CD version (on the Beehive label) contain the original LP tracks in a slightly different order, with the additional tracks "Rosenmontag", "Quicksand", and "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin" interspersed (although the track listing for the CD edition, printed on the inserts and the disc itself, incorrectly follows the LP track listing above rather than reflecting the disc's actual contents). The original 1983 release, the 1992 CD Beehive label release, 2004 Superfecta Recordings release and the 2010 Cherry Red release. Listen has been released with varying track listings on at least three separate occasions. Robert Christgau joked that the album's "aural pleasure" of "whooshes and zooms.and computerized ostinatos" could make Mr. Their video for 'I Ran (So Far Away)' received airplay on MTVduring the Second British Invasion. While Tom Demalon of AllMusic retrospectively felt the album was "sterile" and inconsistent, he found "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" to be "multilayered hypnotic" while also praising "Nightmares" and "Transfer Affection". The group had a string of international hit singles including 'I Ran (So Far Away)' (1982), 'Space Age Love Song' (1982), 'Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)' (1982), and 'The More You Live, the More You Love' (1984).
Listen received generally positive reviews.
The face on the cover is that of the band's drummer, Ali Score. Other singles released from the album include "Nightmares" and "Transfer Affection". The album includes the UK top-10 single " Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)". It once again teamed the group with record producer Mike Howlett-who produced their self-titled debut album-except on " (It's Not Me) Talking", which was produced by Bill Nelson.
Listen is the second studio album by English new wave band A Flock of Seagulls, released on 29 April 1983 by Jive Records. " Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)".
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