Originally released in 1982, A Flock OF Seagulls’ eponymous debut album reached the top 10 in the US charts, with the smash hit single, ‘I Ran’, climbing to number 9 in the US Billboard Hot 100. The album – with its pioneering New Wave production techniques - received rave reviews at the time, with producer Phil Spector hailing it as ‘phenomenal’.
This 40th Anniversary special CD reissue includes the original album remastered, as well as b-sides, singles, BBC Sessions and a BBC concert held at the Paris Theatre, London, which was originally transmitted in January 1982, all exclusive to the 3 CD format, as well as liner notes compiled by journalist John Earls comprising of an interview with lead singer and founding band member Mike Score.
Disc: 1
1 Modern Love Is Automatic (2022 Remaster)
2 Messages (2022 Remaster)
3 I Ran (2022 Remaster)
4 Space Age Love Song (2022 Remaster)
5 You Can Run (2022 Remaster)
6 Telecommunication (2022 Remaster)
7 Standing in the Doorway (2022 Remaster)
8 Don't Ask Me (2022 Remaster)
9 D.N.A. (2022 Remaster)
10 Tokyo (2022 Remaster)
11 Man Made (2022 Remaster)
Disc: 2
1 Factory Music
2 Tanglimara
3 Intro
4 Pick Me Up
5 Windows
6 (It's Not Me) Talking - A Flock Of Seagulls
7 Modern Love Is Automatic (Single Edit)
8 I Ran - A Flock Of Seagulls
9 Space Age Love Song (Single Edit)
10 (It's Not Me) Talking (Remix)
11 (It's Not Me) Talking (Instrumental)
12 I Ran (So Far Away) (Extended Mix) - A Flock Of Seagulls
13 Messages from the Rings of Saturn (John Peel Session)
14 (It's Not Me) Talking (John Peel Session)
15 I Ran (John Peel Session)
16 Committed (John Peel Session)
Disc: 3
1 Don't Ask Me (Richard Skinner Session)
2 Messages from the Rings of Saturn (Richard Skinner Session)
3 I Ran (Richard Skinner Session)
4 Tanglimara (Richard Skinner Session)
5 D.N.A. (Kid Jensen Session)
6 I Ran (Kid Jenson Session)
7 Space Age Love Song (Kid Jensen Session)
8 Standing in the Doorway (Kid Jensen Session)
9 Man Made (Janice Long Session)
10 I Ran (Janice Long Session)
11 Telecommunication (Janice Long Session)
12 You Can Run (Janice Long Session)
13 Modern Love Is Automatic (Live at Paris Theatre, London)
14 Standing in the Doorway (Live at Paris Theatre, London)
15 Telecommunication (Live at Paris Theatre, London)
16 Man Made (Live at Paris Theatre, London)
17 I Ran (Live at Paris Theatre, London)
18 (It's Not Me) Talking (Live at Paris Theatre, London)