It’s time that certain critics got over the band’s name and the singer’s then-seagull haircut, and just listen to A Flock of Seagulls without prejudice.
You know the hits from the self-titled debut album by Liverpool’s other Fab Four, “Space Age Love Song” and “I Ran (So Far Away),” and – to a lesser extent – “Messages” and “Telecommunication.” But choice album tracks on this New Wave/electro pop classic like “Standing in the Doorway,” “Man Made,” “You Can Run” and the fab instrumental “D.N.A.” are equally as compelling as the hit singles.
Fans are directed to the remastered 2011 reissue from Cherry Pop Records, which included four bonus non-album b-sides (“Pick Me Up,” “Windows,” “Tanglimara” and “Intro”). It was really cool to have them all now in one spot on a compact disc. The reissue edition included the longer album version of A Flock of Seagulls’ biggest hit, “I Ran (So Far Away),” with the spacey intro. There’s also a full discography and picture sleeve photos included with the liner notes.
A Flock of Seagulls fans are likewise directed to Cherry Pop’s reissue of the equally essential and in many ways better second album, 1983’s Listen which included the hit “Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You).” Their lesser third and fourth albums have also been reissued by Cherry Pop.
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