{"id":91049,"date":"2012-06-18T11:07:16","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T15:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/91049\/abc-accomplished\/"},"modified":"2012-06-18T11:07:16","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T15:07:16","slug":"abc-accomplished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/91049\/abc-accomplished\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC : ACCOMPLISHED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The Album Leaf is a Californian band, formed in 1998.\u00a0 These guys combine guitars, keyboards and real drums with subtle electronic elements.\u00a0 The music is very mellow.\u00a0 If you like Mum and\/or Sigur Ros, you&#8217;ll probably enjoy The Album Leaf.\u00a0 It is &#8216;lo-fi&#8217; or &#8216;leftfield&#8217; music (not to be confused with Leftfield, the electronic duo from the UK).<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Album Leaf - Over The Pond\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3sf3aejhKg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">The fifth album (A Chorus Of Storytellers) was released in 2010.\u00a0 It is not a poor album.\u00a0 Everything else is better though.\u00a0 In my opinion, the best two albums are In A Safe Place and Into The Blue Again.\u00a0 A Chorus Of Storytellers is a bit disappointing, as it sounds like the band is coasting.\u00a0 Nothing really stands out.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all a bit &#8216;samey&#8217;.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Album Leaf - Red Eye\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vxp-zMb3pdA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">French band Air is fairly well known (mainly for the hit single, Sexy Boy).\u00a0 Unfortunately, everything since Moon Safari has been disappointing.\u00a0 Following the dreadful 10000 Hz Legend (and Everybody Hertz, the remix album) Talkie Walkie was a slight improvement (and a return to the chilled sounds which made Air popular in the first place).\u00a0 The last two &#8216;proper&#8217; albums (Pocket Symphony and Love 2) have been mediocre.\u00a0 I&#8217;d actually forgotten about Love 2 (I think I&#8217;ve listened to it twice).\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t heard Le Voyage Dans Da Lune.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VH5bL_XbO64&#038;feature=related<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">I stopped collecting ABC after the 1997 comeback album (Skyscraping).\u00a0 There has been one album since then, but I haven&#8217;t heard it.\u00a0 The eighties was not a bad decade for ABC.\u00a0 The debut album, The Lexicon Of Love, is a classic.\u00a0 The band faltered on the follow-up (Beauty Stab).\u00a0 Half of the band left, but ABC bounced back in 1985 (with a new line-up and a re-energised sound).\u00a0 There were two more adequate albums before the end of the decade (and a singles collection in 1990).\u00a0 Abracadabra was the last album with Mark White.\u00a0 Martin Fry carried on with Glenn Gregory (from Heaven 17).\u00a0 David Palmer rejoined Martin on the last album (Traffic) &#8211; almost thirty years after leaving the band.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ABC - King Without A Crown (Monarchy Mix)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZOuu1VOKCz0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">Claudia Brucken (from Propaganda) teamed up with Thomas Leer in 1988.\u00a0 They only made one album (Laughter, Tears And Rage).\u00a0 They called themselves ACT.\u00a0 There were a couple of good songs but it was mostly unimpressive.\u00a0 It has dated badly.\u00a0 You can hear the best single (Snobbery And Decay) on The Art Of The 12&#8243;.\u00a0 It is a double-disc collection of 12&#8243; singles, which were originally released on ZTT Records (Salvo is in the process of reissuing the entire ZTT back-catalogue, which includes The Art Of Noise and Frankie Goes To Hollywood).<\/font><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8TT7hMl4tnk<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"helvetica\" size=\"3\">That brings me to the beginning of my CD collection &#8211; 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