The Albums 1976–1978

Compilation by Be Bop Deluxe

Released 2025

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Modern Music
  • 1
    Orphans of Babylon
    3:15
    5.0 ★
  • 2
    Twilight Capers
    4:25
  • 3
    Kiss of Light
    3:11
    5.0 ★
  • 4
    The Bird Charmer’s Destiny
    1:21
  • 5
    The Gold at the End of My Rainbow
    3:53
  • 6
    Bring Back the Spark
    3:41
  • 7
    Modern Music
    3:41
    5.0 ★
  • 8
    Dancing in the Moonlight (All Alone)
    2:10
    5.0 ★
  • 9
    Honeymoon on Mars
    1:22
    5.0 ★
  • 10
    Lost in the Neon World
    0:47
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Dance of the Uncle Sam Humanoids
    2:12
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Modern Music (reprise)
    1:39
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Forbidden Lovers
    5:03
  • 14
    Down on Terminal Street
    3:59
  • 15
    Make the Music Magic
    1:57
  • 16
    Shine
    7:51
  • CD 2: Live! In the Air Age
  • 1
    Life in the Air Age
    4:31
  • 2
    Ships in the Night
    3:37
  • 3
    Piece of Mine
    5:21
  • 4
    Fair Exchange
    4:44
  • 5
    Shine
    9:23
  • 6
    Sister Seagull
    3:42
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Maid in Heaven
    2:28
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    Mill Street Junction
    4:43
  • 9
    Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape
    7:56
  • 10
    Blazing Apostles
    6:35
  • CD 3: Drastic Plastic
  • 1
    Electrical Language
    4:51
  • 2
    New Precision
    4:28
  • 3
    New Mysteries
    4:44
  • 4
    Surreal Estate
    4:59
  • 5
    Love in Flames
    4:10
  • 6
    Panic in the World
    5:04
    5.0 ★
  • 7
    Dangerous Stranger
    3:05
    5.0 ★
  • 8
    Superenigmatix (Lethal Appliances for the Home With Everything)
    2:10
    5.0 ★
  • 9
    Visions of Endless Hopes
    2:23
  • 10
    Possession
    2:34
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Islands of the Dead
    3:51
  • 12
    Japan
    2:38
  • 13
    Futurist Manifesto
    4:29
  • 14
    Blue as a Jewel
    5:12

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Release credits

  • Minimoog [3-4, 6, 10], Moog [2-6, 9-10], Rhodes piano [8, 11], grand piano [4], keyboard [1-10], piano [6-8]
  • 12 string guitar [9], acoustic guitar [3-5, 7-8, 11], background vocals [2-9, 11], bell [4], cabasa [4, 11], cowbell [3], drums (drum set) [4], electric guitar [3.2-8, 3.10-11, 2.1-10], electronic instruments [2, 2-4], finger cymbals [9], guest [5], guitar synthesizer [8], lead vocals [2.1-4, 2.6-10, 3.2-8, 3.10-11], mandolin [4, 9], marimba [11], other instruments [4], other vocals [4], percussion [3.6, 2.5], piano [3-4], producer [1.1-15, 2.1-10, 3.2-11], tambourine [3-4, 10-11], whistle [4]
  • background vocals [2-3, 8], bass guitar [2.1-10, 3.2-8, 3.10-11], other instruments [2]
  • recording [2-11]
  • other vocals [4]
  • arranger [1-10], co [3, 9], engineer [3.2-11, 2.1-10], producer [1.1-15, 3.2-11, 2.1-10]
  • mix [1-10]
  • other vocals [4]
  • drum machine [2], drums (drum set) [2.1-10, 3.5-8, 3.10-11], other instruments [1-10], other vocals [4], percussion [4], snare drum [2], tom-tom [2]

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