Sort of signalled the start of the New Romantic movement (equally applauded and derised then as now) and I bought the cassette in February 1981, a few months after it's 1980 release.
It's 'stylish' approach was also marked by hair / make-up / clothes also being credited on the sleevenotes. While the first single Tar went fairly unnoticed (in re-recorded form here), the side one closer Fade to Grey became a classic with it's sparse synth-sounds, strong dance beat and dreamy bi-lingual vocals ('devenir en gris'). Mind of a Toy was worthy follow-up but Steve Strange soon ran out of steam without many of his muso-pals around him. (M Ure and B Currie et al).
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