This is one of those singles I thought I already had, but I didn't. I found this UK pressing and I thought I'd buy it because if I h...

Martyn Ware and Ian Craig-Marsh from Heaven 17 didn't have enough work on their hands, so they devoted part of their time to the '...

I never actually took the time to compare them, but I do have the suspicion that all the versions of 'The word girl' included on thi...

The single 'Hypnotise' by Scritti Politti was released in 1984, at a time when extended versions always used to be longer versions o...

Roger Troutman was well known for his use of the talkbox, a device that is connected to an instrument (frequently a keyboard) to create dif...

Scritti Politti is a band that repeatedly surprised me as the Eighties went on. Their reggae-influenced singles circa 1985 please me a lot, ...

'Oh Patti (Don't feel sorry for loverboy)' is a track on Scritti Politti's 1988 album 'Provision'. It features Miles...

'The word girl' was released as the fourth single from Scritti Politti's 1985 album 'Cupid & Psyche 85'. It turned o...

Scritti Politti originally consisted of lead vocalist Green Gartside (born Paul Julian Stromheyer), Nial Jinks as bass player, Tom Morley as...

Back in 1985, the lucky buyer of 'Perfect way' in the UK could get this limited edition version of the single, featuring not only a ...

Scritti Politti's main member Green Gartside moved to New York in 1983 to begin working on what was to become his band's signature s...

'Perfect way' was released in September 1985 and reached no. 45 in the UK singles chart. Not an impressive success, despite its catc...

'Hypnotise' is the least successful of the four singles that were released from Scritti Politti's 1985 album 'Cupid & Ps...