Ascension features brand new recordings of the best songs culled from their first three albums, A Flock of Seagulls (1982), Listen (1983) and The Story of a Young Heart (1984) along with one new song "Ascension".
In 2003 the original band, consisting of Mike Score, his brother Ali, Paul Reynolds and Frank Maudsley reunited for the VH1 series Bands In Town and played a small series of shows the following year.įlash forward to 2018 and the four original members have reconvened once again, this time to record a new album together for the first time since 1983. Lead singer and keyboardist Mike Score, who by this time had emigrated to the US, kept the band's name alive by performing countless gigs with session musicians as support. Even the press release regarding their current reunion project focuses a little too much on the legacy of their hair styles, something Duran Duran partly overcame by having a bass player who played as good as he looked.īy 1986's A Dream Come True, New Wave hairstyles gave way to faux Metal hair styles, teased from the Sunset Strip salons, and A Flock of Seagulls musical flight had ended.
Songs like "I Ran", "Space Age Love Song" and "Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You" remain radio staples to this day.ĭespite this, all everybody ever talked about was their hair. They made smart, catchy music that found massive airplay despite coming from (gasp!) concept albums. RATINGS: A = must own B = buy it C= average D = yawn F = pukeĪ Flock of Seagulls With the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra – AscensionĪ Flock Of Seagulls have always been an interesting footnote in the annals of New Wave pop.