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Fade To Grey (other)
Fade to Grey may refer to: * "Fade to Grey" (Visage song), 1980 ** Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection ''Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection'' is a 1983 compilation album by the British synth-pop group Visage. Background Released as a stop-gap between studio albums whilst the band was experiencing contractual difficulties, the compilation inc ... (reissued as ''Fade to Grey – The Best of Visage''), a 1983 compilation album by synthpop group Visage * "Fade to Grey" (Jars of Clay song), 1998 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fade To Grey (Visage Song)
"Fade to Grey" is a 1980 song by British new wave band Visage, released as the second single from their debut album, '' Visage'' (1980), on Polydor Records. The song was the band's most successful single. It entered the singles charts in late 1980, peaking at no. 8 in the UK Singles Chart and reaching no. 1 in West Germany and Switzerland. Steve Strange was on lead vocals; the French lyrics were spoken by Rusty Egan's Belgian girlfriend Brigitte Arens. The music video became one of the first videoclips that Kevin Godley and Lol Creme directed, before they became known for their works with the Police, Duran Duran and Herbie Hancock. Background "Fade to Grey" was originally written as an instrumental by Billy Currie and Chris Payne. Payne came up with the bassline and the chords while Currie added the other parts. They worked on it during soundchecks on Gary Numan's 1979 tour. Cedric Sharpley, the drummer of Numan's backing band, was also heavily involved. In those days it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fade To Grey – The Singles Collection
''Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection'' is a 1983 compilation album by the British synth-pop group Visage. Background Released as a stop-gap between studio albums whilst the band was experiencing contractual difficulties, the compilation includes all of the Visage singles released up to that point (five of them UK Top 30 hits), the majority taken from their first two albums '' Visage'' (1980) and '' The Anvil'' (1982), as well as a couple of non-single tracks. The cassette version was released as a Special Dance Mix Cassette, featuring remixes as well as a bonus track, "Der Amboss" (a German-language version of the song "The Anvil").This version was also available on limited vinyl with a red rim around the outer sleeve instead of blue. In British HMV stores, a limited number of copies of the album and cassette were issued with a free 7" vinyl picture disc of the " Pleasure Boys" single from 1982. The album reached No. 38 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |