''7 Day Weekend'' is

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' fifth album, released in 1985 on

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. The album was reissued on CD with bonus tracks in

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for Jive's "Connoisseur Collection". The album was named after a song about unemployment which the band never recorded. Jive issued four singles from this album: "You Move Me" (summer 1984), "Day One" (October 1984), "I'm Falling" and "Forever Young" (both 1985).The Comsat Angels website
In the end, only "I'm Falling" ever charted in the UK, making it to No. 90, perhaps helped by being featured in the movie '' Real Genius''. In a 1997 interview, frontman

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was asked how he viewed ''7 Day Weekend'' in comparison with the band's other Jive album, '' Land''. He said, "I'm slightly happier with ''7 Day Weekend''. It took off in several strange directions. I'm very fond of 'Still It's Not Enough,' which is almost like blues or something. A weird soul song. And 'You Move Me' was a great live song".Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/9
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/ref> Fellows went through some turmoil with the record label during production of the album, though. On the song "I'm Falling," Jive arranged for an unknown session guitarist to replace Fellows' own work. Upon receiving a recording of it, he mailed it back to them in pieces. Soon after, the band and label parted company. Said Fellows, "They didn't understand us or care about us. They just wanted a hit pop group – to turn us into another Flock of Seagulls".

Track listing

Original Release – 1985

Reissue – 2001

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Andy Peake –

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, vocals * Kevin Bacon –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Mik Glaisher –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

with: * Pete Q. Harris - Fairlight synthesizer * Peter Beckett - vocals on "Believe It", "Forever Young" and "I'm Falling" * Stevie Lange - vocals on "Day One"

References

{{Authority control 1985 albums The Comsat Angels albums Albums produced by Chris Tsangarides Albums produced by Mike Howlett Jive Records albums