A Flock of Seagulls

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This article is about the British new wave band. For the band's self-titled debut album, see A Flock of Seagulls (album).

A Flock of Seagulls
Lead singer Mike Score performing in 2011
Background information
OriginLiverpool, England
Genres
Years active
  • 1979–1986
  • 1988–present
Labels
Members
Past members
Websiteaflockofseagulls.org

A Flock of Seagulls are an English new wave band formed in Liverpool in 1979. The group, whose best-known line-up comprised Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds, hit the peak of their chart success in the early 1980s.[4]

The group had a string of international hit singles including "I Ran (So Far Away)" (1982), "Space Age Love Song" (1982), "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" (1982), and "The More You Live, the More You Love" (1984). Their video for "I Ran (So Far Away)" received airplay on MTV during the Second British Invasion.[5] The band won a Grammy Award in 1983 for their instrumental "D.N.A." (1982).[6]

In 2018, the members of the original lineup assembled to record the album Ascension with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.[7] In 2021, the original lineup again reunited temporarily to record another album with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, String Theory.

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A Flock of Seagulls – Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2011). "A Flock of Seagulls". Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85-712595-8.
  3. ^ Demalon, Tom. "Telecommunications - A Flock of Seagulls - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ Zimmerman, Lee (2 July 2015). "A Flock of Seagulls: A Legacy of Influence and Insults". New Times Broward-Palm Beach. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ Puterbaugh, Parke (10 November 1983). "Anglomania: The Second British Invasion". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Flock Of Seagulls". Grammy.com. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  7. ^ "A Flock of Seagulls Talk Reunion, Orchestral Album & the Day They Wrote 'I Ran'". Billboard. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.