Ascension (A Flock of Seagulls album)

Ascension
Studio album by
A Flock of Seagulls with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Released6 July 2018
Recorded2017–2018
Studio
  • Smecky (Prague)
  • OD Hunte
  • Parr Street (Liverpool)
  • Evenform
Genre
Length51:50
LabelAugust Day
Producer
  • John Bryan
  • Sare Havlicek
A Flock of Seagulls chronology
The Light at the End of the World
(1995) 		Ascension
(2018) 		String Theory
(2021)
Singles from Ascension
  1. "Space Age Love Song"
    Released: June 2018
  2. "I Ran (So Far Away)"
    Released: December 2018
  3. "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"
    Released: June 2019

Ascension is the sixth studio album by English New wave band A Flock of Seagulls, released on 6 July 2018 by August Day Recordings.[1][2] It is the band's first album since 1984's The Story of a Young Heart that features all four original members. It contains 12 songs (11 from the first three albums and one new song) re-recorded with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The album debuted and peaked at No. 8 on Billboard's Top Classical Albums chart for the week of 21 July 2018[3] and at No. 29 on the UK Independent Albums Chart for the week of 13 July 2018.[4]

  1. ^ Zupko, Sarah (13 June 2018). "Legendary Synthpoppers A Flock of Seagulls Tell Their History in New Video Interview (premiere)". PopMatters. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ^ "A Flock of Seagulls – Ascension". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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