The Age of Consent (album)

This article is about the Bronski Beat album. For the Virgin Steele album, see Age of Consent (album).

The Age of Consent
Studio album by
Bronski Beat
ReleasedOctober 1984[1]
Studio
  • The Garden, London
  • Skyline, New York City
  • RPM, New York City
Genre
Length44:22
LabelLondon
ProducerMike Thorne
Bronski Beat chronology
The Age of Consent
(1984) 		Hundreds & Thousands
(1985)
Singles from The Age of Consent
  1. "Smalltown Boy"
    Released: 25 May 1984
  2. "Why?"
    Released: 14 September 1984
  3. "It Ain't Necessarily So"
    Released: 23 November 1984
  4. "I Feel Love (Medley)"
    Released: 12 April 1985[8]

The Age of Consent is the debut album by British synth-pop band Bronski Beat (Steve Bronski, Larry Steinbachek and Jimmy Somerville), released on London Records in October 1984. This was the only album released by Bronski Beat to feature Somerville, who departed the band in 1985.

A re-recorded and expanded version was released in 2017 under the name of The Age of Reason, with Bronski, Ian Donaldson, and new singer Stephen Granville.

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  8. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 14.