Back With A Set…

Once again, the Thompson Twins released this album with the same creative flames burning as the first. It's a quite similar, though perhaps stronger album. On Set, Thompson Twins swelled to seven members with bassist Matthew Seligman (Soft Boys) joining the fracas in addition to Steve Lillywhite and Thomas Dolby lending their talents in the studio. The excellent “Living In Europe” and “Bouncing” are tightly wound post-punk gems but the shift towards synths with “In the Name of Love” opened a new door for the band. ‘’In The Name Of Love’’ is Tom Bailey casting off the shackles of the guitar and embracing the cold harsh synth. The lilting reggae vibe of “Runaway” and steel drums on “Good Gosh” reveal a young band with a wide field of vision that would gradually narrow following in the footsteps of Human League, the band would soon establish a clear-cut aesthetic and drop a couple hundred band members (well, a few anyway) and condensed to the core threesome of Tom Bailey, Allanah Currie, and Joe Leeway.

Ripped from disc 2 of the box set to MP3 @ 320kbps

Thomson Twins; Set

1.      In The Name Of Love

2.      Living In Europe

3.      Bouncing

4.      Tok Tok

5.      Good Gosh

6.      The Rowe

7.      Runaway

8.      Another Fantasy

9.      Fool’s Gold

10.   Crazy Dog

11.   Blind

12.   In The Name Of Love (12”)

13.   In The Beginning

14.   Coastline

15.   Open Your Eye

16.   Runaway (Ext. Remix)

17.   Bouncing (Ext. Remix)

18.   In The Name Of Love (Big Value Version)

19.   Living In Europe (Live)

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