The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 20hRemembering Soft Cell's Dave Ball, who passed away on this day in 2025. 🖤 042 4
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 22/10/2026A classic album of its time. What tracks stood out for you? 🎤 #talktalk 130 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 21/10/2026"There’s a definite organic quality lurking on True North which gives the tracks a warm, earthy feel. " Released on this day in 2022, a-ha album 'True North' kept the Norwegian outfit's legacy alive. Here's the TEC review from the archives. 🎹 www.electricity-club.co.uk/a-ha-true-no... 010 1
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 20/10/2026‘Notorious’ was released as a single on this day in 1986. The first single from Duran Duran’s fourth studio album of the same name, it was the first single released by Duran Duran as a trio as Roger Taylor & Andy Taylor had both left the band.🎤 The single reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart.📀 010 1
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 19/10/2026'Take On Me' by a-ha was originally released on this day in 1984. Produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff, this version was different from the later 1985 international hit. The original 1984 version of 'Take On Me' failed to chart in the UK. 011 1
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 17/10/2026'Playing the Angel' was released on this day in October 2005. 🎹 Depeche Mode's eleventh studio album, it featured the singles 'Precious', 'A Pain That I'm Used To', 'Suffer Well', and 'John the Revelator' / 'Lilian'. 🎤 The album reached No. 6 in the UK charts.💿 021 2
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 16/10/2026'Wild!' was released on this day in 1989. Erasure's fourth studio album, it was the follow-up album to their 1988 breakthrough 'The Innocents'. The album featured the singles 'Drama!', 'You Surround Me', 'Blue Savannah' and 'Star'. 🎹 The album reached No. 1 in the UK charts.📀 032 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 16/10/2026'Dare' was released on this day in 1981. The Human League's third studio album, it featured singles such as 'The Sound of the Crowd', 'Love Action (I Believe in Love)', 'Open Your Heart' & 'Don't You Want Me'.🎹 'Dare' reached No. 1 in the UK charts.📀 173 7
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 15/10/2026'Living on the Ceiling' by Blancmange was released on this day in October 1982. Taken from their debut studio album 'Happy Families', it became the band's first (and biggest) UK Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart. 071 7
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 15/10/2026Ultravox album 'Quartet' was released on this day in October 1982. The band's sixth studio album, it featured the singles 'Reap the Wild Wind', 'Hymn', 'Visions in Blue' and 'We Came to Dance'. The album reached No.6 on the UK Albums Chart 030 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 13/10/2026‘U-Vox’ was released on this day in October 1986. The eighth studio album by Ultravox, it featured the singles ‘Same Old Story’, ‘All Fall Down’ and ‘All in One Day’. ‘U-Vox’ reached No. 9 in the UK charts. 000 0
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 12/10/2026'Empire State Human' by The Human League was released on this day in 1979. The song was the first and only single from the band's 1979 debut album 'Reproduction'. The single failed to chart on release. However, it was re-released in June 1980 and reached No. 62 in the UK Singles Chart. 020 2
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 11/10/2026'Nightlife' was released on this day in 1999. The Pet Shop Boys' seventh studio album, it featured the singles 'I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More', 'New York City Boy' and 'You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk'. 🎹 'Nightlife' reached No.7 in the UK album charts.📀 033 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 09/10/2026Happy Birthday to Peter Saville, born on this day in 1955. An accomplished art director and graphic designer, initially with Factory Records. He is responsible for many classic sleeve designs, including records by Joy Division, New Order, OMD, Ultravox and Roxy Music. 📀 Photo: Andrea. 081 8
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 08/10/2026‘Remain in Light’ was released on this day in October 1980. The fourth studio album by Talking Heads, it featured singles including ‘Once in a Lifetime’, and ‘Houses in Motion’. It also marked the band's third and final album to be produced by Brian Eno. The album reached No. 21 in the UK. 031 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 08/10/2026‘Love Is a Stranger’ was released on this day in October 1982. The single was taken from their second album, ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)’ The single peaked outside the top 50 in the UK, but it was re-released in 1983, reaching the top 20 in several countries, including No. 6 in the UK. 042 4
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 06/10/2026'Scoundrel Days' was released on this day in October 1986. The second studio album by a-ha, it featured the singles 'I've Been Losing You', 'Cry Wolf' and 'Manhattan Skyline'. The album reached No. 2 in the UK charts. 020 2
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 05/10/2026‘Reproduction’ was released on this day in October 1979. The debut album by The Human League, it featured the single ‘Empire State Human’. The album also includes a cover version of ‘You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', a 1964 hit for The Righteous Brothers. 030 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 05/10/2026'Speak & Spell' was released on this day in 1981. Depeche Mode's debut album, it featured the singles 'New Life' and 'Just Can't Get Enough'. The album reached No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart and was ranked number 991 in the 2000 book 'All Time Top 1000 Albums'. 073 7
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 26/09/2026The single 'Enola Gay' by OMD was released on this day in 1980. The only single taken from the band's second album, the gothic 'Organisation', 'Enola Gay' proved to be a domestic and international hit, reaching No. 8 in the UK charts and also placing No. 1 in Portugal, Italy and Spain. 131 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 26/09/2026Happy Birthday to singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer John Foxx, born on this day in September 1948. 060 6
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 24/09/2026'Some Great Reward' was released on this day in September 1984. Depeche Mode's fourth studio album, it featured the singles 'People Are People', 'Master and Servant' and 'Blasphemous Rumours/Somebody'. 🎹 'Some Great Reward' reached No. 5 in the UK albums chart. 💿 073 7
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 24/09/2026'Happy Families' was released this day in September 1982. The debut album by Blancmange, it featured the singles 'I've Seen The Word', 'Feel Me', 'Living on the Ceiling' and 'Waves'. 'Happy Families' reached No. 30 in the UK charts. 171 7
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 17/09/2026'New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84)' was released on this day in 1982. The fifth studio album by Simple Minds, it spawned three singles, 'Promised You a Miracle', 'Glittering Prize' and 'Someone Somewhere in Summertime'. 🎤 The album reached No. 3 in the UK charts. 💿 041 4
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 15/09/2026'State of the Nation' was released on this day in September 1986. New Order's twelfth single, it reached No. 30 in the UK charts. 021 2
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 14/09/2026Happy Birthday to Morten Harket of A-ha born on this day in 1959. 📸Sven-Sebastian Sajak. 000 0
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 11/09/2026The debut album from Goldfrapp 'Felt Mountain' was released on this day in 2000 via Mute Records The album featured the singles 'Lovely Head', 'Utopia', 'Human' and 'Pilot'.🎹 051 5
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 05/09/2026Gary Numan's 'Telekon' album was released on this day in September 1980. His second solo album, it featured the singles 'We Are Glass', 'I Die: You Die' and 'This Wreckage'. 🎹 The album reached No. 1 in the UK album chart.💿 261 6
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 04/09/2026The new issue of Blitzed Magazine is out now with cover stars Duran Duran and an exclusive interview with them inside. Plus chats with Mari Wilson, McAlmont & Butler, Nick Heyward, The Specials, Tony Hadley, Spizz Energi, Promenade Cinema and more. 🎤 blitzedmag.com/product/blit... 021 2
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 29/08/2026'Personal Jesus' by Depeche Mode was released as a single on this day in August 1989. 🎹 The lead single from the band's seventh studio album, 'Violator' (1990), it reached No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart. 📀 051 5
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 29/08/2026"For many it’s the end of an era, but there is still much to look forward to from each of this loveable band’s component parts."✏ From the TEC archives: In 2010 a-ha released a new compilation album. 📀 www.electricity-club.co.uk/a-ha-25/ 000 0
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 28/08/2026'Run 2' by New Order was released on this day in 1989. 🎹 The third and final single from the band's fifth studio album, 'Technique', it reached No. 49 in the UK charts.📀 011 1
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 28/08/2026Back in 2010, TEC cast a critical eye over OMD's reformation album 'History of Modern'. The verdict was a swing and a miss, but better things lay in the band's future...🎹 www.electricity-club.co.uk/omd-history-... 041 4
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 27/08/2026'Get Ready' by New Order was released on this day in August 2001. The band's seventh album, it featured the singles 'Crystal', '60 Miles an Hour' and 'Someone Like You'. 🎹 'Get Ready' charted at No. 6 in the UK album charts. 📀 022 2
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 27/08/2026From the TEC archives: Back in 2017, we reviewed the stunning Blancmange box set 'The Blanc Tapes' which featured enhanced versions of 'Happy Families', 'Mange Tout' and 'Believe You Me'.🎹 www.electricity-club.co.uk/blancmange-t... 011 1
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 25/08/2026Remembering William Orbit.🎹🖤 www.electricity-club.co.uk/william-orbi... 021 2
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 24/08/2026'Cars' by Gary Numan was released as a single on this day in 1979. Numan's debut solo single, it also features on his debut studio album 'The Pleasure Principle'. The single reached No. 1 in the UK charts. 162 6
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 24/08/2026Happy Birthday to Jean-Michel Jarre, born on this day in August 1948. An electronic musician pioneer whose legacy includes classic albums such as 'Oxygène', 'Équinoxe', 'Chronologie', 'Rendez-Vous' and 'Revolutions'. 🎹 📸A. Savin 040 4
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 22/08/2026'Confusion' by New Order was released on this day in August 1983. The sixth single by the band and the follow-up to 'Blue Monday', it reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart. 🎹 The single also made the top 10 in Ireland and New Zealand, as well as reaching No. 5 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs.📀 031 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 22/08/2026'Construction Time Again' was released on this day in 1983. Depeche Mode's third studio album, it included the singles 'Everything Counts' and 'Love, in Itself'. 'Construction Time Again' reached No. 6 in the UK Charts. 073 7
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 21/08/2026'Europe After The Rain' by John Foxx was released as a single on this day in August 1981. It was later included on 'The Garden' album released the following month. The single reached No. 40 in the UK Singles Chart. 020 2
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 21/08/2026'Sowing the Seeds of Love' by Tears for Fears was released on this day in 1989, the first single from their third studio album, 'The Seeds of Love'. 🎤 The single reached No. 5 in the UK charts. 💿 020 2
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 20/08/2026Happy Birthday to Ralf Hütter, German musician and co-founder of Kraftwerk, born on this day in August 1946. 🎹 📸Ueli Frey (Ralf Hütter in concert in Zürich in 1976). 000 0
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 17/08/2026'Supernature' was released on this day in August 2005. The third studio album by Goldfrapp, it featured the singles 'Ooh La La', 'Number 1', 'Ride a White Horse' and 'Fly Me Away'.🎹 The album reached No. 2 in the UK charts. 📀 010 1
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 16/08/2026'Leave in Silence' was released on this day in August 1982. The third single from Depeche Mode's second studio album 'A Broken Frame', it was the first Depeche Mode single in the UK to use the "Bong" catalogue number system. The single reached No. 18 in the UK charts. 031 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 15/08/2026'Touchy!' by a-ha was released on this day in August 1988. The third single from the band's studio album 'Stay on These Roads', it reached No. 11 in the UK charts. 000 0
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 13/08/2026‘Crystal’ by New Order was released on this day in the UK in 2001 as the first single from the band’s seventh studio album, ‘Get Ready’. 🎹 ‘Crystal’ drew critical praise and it reached No. 8 in the UK charts. The single also found success internationally. 📀 031 3
The Electricity Club @electricity-club.co.uk · 13/08/2026"Erasure’s strengths for producing euphoric, hopeful electronic pop ..." From the TEC Archives: Back in August 2020, we looked at new Erasure album 'The Neon'. www.electricity-club.co.uk/erasure-the-... 010 1
