Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the band’s formation, Blancmange will release ‘Everything Is Connected’ on May 11.
The retrospective LP collects 38 highlights from Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe’s collective history, from 1982’s ‘Happy Families’ through to 2022’s ‘Private View’.
'Everything is Connected' is the best of #Blancmange through the eras, and through the ears too, and is yours to pre-order now: https://t.co/fcUmXsrSST pic.twitter.com/6SbTnPke5C
— blancmange (@_blancmange_) February 29, 2024
“I’m really lucky to be able to make the music completely on my own terms,” says Arthur. “Within myself there are no limits, there’s a massive palette inside and I will try anything.”
Included are Top 10 ‘80s smashes such as Living On The Ceiling, Blind Vision and Don’t Tell Me, along with cuts from 2011’s ‘Blanc Burn’, and tracks from subsequent albums following Luscombe’s departure due to ill health.
Alongside the collection is the new track Again, I Wait For The World, out March 13, which was first written with Neil’s pre-Blancmange band, L360, back in 1979 and completed 45 years later.
‘Everything Is Connected’ is out May 11 on London Records and available to pre-order now.
Tracklist: Blancmange – Everything Is Connected
CD1
1. Sad Day (original version)
2. I’ve Seen The Word
3. God’s Kitchen
4. Feel Me
5. Living On The Ceiling
6. Waves
7. Game Above My Head (12” version)
8. Blind Vision
9. That’s Love, That It Is
10. Vishnu
11. Don’t Tell Me
12. The Day Before You Came
13. What’s Your Problem
14. Lose Your Love
15. Why Don’t They Leave Things Alone
16. Drive Me
17. I’m Having A Coffee
18. The Western
19. Just Another Spectre
CD2
1. The Fall
2. Last Night (I Dreamt I Had A Job)
3. Jack Knife
4. What’s The Time?
5. We Are The Chemicals
6. Anna Dine
7. Distant Storm
8. I Smashed Your Phone
9. Not A Priority
10. Mindset
11. This Is Bliss
12. Clean Your House
13. Commercial Break
14. Some Times These
15. Reduced Voltage
16. Take Me
17. Again, I Wait For The World
18. Wish
19. Empty Street
