It was released in February 1983, and was their first album to be released as a trio (the band consisted of up to seven members during previous releases). It entered the US Billboard 200.[7]. 31 in the US[7] but failed in the UK. Beach Culture 8. [39], In 2018, Bailey toured the US with The B-52's and Culture Club, dubbed The Life Tour. Thompson Twins were one of the most successful British pop groups of the 1980s, with a string of hit records, including 'Love On Your Side' (#9), 'We Are Detective' (#7), 'Hold Me Now' (#4), 'Doctor! Seitdem lebt Tom Bailey in Frankreich, zusammen mit seiner neuen Lebensgefährtin und Schauspielerin Lauren Drescher. CDs Vinyl ... allmusic bbc music page discogs imdb last.fm lyrics myspace rateyourmusic.com wikidata wikipedia. Im Jahre 2003 ließen sich die beiden Thompson Twins scheiden. Beide Alben beinhalten alles, was in der jeweiligen Zeit eingespielt wurde, einschließlich verschiedener Remixe und B-Seiten der ausgekoppelten Singles. They released two albums, in 1993 and 1996.[1]. to the Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue produced by the Red Hot Organization. 1 dance club hit in the US,[7] and an album entitled In the Name of Love (consisting mainly of tracks from Set, with two others from A Product Of... (Participation)) was released in the US to capitalize on the song's popularity. 1987 saw the release of Close to the Bone and the single "Get That Love", which climbed to No. He is on the staff at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute (HMI) in the Los Angeles district of Tarzana, and is also a certified trainer in neuro-linguistic programming. [4] At various stages they had up to seven members, but their best-known incarnation was as a trio between 1982 and 1986. [36], In 2014, Bailey also took part in the Retro Futura Tour in the US, along with Howard Jones, Midge Ure, China Crisis and Katrina Leskanich (formerly of Katrina and the Waves). [16] Other singles included a new version of the album track "Sister of Mercy" (UK No. After the success of "In the Name of Love", Bailey, Currie and Leeway, wanting to pursue the single's different sound, toyed with the idea of starting a new band on the side, which they planned to call 'The Bermuda Triangle'. It peaked at No. Im März 2008 wurden die Alben Quick Step and Side kick und Into the Gap als Doppel-CDs wiederveröffentlicht. Lay Your Hands on Me 3. Their monster single, “Hold Me Now,” was harder to shake than your shadow for most of the spring, and its follow-up, “Doctor! Now Alannah Currie is back, in a new incarnation as artist-upholsterer", Fire The Potato Cannon! 1999 produzierte Tom das Album „Mix“ der neuseeländischen Band Stellar, wo er auch Keyboard spielte. Currie later married Jimmy Cauty (formerly of The KLF) and now lives and works in London. [38], In 2016, Thompson Twins' Tom Bailey received the Classic Pop magazine's 'Best Live Show' award. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now : Tracklist (Vinyl) A : Hold Me Now : 4:44: B : Let Loving Start : 3:44 * Items below may differ depending on the release. Complete your Thompson Twins collection. März 2021 um 15:56 Uhr bearbeitet. Hold Me Now ~ Release by Thompson Twins (see all versions of this release, 3 available) "Hold Me Now" is a song by British band the Thompson Twins. 28 in the US[7] and would be their last brush with mainstream chart success. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified Platinum by the BPI. The Thompson Twins were placed ninth. [1] Thomas Dolby played some keyboards on Set and some live gigs, for Bailey at that time had little experience with synthesizers. Babble released two albums, The Stone (1993)[1] and Ether (1996), with songs featured in the films Coneheads and With Honors. Saxophonist Jane Shorter left and was replaced by Currie (who also played percussion), and bassist Matthew Seligman, a former member of the Soft Boys and the Fallout Club, joined;[1] leaving Bailey to switch to keyboards, with Leeway starting to handle vocals on some tracks. [12] During 1983, the band had the opening spot on the Police's concert tour in the US. They continued as Babble until 1996, at which point the group permanently dissolved. [3] Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world. Attivi ... tra cui Doctor Doctor, King For A Day, Hold me now, In the Name of Love, You Take Me Up, Lies, ... (EN) Thompson Twins, su Discogs, Zink Media. Produzent Steve Lillywhite (produzierte u. a. U2 und XTC) übernahm die Leitung zu den Aufnahmen. 1985 beteiligten sich die Thompson Twins am Live-Aid-Projekt von Bob Geldof. Danach zogen sie nach London um und bekamen Kontakt zur Hausbesetzer-Szene. Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world. Set contained the single "In the Name of Love", sung and largely written by Bailey. There are old associations, associations we don't want because they don't reflect the way we feel today. In Stock. [20][21] Bailey and Currie divorced in 2003, and both left New Zealand to live separately in the UK. Ebenfalls 1984 steuerten sie den Song If You Were Here zur Teeniekomödie Das darf man nur als Erwachsener (Sixteen Candles) von John Hughes bei. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (Let Loving Start) (Extended Dub Version) 1984 HQ Es folgten im selben Jahr das Album Here’s to Future Days und die Singles Don’t Mess with Doctor Dream und Lay Your Hands on Me. 3)[15] and "You Take Me Up" (UK No. Quick Step & Side Kick is the third studio album by the British synthpop group Thompson Twins. Nach dem ersten Album verließ Shorter die Band, Currie wurde festes Mitglied und Bassist Matthew Seligman stieg ebenfalls bei der Band ein. The band embarked on a world tour in support of the album, which had also made the US top ten. Love on Your Side 4. [1] Dodd and Roog first met when they were both 13 years old. Auch die Singles Doctor! The earlier members went on to do other things: Bailey performed Thompson Twins songs live for the first time in 27 years on 17 August 2014 at Temple Island Meadows, Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire for the Rewind South Festival. They first went to Egypt and then to the Bahamas, where they recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau with producer Alex Sadkin. In 1980, the band (now consisting of Bailey, Dodd, Roog and drummer Chris Bell, who had replaced Edge the previous year) released their first single, "Squares and Triangles", on their own Dirty Discs label. Der Name Thompson Twins wurde nach den zwei bekannten Detektiven Schulze und Schultze (im Englischen „Thomson and Thompson“) aus der Comicserie Tim und Struppi von Hergé gewählt. 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Bailey übernahm die Keyboards und wurde zum eigentlichen Sänger der Band. Mit diesem Projekt gewann er einen Award als „Producer of the year“. Further hit singles from the album followed with "Doctor! Thompson Twins. It topped the UK Albums Chart[4] and was later certified double platinum there. In the mid-1990s, Currie gave up the music business to set up her own glass-casting studio in Auckland and concentrated on raising her two children. [4] The planned summer 1985 tour of the UK (and a headlining appearance at the Glastonbury Festival) had to be cancelled due to Bailey's health problems (fans with tickets received a free live album as compensation), though international dates were rescheduled and the latter half of 1985 saw sell out tours for the band in the US and Japan. As Podgorski had decided to stay in the north, the group auditioned for drummers at the Point Studio in Victoria, London. In 1992, the Thompson Twins contributed the song "Play With Me" to the soundtrack of the Ralph Bakshi film Cool World; Bailey alone contributed a second track, "Industry and Seduction". 4 … Im selben Jahr folgte die Doppel-CD-Ausgabe von Here’s to Future Days sowie eine Doppel-CD mit den ersten beiden Alben A Product of … und Set, ebenfalls mit verschiedenen Bonustracks. It was preceded by the single "Don't Mess With Doctor Dream" (UK No. Tom macht weiterhin unter dem Namen International Observer Musik, welche in Richtung Dub geht. The Thompson Twins became fixtures on MTV during the 1980s as the videos for "Hold Me Now", "Lay Your Hands on Me" and "King for a Day" were played frequently. You Take Me Up Artist: THOMPSON TWINS Sie traten dort zusammen mit Madonna im JFK-Stadion in Philadelphia auf. Artist: Title: Label: Cat … The band signed to Arista Records and released the album Set. 4 in their native UK[13] where it became the band's biggest seller earning a gold disc,[14] and reached No. Thompson Twins Discography Price Guide Recently Listed Email Alerts Refine Search Results. The remaining Thompson Twins, who had not in fact "broken up", decided to go abroad to free themselves of any UK influence, as well as to combine the songwriting for their first album as a trio with a long holiday. In 1981, the line-up became Bailey, Dodd, Roog, Bell and two new members: former band roadie Joe Leeway on congas and percussion, and Jane Shorter on saxophone. Thompson Twins were a British pop band that formed in April 1977. [4] Following this, the band parted company with their producer Alex Sadkin and opted to produce their new album, Here's To Future Days, by themselves in Paris. Prior to this, Bailey and Currie (who were now a couple) had their first child together in 1988,[1] and in the following years they spent a lot of time writing material for other artists including the hit single "I Want That Man" for Debbie Harry in 1989. Future Thompson Twins member Alannah Currie (born 20 September 1957, Auckland, New Zealand) lived in another squat in the same street, which is how she met Bailey. This line-up recorded the first Thompson Twins album A Product of ... (Participation), documented in the film Listen to London (1981). 33). Die Band formierte sich im April 1977 in Sheffield, ursprünglich aus den Bandmitgliedern Tom Bailey (Bass und Gesang), Pete Dodd (Gitarre und Gesang), John Roog (Gitarre) und Jon „Pod“ Podgorski (Schlagzeug). und Hold Me Now platzierten sich hervorragend. Doctor! Thompson Twins Biography by Marcy Donelson + Follow Artist. Der erste Plattenvertrag wurde 1982 bei Arista Records unterschrieben und Set wurde veröffentlicht, auf der Thomas Dolby ein paar kleine Gastauftritte hatte. Dodd and Roog formed a band called Big View (with Edge on drums) and recorded a single called, "August Grass", which was released on Point Records (owned by Merton, the Thompson Twins publisher) in 1982. [1] The act's first release as a duo was the North America-only single "Nothing In Common", issued in July 1986. 1991 heirateten Tom und Alannah und zogen mit ihren beiden Kindern nach Neuseeland. The song was an international chart success, peaking at No. It was released as the fourth and final single from the band's third studio album, Quick Step & Side Kick.The single peaked at number 33 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1983.