Track of the Week 20 February 2021
I had a birthday this week. I checked back through my other birthday week songs and found I haven't used this one yet. Time to put that right.
Altered Images were one of my favourite groups of the early eighties and not just because of Clare Grogan. Happy Birthday is from their 1981 album of the same name and peaked at number two in the UK chart. It marks a shift from the band's new wave, Siouxsie and the Banshees-inspired sound and into pop music.
It seems a doubly appropriate choice as I've just bought tickets to see the group in December (hopefully) which will be the first time in nearly 40 years. It feels slightly sacrilegious to say that not all of their work has aged well but this still stands up.
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