The Wake is a Scottish band formed in 1981 and originally made up of Gerard Mclnulty, Steven Allen and Joe Donnelly. Which will be quickly joined by Allen's sister, Carolyn Allen.
Group that released a first single "On our honeymoon" a year later in 1982 under their own label Scan 45, single that will go unnoticed to say the least...
It was New Order's manager, Rob Gretton, who, after noticing them, signed them to Factory Records, the label with which they would release their first album "Harmony" the same year. Album that will allow them to achieve a first success with the single "Something outside".
New success two years later in 1984 with the release of the single "Talk about the past", then "Off the matter" the following year in 1985.
Year 1985 which also sees the release of the album "Here comes everybody", album which will remain as the best ranked of all their discography on the albums side.
Other albums and other Singles will be released later but none will be able to make talking about them more than that...
To discover or rediscover.
Discography (among others…) :
On our honeymoon 1982
Something outside 1983
Talk about the past 1984
Of the matter 1985
Plastic flowers 1985
Gruesome castle 1987
Pale spectre 1987
Crush the flowers 1989
Carbrain 1989
English rain 1990
Joke shop 1990
Cheer up Ferdinand 1990
Major John 1991
Lousy pop group 1991
Obnoxious Kevin 1994
Crasher 1994
Stockport 2012
If the reavens leave 2012
Clouds disco 2015
Clips :
1982... the sound is trendy but the style will not necessarily appeal to the general public, that's for sure. Can and must do better...
1983...it's already a little better the following year. We can't talk about a major improvement but we feel that the group is making real efforts to attract a little more public...
1984...efforts which ended up paying off since they were going to obtain here the biggest success of all their discography. A just reward for a group with certain talent...
1985...they will even manage to win a third success with this title. A group which will not remain as the most gifted of its generation but which will have succeeded in inscribing its name in the musical history of this end of the 20th century...
1985...even if this title will not be classified, it nevertheless deserves to be highlighted. A good job quite simply that it would have been a shame to hide...
1987...the group unfortunately does not succeed in moving up a gear in terms of success despite the production of titles of certain quality. Really unfortunate...
1987 ... we will be satisfied anyway with what they continue to offer. As long as the quality is there, there is no reason to lose interest in them...
1989... them in any case continue to believe in it and who would blame them on the principle. Because we know, in music, everything is always possible...
1989...even if there is very little chance that the group will manage to catch up with the front runners, they try in any case. We can only encourage them in this direction...
1990...despite a somewhat limited level of success, the band said to themselves that they might try to move on to the next decade. They are the ones who see as they say...
1990... a passage which will not bring them more than before but which at least has the merit of projecting them towards the future. It's always better than nothing...
1990... what is certain is that the group is far from unworthy and that it would have been a shame for him to stop there. We want more no matter what...
1991...they eventually rely on the amount of titles released to come to the surface. This starts from a good feeling but not sure that this is enough to reverse the trend...
1991... after, as long as they continue to take pleasure in what they do, there is no reason for them to stop there. A miracle is always possible...
1994... with each new opus it is the basic fans who are necessarily delighted. And there are still fans of the first hour...
1994...nobody can tell them to stop at this stage anyway. It remains to be seen what they intend to offer us next...
2012... not much in the immediate future anyway because we will lose sight of them for almost 12 years. But here they are again in any case and in a form that we will qualify as certain...
2012...certain but not sufficient to enable them to return to the race. But they did come back and that's what counts...
2015...returned like other bands from the 80s who came back in force during this decade. We feel that many bands make it a point of honor to reopen a page of their history that they consider incomplete...
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