SATURDAY'S SINGLES : CAMOUFLAGE and THE CHURCH

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles. Our first selection comes to us via German synth pop band Camouflage with their highest charting single, "The Great Commandment". The tune, released in 1987 on the Metronome label, hailed from their debut record, Voices & Images. The single reached #59 in America, #14 in Germany, #3 Alternative Airplau, and #1 on the Dance charts, where it remained for three weeks. Our copy comes in a picture sleeve, that indicates that the track, "Pompeji" is on the B-side, although the copy we own is a promotional copy with "The Great Commandment" of both sides. In the accompanying music video, a group of children discover a spokesperson who is speaking on stage is actually a robot.

Heiko Maile
Marcus Meyn - lead singer
Oliver Kreyssig

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Our second selection comes from Australian alternative band, The Church. "Reptile" was released in 1988 on Arista Records, from their fifth studio album, Starfish. The single reached #27 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, and #94 in Australia. Our picture sleeve copy has  two songs on the B-side, that were also singles, "Under the Milky Way" (#90 UK, #69 Canada, #25 New Zealand, #24 Hot 100, #22 Australia, #2 Mainstream Rock) and "Tantalized" (#62 Australia).

Steve Kilbey: Vocals, Bass, Keyboards
Marty Willson-Piper: Guitar
Peter Koppes: Guitar
Richard Ploog: Drums, Percussion

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