Spandau Ballet releases debut album, a UK#5 hit

Spandau Ballet : The Freeze

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On February 27, 1981 Spandau Ballet released their debut album, the UK#5 hit,  Journeys To Glory, featuring the UK#5 hit single "To Cut A Long Story Short," the UK#17 "The Freeze" and the UK#10 "Musclebound". They will spend the rest of their career comparted to Duran Duran, but it's important to note they were out first with a single and then this album, and they were among the first to try to incorporate some funk elements and fashionable dress in the New Romantic scene.

 

The Blitz Kids who reached the Top 10 first

Spandau Ballet : To Cut A Long Story Short

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The carefully coifed Spandau Ballet release their debut single, "To Cut A Long Story Short", which will race up the charts to UK#5, selling 23,000 copies in a single day. 

Alan Lewis of Sounds writes "There's nothing here that's going to surprise anyone who's had even a casual ear on post-synthesizer rock, especially the Foxx/Ultravox school...This is clearly NOT the work of out-of-work hairdressers who've managed to stumble through a few gigs, but a massively competent records by a band with plenty in reserve."