Performance · Production
Modern English
Colchester, United Kingdom • b. 1979-01-01
Modern English is credited on 222 releases across 51 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
222
Pressings credited
51
Albums
5
Decades active
101
In collections
Biography
Modern English are an English new wave post-punk rock band formed in 1979 in Colchester, Essex, England. They are best known for their songs "I Melt with You", "Hands Across the Sea" and "Ink and Paper". The group disbanded in 1987, but re-formed two years later and then disbanded again in 1991. They reunited again in 1995 and have continued in various lineups since then.
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Credited work
222 releases · 51 albums · active 1981–2024
- Performance · 218
- Production · 151
- Engineering · 3
Studios: Rockfield Studios · The Garden · Blackwing Studios · Greenhouse Studio, London
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Miracle
1989
After The Snow
1982
Rituals Of Life
1999
Song To The Siren
1983
Nouvelle Vague
2004
Stop Start
1986
Ricochet Days
1984
I Melt With You
1982
Mesh & Lace
1981
I'm Sorry I'm Leaving
1999
Modern Heroes
1982
Take Me To The Trees
2016
The Best Of Valley Girl (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1983
Music Television (Stepping Back Into The Future)
2024
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- This Mortal Coil
- Nouvelle Vague
- David Feldstein
- Dawn Fades
- Rick Wakeman
- Vox Pop (4)
- The Alarm
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