Scritti Politti, 1982 (Green Gartside in red jumpsuit)
Scritti Politti are a British band, originally formed in 1977 in Leeds, UK. Founding member Welsh singer-songwriter Green Gartside (b.1955) is the only member of the band to have remained throughout the group's history.
Beginning as a post-punk band and 'collective' with a strong emphasis on independent recording and record production, including the record sleeves themselves, Scritti Politti moved into mainstream pop from the early to mid-eighties, gaining commercial success in the UK, Europe and the US.
The group's name was possibly derived from Scritti politici ("Political writings"), a work by Italian activist Antonio Gramsci.
Discography[]
reduced, UK only. (Top 40 placings in brackets)
- Skank Bloc Bologna (single, 1978)
- 4 'A Sides' EP (1979)
- Songs to Remember (1982 - peak pos.12)
- The "Sweetest Girl" / Faithless / Asylums in Jerusalem/Jacques Derrida
- Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985 - peak pos.5) [1]
- Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) (10) / Absolute (17) / Hypnotize (-) / The Word Girl (6) / Perfect Way (-)
- Provision (1988 - peak pos.8)
- Oh Patti (Don't Feel Sorry for Loverboy) (13) / First Boy in This Town (Lovesick) (-) / Boom! There She Was (-)
- She's a Woman (single) ft. Shabba Ranks (20)
- Anomie & Bonhomie (1999 - peak pos. 33) [1]
- Tinseltown to the Boogiedown
- White Bread Black Beer (2006 - no.8 in Independent Albums Chart)
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- 27 September 2018 - Radcliffe & Maconie (6 Music)