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Thompson Twins were a British pop band that formed in April 1977. Initially a new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity from 1983, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States, and around the world. In 1993, they changed their name to Babble, to reflect their change in music from new wave to dub-influenced chill-out. They continued as Babble through 1996, at which point the group permanently dissolved.

Thompson Twins Tom Bailey is currently on tour in the USA and has just announced a special club gig on Monday September 1st in San Francisco. From 1977 through 1993, the Thompson Twins – who in their commercial heyday were, as those who lived through the ‘80s know quite well, composed of three individuals, none of whom were related – were one of the more successful of the so-called new wave bands, earning seven top-40 hits during the co.

Listen to the full Tom Bailey interview with Wallace Chapman. New wave synth guru Tom Bailey is releasing a new album 25 years after his success with Thompson Twins. Bailey, although born in England, spends every summer in Auckland and was once married to a Kiwi, Alannah Currie, who was also part of the Thompson Twins along with John Leeway. The Thompson Twins were huge in the early '80s with songs like 'Hold Me Now', 'Lies', 'Doctor Doctor' and 'In the Name of Love' spending a lot of time on MTV and various singles charts

Musician: Tom Bailey Album: Into the Gap Released in: 1983 Label: Arista Length: 4:14. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now. Посмотреть позже.

The Thompson Twins took a break from music in 1986. Following Joe Leeway's departure from the band, Bailey and Currie experienced the loss of their unborn child due to a miscarriage (Currie had also lost her mother the same year). When Currie felt like working again, the pair started on the next album as a du. .The article spoke of the album's other lyrical themes and the meaning of the track "Twentieth Century", writing "Close to the Bone" goes beyond Tom and Alannah's personal experiences, maintaining some of the social and political poignancy for which Currie's lyrics have become known.

From 1977 through 1993, the Thompson Twins – who in their commercial heyday were, as those who lived through the ‘80s know quite well, composed of three individuals, none of whom were related – were one of the more successful of the so-called new wave bands, earning seven top-40 hits during the course of their career, three of them hitting the top 10 ( Hold Me Now, Lay Your Hands on Me, and King for a Day ). Was it relatively seamless? Tom Bailey: Well, I wouldn’t say that. I’d say we probably were going through a lot of changes at the time, and behind the scenes we changed managers.

Авторы текста и музыки. Joe Leeway, Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie. SME (от лица компании "Sony BMG Music UK"); CMRRA, UMPG Publishing, ASCAP, LatinAutor - UMPG, UBEM, LatinAutor, UMPI" и другие авторские общества (1).

Set (Thompson Twins album), Set is the second studio album by English pop group the Thompson Twins Released in February 1982, it was the second album they recorded for their