SCRITTI POLITTI, JOHN PEEL SESSION 1978

Scritti Politti are a British band formed in 1977 in Leeds[8] by singer-songwriter Green Gartside, who is the sole remaining member of the original band.[6]

Scritti Politti
The band playing at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, 2006
The band playing at the Paradiso, Amsterdam, 2006
Background information
Origin
Leeds, England
Genres
Popnew wave[1]synth-pop[2]sophisti-pop[3]blue-eyed soul[4]art pop[5]post-punk[6]avant-pop[7]
Years active
1977–19911999–present
Labels
Rough TradeWarner Bros.Virgin
Members
Green Gartside
Rhodri Marsden
Dicky Moore
Rob Smoughton
Past members
Harry Denton
Alyssa McDonald
Dave Ferrett
Nial Jinks
Tom Morley
Joe Cang
Marcus Miller
Steve Ferrone
Paul Jackson Jr.
Fred Maher
David Gamson
Alan Murphy
Robert Scotland
Simon Emmerson
Initially formed as a punk-aligned underground act influenced by leftist politics, they transitioned into a commercial pop music project in the early 1980s, achieving success on the record charts in the UK. The group's most successful album, 1985's Cupid & Psyche 85, spawned three UK Top 20 hits with "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)", "Absolute", and "The Word Girl", and one US Top 20 hit with "Perfect Way". The band's 1988 album Provision peaked in the UK Top 10 and produced a UK Top 20 hit single, "Oh Patti". After releasing two non-album singles in 1991, as well as a collaboration with B.E.F., the band returned in the late 1990s after a seven-year break.