Originally posted by Alex S:
Thanks for that information. Interesting stuff.
I think those positions, particularly the singles from Metamatic and The Garden are fair.
Since none of those tracks were particularly commercial sounding if you like, those positions are quite respectable, given that the top 20 was full of bands like Soft Cell, OMD, Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran and Spandex Ballet etc, by that time.
Miles Away and Europe could've done better also on the back of the Ultravox (Vienna) success. Miles was very Numan / Ultravox sounding - Europe was commercial in my opinion and in the summer of 81 was completely in line with what was coming out then 'sound' wise.