Sixth single from former Josek K vocalist Paul Haig

Paul Haig

Paul Haig is a Scottish indie composer, musician and singer. He was originally a member of 1980s post-punk band Josef K who were signed to the Postcard record label...

. Produced by Haig and former Associates instrumentalist Alan Rankine

Alan Rankine

Alan Rankine played keyboards, and guitars, for the rock band, Associates, which he co-founded with Billy Mackenzie in the late 1970s....

. Released in the UK and across Europe by Les Disques Du Crepuscule

Les Disques du Crepuscule

Les Disques Du Crépuscule was a Belgian independent record label.The label was started in 1980 by Michel Duval and Annik Honoré, residents of Brussels who had previously organised and promoted concerts in the city. Initial releases were by Factory Records artists, and were labelled as being...

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One of the b-sides is "Ghost Rider", a cover of the Suicide

Suicide (band)

Suicide is an American electronic protopunk musical duo, intermittently active since 1970 and composed of vocalist Alan Vega and Martin Rev on synthesizers and drum machines. They are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo....

 song, written by Martin Rev

Martin Rev

Martin Rev is an American musician and the instrumentalist in the electronic proto-punk band, Suicide. He also has a solo career and has released several solo albums for a number of labels, including ROIR and Puu...

 and Alan Vega

Alan Vega

Alan Vega For several years other sources stated that he was born in 1948 – see 'Myth' section is an American vocalist, primarily known for his work with electronic protopunk duo, Suicide...

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Reviews

Big Blue World, Sounds, 20 October 1984

Paul Haig is back with a vengeance. Two weeks ago this column sang the praises of the man with an orange haircut. Now, just a fortnight after The Only Truth comes Big Blue World, a massive pulsating burst of take this job and shove it optimism. He steps out into the clear fresh air with a giant croon Tom Jones

Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...

couldn't surpass and the backbeat is hard enough to wake the dead.

Don't be vague - ask for Haig.