Radio Silence is the first full-length album

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 by the Toronto

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-based new wave

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 band Blue Peter

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Blue Peter was a Canadian new wave synthpop founded in 1978 in Markham, Ontario by Chris Wardman and Paul Humphrey. In their heyday, Blue Peter opened for major international acts such as The Police and Simple Minds...

 . Released in 1980

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, it contained the moderately successful single

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 "Video Verite", as well as the eponymous single "Radio Silence", known for its simple "dying keyboard" riff

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. The album ranked 60th in CFNY's Top 80 Albums of 1980.

Personnel

• Mike Bambrick - drums
• Paul Humphrey - vocals, keyboards
• Geoff McOuat - bass
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• Chris Wardman
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   - guitar
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Additional personnel:

• Ray Parker - piano
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   on Take Me to War

Track listing

All songs on the album were written by Chris Wardman, except where noted:

1. Video Verite 3:54
2. Where's My Angel 3:24 (Humphrey)
3. Attraction 2:57
4. Hesitate 3:36
5. Shellshocked 4:01
6. Radio Silence 4:31
7. Neon Girls 3:43
8. A.W.O.L. 3:16
9. I Walk Alone 3:48
10. Take Me to War 5:18

Re-issue

In 2007, Radio Silence was re-issued by Universal Music Canada on compact disc

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, combined with Test Patterns for Living

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Test Patterns for Living was the first release, an EP, by the Toronto-based New Wave band Blue Peter. Released in 1979, it included the single "Factory Living" , which helped the band get their first radio airplay on CFNY...

(originally released as a seven inch by Ready Records in 1979). In addition, the re-issue also includes two bonus tracks, a single edit of "Video Verite" and a live concert recording of 'Take Me to War", recorded in 1983 in Montreal

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.

The band lineup for the Test Patterns for Living tracks included Paul Humphrey on vocals and keyboards, Chris Wardman on guitar, Geoff McOuat on bass, and Ron Tomlinson on drums. The band lineup for the live version of Take Me to War was the final incarnation of Blue Peter, featuring Humphrey, Wardman, Jason Sniderman

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 on keyboards, Ric Joudrey on bass and Owen Tennyson on drums.