''Translucence'' is a 1981

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Poly Styrene Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011), known by the stage name Poly Styrene, was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and frontwoman for the punk rock band X-Ray Spex. Early life Poly Styrene was born Marianne Joan El ...

Track listing

All tracks composed by Poly Styrene #"Dreaming" (3:48) #"Talk In Toytown" (3:21) #"Skydive" (4:10) #"Day That Time Forgot" (3:30) #"Shades" (3:20) #"Essence" (3:32) #"Hip City Hip" (3:02) #"Bicycle Song" (2:32) #"Sub Tropical" (3:04) #"Translucence" (3:12) #"Age" (3:09) #"Goodbye" (3:47)

Personnel

- vocals *

G.T. Moore Gerald Thomas Moore (born 2 May 1949) is an English singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist with a recording career that stretches back to the early 1970s. Moore recorded and performed with numerous musicians such as Jimmy Cliff, Lee 'Scratc ...

- guitar *Richard Moore - guitar *Kuma Harada - bass *Richard Bailey - drums *Darryl Lee Que - percussion *

Kevin McAlea Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant '' Kevan'' is anglicized from , a ...

- keyboards *Ted Bunting - saxophone, flute ;Technical *

Falcon Stuart Falcon Stuart (27 March 1941 – 27 February 2002) was a British photographer, retailer, filmmaker, manager and music producer associated with X-Ray Spex, Adam and the Ants, and Danielle Dax amongst others. Personal life Born in Oxford in 1941 as ...

- cover photography

References

{{Authority control 1981 debut albums United Artists Records albums Poly Styrene albums