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What happened in 1981?
In early 1981, following the disbanding of Yes, Downes and Horn reconvened at Sarm East Studios to record The Buggles' second studio album.
what was their second album called?
Adventures in Modern Recording.
what were the highlights of adventures in modern recording?
Downes left the group on the day the recording of the album was meant to begin to help form Asia with Howe citing musical differences.
did he have other reasons for leaving?
Horn was angry that Island Records renegotiated publishing terms for Downes to join Asia.
did they work out the issue?
To fix this problem, Jill Sinclair made a deal with the French label Carrere, whose leader Claude Carrere.
what did carrere do?
whom Horn described as a "very nice man", helped fund the album.
Horn was now left to complete much of the album with several additional personnel.

Question: any hits during this time?
Self-contained rewrite: Were there any hits by The Buggles during the time after the deal with Carrere Records?