Listen (A Flock of Seagulls album)
Listen is the second album release by the new wave band A Flock of Seagulls, released on 29 April 1983. It once again teamed the group with record producer Mike Howlett–who produced their debut album–except on the single release "(It's Not Me) Talking", which was produced by Bill Nelson. The record included the UK Top 10 hit "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)". Other singles released from the album include "Nightmares" and "Transfer Affection". The face on the cover is of the band's drummer, Ali Score. Reception. "Listen  received generally positive reviews. While Tom Demalon of AllMusic retrospectively felt the album was sterile" and inconsistent, he found the hit "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) to be "multilayered [and] hypnotic" while also praising the "Nightmares" and "Transfer Affection" Robert Christgau joked that the album's "aural pleasure" of "whooshes and zooms...and computerized ostinatos" could make Mr. Spock dance. He gave the album a B+ rating. Re-issues. "Listen" has been released with varying track listings on at least three separate occasions. The original 1983 release, the 1992 CD Beehive label release, 2004 Superfecta Recordings release  and the 2010 Cherry Red release. The cassette version and the 1992 CD version (on the Beehive label) have the original LP tracks in a slightly different order, with the additional tracks "Rosenmontag", "Quicksand", and "The Last Flight of Yuri Gagarin" interspersed (although the track listing for the CD edition, printed on the inserts and the disc itself, incorrectly follows the LP track listing above rather than reflecting the disc's actual contents). The 2004 CD version has the ten LP tracks in the order, followed by the three additional tracks "Committed", "Quicksand", and a live rendition of their hit  I Ran (So Far Away). "(It's Not Me) Talking" was released in 1981, two years before "Listen" was released on Bill Nelson's Cocteau label. The version of the song used on "Listen" is a re-recorded version; as a consequence, the Cocteau version has yet to see a CD release. The 2010 Cherry Red release has the ten LP tracks in the order, followed by the B-sides "Committed", "Quicksand" and "Tanglimara" and the remixes of "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" and "Nightmares". Track listing. All tracks written by Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley  and Paul Reynolds. Original LP. CD re-issue bonus tracks (2004, Superfecta Recordings) CD re-issue bonus tracks (2010, Cherry Red) Cassette. "Side One" "Side Two" This track listing was also used for the 1992 Beehive Trading Ltd. CD re-issue.