Erasure's Andy Bell Selects 13 Favourite Records | Page 10 of 14 | The Quietus

Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

What a fucking record! If you hadn’t been introduced to synthesisers via Kraftwerk or Soft Cell, then this was the album that would do it. This was another that became the soundtrack to my teenage life. Knew it inside out and what a relief that boys could finally wear makeup. There’s not one dud track on here and the non-singles are best, except ‘Love Action’, which is pure class. The League are the reason that electronic music has been kept alive.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Holly Johnson, Mark Fell, Neil Hannon
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