Do pop albums include instrumentals anymore?
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Do pop albums include instrumentals anymore?
In the days of New Wave (and particularly the New Romantic branch of that genre), say circa 1978-1984, many of the chart-topping groups of the day included an instrumental track or two. B-Sides were often instrumental tracks as well. I'm thinking of bands like Ultravox, Visage, Adam Ant, Human League, Gary Numan, etc. In fact in Numan's case, if you listen to his two biggest albums (Replicas and The Pleasure Principle) back-to-back, you'll hear three consecutive instrumentals.
Do artists do this anymore, or is it a fad that came and went.
Do artists do this anymore, or is it a fad that came and went.
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Of Montreal's latest record has two (out of thirteen tracks) instrumentals. They're neat.
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Well, "pop" in this context just means popular, as in Top 40-ish. It's not surprising that indie and the more "artsy" bands and artists would include instrumentals, but how many of the CDs that are aimed at topping the charts do so?
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Originally Posted by Numanoid
Well, "pop" in this context just means popular, as in Top 40-ish. It's not surprising that indie and the more "artsy" bands and artists would include instrumentals, but how many of the CDs that are aimed at topping the charts do so?
Edit: I found this "topish 40" list. There may be no hope (in the US)...
http://top40-charts.com/chart.php?cid=28