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Pinky Blue by Altered Images
Pinky Blue is an album by Altered Images, released in 1982. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Could Be Happy”, on 3 lists with a best position of #304.
Pinky Blue, the second album from Glasgow new wave band Altered Images, came out on Epic in May 1982 with Martin Rushent producing, as he had on their 1981 hit "Happy Birthday"; it would be the last thing they did with him. Clare Grogan's giddy, girlish voice is right up front, with Tich Anderson, Tony McDaid, Johnny McElhone and new man Stephen Lironi, on guitar and drums, behind her.
It catches the band in full flight from post-punk toward pure sugar-rush pop, bright and bouncy and slightly off-kilter under Rushent's crisp, glossy sheen, and they even tackled Neil Diamond's "Song Sung Blue", which went out as a single only in Holland. "I Could Be Happy" reached number seven, "See Those Eyes" 11 and the title track 35, and the album climbed to 12 on the UK chart, their best showing, earning a silver disc for more than 60,000 sales.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Pinky Blue on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Could Be Happy | 3 | #304 | – | 1995–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.