Some People by Belouis Some

Some People, the debut album from Belouis Some, came out in April 1985 in America and that August at home in Britain. Behind the name was Neville Keighley, a south Londoner from Forest Hill who picked the stage name because his own sounded so un-rock. He cut the record in two stretches: first in London at Good Earth, Maison Rouge and Air Studios with Ian Little and Pete Schwier producing, then in New York late in 1984 with Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero.

It's sleek, synth-driven new wave with a dancer's pulse, and the clubs agreed: "Imagination" and the title song both went top ten on the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart. The album itself didn't chart, but "Imagination" wouldn't quit, and a reissue in January 1986 took it to 17 in the UK, far higher than it had managed first time round.

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