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Songs to Remember by Scritti Politti
Songs to Remember is an album by Scritti Politti, released in 1982. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Sweetest Girl”, on 2 lists with a best position of #22.
Songs to Remember, Scritti Politti's debut album, finally surfaced on Rough Trade on 3 September 1982 after a long, fraught road: Green Gartside's collapse and illness held up the recording for nine months, and once it was finished the band asked for the release to wait another year. It was worth the wait. Produced by Adam Kidron, it's the sound of a scratchy, left-leaning DIY post-punk outfit falling for disco, reggae and soul, and making a sweet, sly pop record out of the affair without dropping the heady political philosophy in the lyrics.
"The Sweetest Girl", "Faithless" and "Asylums in Jerusalem" point the way forward, and the album climbed to number 12 in Britain. Critics later ranked it among the best records of the '80s, and it cleared the path for Cupid & Psyche 85.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Songs to Remember on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sweetest Girl | 2 | #22 | – | 1981–1982 | |
| 2 | Faithless | 1 | #13 | – | 1982 | |
| 3 | Asylums In Jerusalem | 1 | #18 | – | 1982 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.