“Blind Vision” by Blancmange

"Blind Vision" was the first single from Blancmange's second album Mange Tout, out in April 1983, and it gave the English synth-pop duo a harder, brassier punch. Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe wrote it, and producer John Luongo surrounded them with a full session crew: a horn section of Crispin Cioe and Arno Hecht on saxophone, Bob Funk on trumpet and Hollywood Paul Litteral on trombone, Neil Jason's springy bass, David Rhodes on guitar, Bashiri Johnson on percussion,, plus three backing singers.

Arthur hollers more than he sings, and the brass stabs keep the tension wound tight. The song, he explained, was aimed at people too stubborn to see what's right in front of them, and at faith swallowed without question. It reached number 10 in Britain, and AllMusic later called it close to irresistible.

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