Song · Modern English
“Ink and Paper” by Modern English
From the album Stop Start (1986)
“Ink and Paper” by Modern English appears on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1986 and 1989. It was first released in 1986 on the album Stop Start. Its best result is #14 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #53 alternative song of 1986 and #4,025 alternative song of all time.
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"Ink and Paper" led the way for Stop Start, the first single from the fourth Modern English album in 1986. The writing credit is a crowd: Robbie Grey, who sings lead, shares it with Michael Conroy, Gary McDowell, Aaron Davidson, Kelly Salloum and an outside hand, the Rubinoos' Tommy Dunbar. Steve Short produced.
Label troubles had stalled the album for almost two years, and in the meantime keyboardist Stephen Walker and drummer Richard Brown both left, so this was the first Modern English record without the full original lineup. Davidson came in on keyboards and extra guitar, session man Graham Broad drummed, and the sound squared up into more conventional rock. The band's popularity got Stop Start released in the US first, and they toured North America behind it with Afrika Bambaataa and A Flock of Seagulls.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 14 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 193 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 278 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
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