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The Lotus Eaters
Band Liverpool United Kingdom Formed 1982 UK 80s synthpop
The Lotus Eaters formed in 1982 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. The Lotus Eaters has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1991–1999. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The First Picture of You”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #86. The station that charted The Lotus Eaters most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 2 appearances.
Liverpool's the Lotus Eaters made their mark with their very first single, "The First Picture of You", a hit at home and across the Channel in France, Italy, Belgium and Spain. It's a shimmering, sun-dappled slice of new wave pop, all chiming guitars and a wistful, starry-eyed vocal, as romantic as a photograph in soft focus.
Signed to Arista, they gathered it onto the 1984 album No Sense of Sin, with Jeremy Kelly, Alan Wills, Ged Quinn, Stephen Emmer and Steve Creese among the names in the band's orbit. It's a record of delicate, lovelorn melodies that sat a long way from the synth-pop swagger around it, and radio listeners kept "The First Picture of You" close for years.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Lotus Eaters on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Picture of You | 2 | #86 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 645 | The First Picture of You | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) |
| 1991 | 86 | The First Picture of You | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) |
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