Good stuff. You may know that Steve Strange (lead singer of Visage) passed away recently. David Sylvian and Japan, yes to those and others like one-hit wonders Alphaville who did Big In Japan, do you remember that one?
It's very rare for me to enjoy every track on an album - even a greatest hits compilation LOL - but Lexicon of Love and Mistaken Identity by Kim Carnes were 80s exceptions.
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Oh, I loathed ABC! OH really liked them, still does, so played them all the time. As soon as I heard his voice it would turn me cold. Same with REM. Like nails on a chalkboard! *shudders* Tony Hadley's voice made me shiver too - but in a really good way!
I liked Big in Japan, AF. There is another song from around that time that I really loved. It was on the social club jukebox at my first job after graduation ('83 ish) and I played it pretty much every lunchtime. (I went to play darts not to drink - honest). I'm buggered if I can remember what it was though! It's going to annoy the heck out of me till I remember it now!