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808 State

808 State albums

808 State are an English electronic music group formed in 1987 in Manchester by Graham Massey, Martin Price and Gerald Simpson. Taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the "state of mind" the members shared, they released their debut album Newbuild in September 1988. They secured commercial success in 1989, when their song "Pacific State" was picked up by BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies and charted for 11 weeks in the UK. The group's early work... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Cubik - #2: In Yer Face - #3: Pacific - #4: Lopez - #5: Pacific 808:98 [rm - Pacific State] / Cubik 98

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1989	Utd. State 90	78		MP3
	1.	11/1989	Pacific	78	US dance 30 • UK 10	MP3	written by Gerald Simpson, Graham Massey & Martin Price

	2.	1990	90	13		MP3
	1.	03/1990	The Extended Pleasure of Dance EP	13	UK 56	MP3	written by Graham Massey, Martin Price, Andrew Barker & Darren Partington

	3.	1990-1991	Ex:el	232		MP3
	1.	09/1990	Cubik	91	US dance 8 • UK 10	MP3	charted as Cubik / Olympic in UK charts written by Graham Massey, Darren Partington, Andrew Barker & Martin Price
	2.	02/1991	In Yer Face	86	UK 9	MP3	written by Graham Massey, Darren Partington, Andrew Barker, Gerald Simpson & Martin Price
	3.	04/1991	Ooops	28	US dance 13 • UK 42	MP3	featuring Björk written by Graham Massey, Martin Price, Andrew Barker, Darren Partington & Bjork Gudmundsdottir
	4.	08/1991	Lift	27	US dance 23 • UK 38	MP3	charted as Lift / Open Your Mind in UK charts written by Graham Massey, Martin Price, Andrew Barker & Darren Partington

	4.	1992-1993	Gorgeous	44		MP3
	1.	10/1992	Timebomb	8	US dance 19	MP3	written by Andy Barker, Darren Partington & Graham Massey
	2.	01/1993	Plan 9	16	UK 50	MP3	written by Graham Massey, Darren Partington & Andrew Barker
	3.	03/1993	Moses	7	US alt. 21	MP3	written by Dave Porter, Ed Vivenzio, Greg Liss, Frank Briggs & Ian McCulloch
	4.	06/1993	10x10	14	US dance 43 • UK 67	MP3	written by Graham Massey, Andrew Barker, Darren Partington & Paul Weller

	5.	1994	Gorgeous [deluxe edition]	34		MP3
	1.	07/1994	Bombadin	34	US dance 3 • UK 67	MP3	written by Graham Massey, Darren Partington, Andrew Barker, Louis Sharpe, Joey Gardner & Gerald Drummond

	6.	1996-1997	Don Solaris	67		MP3
	1.	06/1996	Bond	13	UK 57	MP3	written by Graham Massey, Darren Partington & Andrew Barker
	2.	08/1996	Azura	7	UK 84	MP3	written by Graham Massey, Andrew Barker, Darren Partington & Louise Rhodes
	3.	02/1997	Lopez	47	UK 20	MP3	featuring James Dean Bradfield written by Graham Massey, Darren Partington & Andrew Barker

	7.	1998	808:88:98	69		MP3
	1.	05/1998	Pacific 808:98 [rm - Pacific State] / Cubik 98	47	UK 21	MP3	written by Graham Massey, Andrew Barker & Darren Partington
	2.	10/1998	Cubik:98	22	US dance 3	MP3	written by Graham Massey, Darren Partington, Andrew Barker & Martin Price

See also...

Andrew Barker • Darren Partington • Graham Massey • Martin Price

MC Tunes vs. 808 State

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