Modern Music (Be-Bop Deluxe album) explained

Modern Music
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Be-Bop Deluxe
Cover:	Be Bop Deluxe Modern Music.jpg
Released:	3 September 1976
Recorded:	June – July 1976^[1]
Studio:	Abbey Road, London
Length:	42:29
Prev Title:	Sunburst Finish
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Drastic Plastic
Next Year:	1978

Modern Music is the fourth studio album by English rock band Be-Bop Deluxe. It was produced by band leader Bill Nelson and producer/engineer John Leckie. As AllMusic reviewer William Ruhlmann states in his review, "the album charted high in England and made the Top 100 in the U.S., but it was Be Bop's peak, not its breakthrough.

It was re-released in early 1991 with three bonus tracks.^[2] Q Magazine described the album as 'less impressive [with] convoluted poetical ramblings [and] indulgent twoddling'.

Track listing

• Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–15 on CD reissues.

Personnel

Be-Bop Deluxe

• Bill Nelson - lead vocals, guitars, keyboards
• Andrew Clark - keyboards
• Charlie Tumahai - bass, backing vocals
• Simon Fox - drums

Charts

Chart (1976)	Position
UK Albums Charts^[3]	12
US Billboard 200^[4]	88

Notes and References

1. Web site: Be Bop Deluxe: Modern Music, 4CD/1DVD Deluxe Boxset Edition. 2020-11-02. Cherry Red Records. en-US.
2. Dick . Charlie . 5 March 1991 . Modern Music Review (reissue) . Q Magazine . 55 . 84.
3. Web site: BE BOP DELUXE full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2020-11-05. www.officialcharts.com.
4. Web site: Billboard 200 WEEK OF NOVEMBER 27, 1976. 2024-04-10. www.billboard.com.