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The Best of Fad Gadget
Includes exclusive mixes and tracks on CD for the first time. No U.S. release is planned. The album features artists and musicians such as Daniel Miller, Alison Moyet, Einsturzende Neubauten and Dave Simmonds. more
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- Posted: Jul-10-2006
A Great Introduction to Frank Tovey!
"Fad Gadget" ... allow yourself to taste those words for a moment. It shimmers with style. Likewise, these songs sound equally invigorating to the ears. Fans of edgy, intellegent bands like Depeche Mode, The The and Shriekback will find refuge in this music too. Fad Gadget was more an...
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- Posted: Mar-06-2006
Back to nature
This best of fad gadget is very good,if you love good 80's electronic music then you will like this,But I personally recommend under the flag
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- Posted: Jan-12-2005
As influential as it gets...
Listening to a lot of electronic music the past 4-5 yrs has only helped me realise how spectacularly influential Fad Gadget was. And did I mention way, way ahead of his time?Sure, the Gadget do have this characteristic 80s "feel" reminiscent of undeground electronic pioneers from that time. But...
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- Posted: May-10-2002
Brilliant
We had actually been discussing Frank on the synthpunk discussion list a few days before he died (before touring the US!), and it came as a bit of a shock. So when news of this release came about I rushed to get it. Brilliant stuff, I highly recommend it for fans of all genres.
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- Posted: Apr-06-2002
Fad Gadget, R.I.P.
Buy this if for nothing else than In Memoriam of the late, ever so great Mr. Frank Tovey. Side one one-ups the other greatest hits and includes B-sides, so even the veteran Fad Gadget listener will most likely find this to be of interest. Side two has some interesting remixes and oddities. All...
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- Posted: Feb-02-2002
80's electronic at its best
If you enjoy 80's pop music, electronic, punk, industrial, or even gothic, Fad Gadget is the band to listen to for they influenced many undoubtedly. Music just isn't made like this anymore. Fad Gadget was not afraid to put a gothic sounding singer with an electronic band. It was late 70's early...
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- Posted: Dec-25-2001
THANK YOU FRANK!
Much can be said of this seminal advent-gaurde-electro-pop act FAD GADGET, a.k.a. Frank Tovey. As one of first artist to be on the infamous Mute label, founded by Depeche Mode's producer Daniel Miller. Fad has broke ground as a trend setter in the early 80's SynthPop scene influencing today's...
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