Aztec Camera
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Biography
[Edit]Aztec Camera was the brainchild of Roddy Frame, a Scottish songwriter and vocalist whose precocious talent — he was still in his teens when the band cut their acclaimed debut album, High Land, Hard Rain — earned the band a loyal cult following. With Frame's knack for catchy, upbeat melodies and wordplay that often invited comparisons to Elvis Costello, Aztec Camera became a major critical favorite in the U.K. and the U.S., even as the band went through frequent personnel changes.
Aztec Camera was formed in 1980 by Frame, then just 16 years old and living in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The initial lineup of the band consisted of Frame on guitar and vocals, Campbell Owens on bass, and Dave Mulholland on drums. Aztec Camera made their recorded debut on 1980's In and Out of Fashion, a compilation cassette of Scottish bands released by Pungent Records in association with Glasgow-based Fumes Magazine, and in March 1981, the group released a single through the respected Scottish indie label Postcard Records, "Just Like Gold" b/w "We Could Send Letters," which rose to number ten on the U.K. Independent charts. The British music journal New Musical Express gave Aztec Camera their seal of approval by licensing an alternate acoustic version of "Just Like Gold" for C-86, a cassette-only compilation curated and released by the magazine. After issuing a second single through Postcard, "Mattress of Wire" b/w "Lost Outside the Tunnel," Aztec Camera signed with Rough Trade Records, who released the single "Pillar to Post" b/w "Queen's Tattoos" in 1982. 1982 also saw the departure of Dave Mulholland from the group, with John Hendry taking over as drummer.
In 1983, Aztec Camera's debut album, High Land, Hard Rain, was released by Rough Trade in the U.K. and Sire in the United States. The album earned rave reviews (with many citing the fact Frame was just 18 when he wrote most of the songs) and respectable sales (especially in England), and guitarist Craig Gannon and keyboardist Bernie Clark expanded the group's lineup to a quintet. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits came aboard to produce Aztec Camera's second album, 1984's Knife, but as the group's sound became slicker and more ambitious, Frame became disenchanted with his bandmates, and by the time he went on tour in support of the Knife album, Campbell Owens was the only other original member of the group left in the lineup, and it would prove to be his last tour with Aztec Camera.
After a stopgap EP of live tracks and B-sides was issued in the United States in 1985, the third Aztec Camera album, the R&B-influenced Love, appeared in 1987. Though it was issued under the group's name, Frame recorded the material with a handful of session musicians, and from that point on, Aztec Camera would not have a consistent lineup on-stage or in the studio, with Frame assembling a different set of players for each project. Love proved to be a commercial success in the U.K., rising to number 10 on the album charts, but it barely made the Top 200 in the United States, and the next two Aztec Camera albums, 1990's eclectic Stray and 1993's electronic experiment Dreamland, didn't even chart in America. After 1995's Frestonia, a low-key and primarily acoustic effort, failed to excite fans or critics, Frame retired the name Aztec Camera, and his next project, 1998's North Star, appeared under the name Roddy Frame. A compilation that followed the group's career up to Dreamla`nd, The Best of Aztec Camera, was issued in Japan in 1999 and in the U.K. in 2001; a more comprehensive two-disc set, Walk Out to Winter: The Best of Aztec Camera, followed in 2011. In 2013, AED Records brought out a 30th Anniversary edition of High Land, Hard Rain in the U.K., with Domino following suit in the United States in 2014; in support, Frame played a handful of solo shows in which he performed the album's 13 songs in their entirety.
Title: High Land, Hard Rain
Artist: Aztec Camera
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Collections
Title: Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Just Say Yes
Genre: Pop
Title: WEEKEND SONGS CD 3
Title: 80s Mixtape CD 1
Genre: Club/Dance, Pop
Title: 100 Essential Tracks 80'S CD 1
Genre: Pop Rock
Title: 100 Hits Electric Eighties CD 1
Genre: Club/Dance, Pop
Title: 100 Hits Electric Eighties CD 2
Genre: Club/Dance, Pop
Title: 100 Hits Electric Eighties CD 3
Genre: Club/Dance, Pop
Title: Pop Revolution 1988 - 1989 CD 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Retro Night
Title: 100 Hits - Rock Anthems [Cd4]
Genre: Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Punk, Pop Rock
Title: 100 Hits: 80s (Disc 1)
Genre: Soul, Folk Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave, Country, Rockabilly, Synth Pop, Ska
Title: 100 Hits: 80s (Disc 5)
Genre: Soul, Folk Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave, Country, Rockabilly, Synth Pop, Ska
Title: Mastermix - Issue 310 (CD 1)
Genre: Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: Las 101 Canciones Del Siglo XX CD4
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Electronic Rock, Hard Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Operatic Pop
Title: Love In The 80'S
Title: Maxi Pop, Volume III (Disc 1)
Genre: Electronica, Pop
Title: Feel Good 80'S CD3
Genre: Pop
Title: My Songs 40 Feel Good Anthems
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock, Acoustic
Title: 100 Hits Love - 100 Romantic Classics CD 2
Genre: Hard Rock, World Music, Pop
Title: Seriously 80'S (CD3)
Title: Fantastic 80s! - Disc 5
Title: M80 Slow 2 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits 80'S Rewind (CD1)
Title: 100 Hits 80'S Rewind (CD3)
Title: 100 Hits - Party (CD5)
Genre: World Music, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: 100 Hits - Love (CD2)
Title: 100 Hits - Mum (CD4)
Title: 100 Hits - Mum (CD2)
Title: Pure... Alternative 80s (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Feel Good 80s (CD3)
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Pop
Title: Indie Electro Pop June 2013 - Hey Love
Genre: Indie
Title: A - Z Of The 80s (CD01)
Genre: Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Sound Of The 80s (Super Clasicos) Parte 1 (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: 80's Night Ultimate DJ Collection (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Hits - 80's (CD5)
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Rock, World Music, Pop, Funk
Title: 100 Hits - 80's (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Rock, World Music, Pop, Funk
Title: Fantastic 80s! (CD5) -80's On The Radio
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Hits Dad (CD4)
Genre: Rock
Title: 100 Hits Dad (CD3)
Genre: Rock
Title: 80s Love 2014 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: 80S COLLECTION DJMIXCHILE (CD3)
Genre: Rock, DJ/Remixes, Pop
Title: 80s Love 2
Genre: Electronica, Disco, Pop
Title: Music 80's Happy Time Edition (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: 80's In The Mix Vol. 1 (CD4)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The 80s Part 2 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, New Wave, Pop
Title: The Best Scottish Album In The World... Ever! (CD2)
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock, Folk
Title: Fantastic 80s! - The Complete Collection (CD05)
Genre: Electronica, House, Rock, Disco, Pop, Pop Rock, Synth Pop
Title: Made In Scotland (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: 12 Inch Dance 80s Synthpop
Title: 12 Inch 80's New Wave (CD3)
Genre: Indie Rock, Disco, Pop Rock
Title: 80s Dancefloor (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 20 Jahre Rolling Stone
Genre: Rock
Title: 80s Dancefloor 2014
Genre: Pop
Title: 80s Dancefloor: The Collection (CD3)
Genre: Industrial, Electro, Club/Dance, EBM
Title: Top 100 80s (CD1)
Title: 12 " / 80s / 2 (CD3)
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: 80's Love (CD1)
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, New Beat, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Radio Hits 80's (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Sad Pop Ballads
Artist: Missing You
Genre: Soul, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Synth Pop, Classical, Celtic, Easy Listening
Title: Ultimate Singalong Anthems (CD1)
Artist: 100 Hit Tracks
Genre: Soul, Rock, New Wave, Reggae, Country, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Ska, Easy Listening