Playback (SSQ album)

Playback
Studio album by SSQ
Released 1983
Recorded 1982–1983
Genre
Length 31:03
Label
Producer Jon St. James
Singles from Playback
  1. "Synthicide"
    Released: 1983
  2. "Big Electronic Beat"
    Released: 1983

Playback is the only studio album by the American synthpop band SSQ, released in 1983 by Enigma and EMI America Records.[1] It is the only album released by the band as SSQ, though the band members later worked on lead singer Stacey Q's debut album Better Than Heaven (1986) and her sophomore album, Hard Machine (1988).

"Synthicide", "Big Electronic Beat", and "Clockwork" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1984 film Hardbodies. "Synthicide" and "Anonymous" appeared on the soundtrack of the 1985 film Cavegirl.

The album was re-released on July 10, 2014 by F1 Music as a digital download on iTunes and Amazon. It has never been issued on a legitimate Compact Disc by any company. It was originally issued on LP & Cassette (only).

Music videos

Music videos were released for both "Synthicide" and "Screaming In My Pillow." There were three different videos released for "Screaming In My Pillow": The first version was a PG-13-rated version that received airplay on MTV. A more controversial, "uncensored" version was aired on Playboy TV depicting full-frontal nudity and lesbianism by Stacey Swain and an unknown model. A third video, called the NC-17 version, was considered too graphic for mainstream airplay. It was included on Red Hot Rock, a VHS compilation of uncensored music videos.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Synthicide"
3:36
2."Jet Town"
  • Jon St. James
  • John Van Tongeren
3:40
3."Big Electronic Beat"
  • Jon St. James
  • John Van Tongeren
3:30
4."Clockwork"
  • Jon St. James
5:28
5."Screaming in My Pillow"
  • Jon St. James
  • Elizabeth Roberts
4:19
6."Anonymous"
  • Jon St. James
  • John Van Tongeren
3:54
7."Walkman On"
  • Jon St. James
  • John Van Tongeren
3:40
8."N'Importe Quoi"
  • Jon St. James
  • Martine Hamel
2:56
Total length:31:03

Personnel

  • Stacey Q – vocals
  • Jon St. James – guitars, synth, vocals
  • John Van Tongeren – synth
  • Rich West – synth
  • Karl Moet – drum systems
  • Skip Hahn – keyboards, vocoder

References

  1. ↑ "SSQ – Playback". Discogs. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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