Sad Café – Facades(1979)

Biography
Sad Café are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1976, who achieved their peak of popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They are best known for the UK Top 40 singles “Every Day Hurts”, “Strange Little Girl”, “My Oh My” and “I’m in Love Again”, the first of which was their biggest hit, reaching number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979.[2] The band also had two US Billboard Hot 100 hits with “Run Home Girl” and “La-Di-Da”. Frontman Paul Young went on to achieve greater chart success as the co-lead singer (with Paul Carrack) of Mike + The Mechanics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Café

Album & Cover
Facades is the third album released by Sad Café. They released the single “Every Day Hurts” and went on to become the groups  biggest hit single, as it reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart, with a total of 12 weeks. It was among the top 20 best-selling singles in Britain in 1979, outselling multiple UK number one hits that year.

Cover Location:
Who Did What: Photography – A. Powell
Label: A&M SP-4779(US), RCA PL-25249(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell

Tracklist

Credits
Drums – Dave Irving
Keyboards – Vic Emerson
Producer, Engineer – Eric Stewart
Vocals, Bass – John Stimpson
Vocals, Guitar – Ashley Mulford, Ian Wilson
Vocals, Percussion – Paul Young