Scritti Politti

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Scritti Politti is a British band known for its sophisticated, synth-driven pop music and politically infused lyrics, particularly prominent in the 1980s.

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Scritti Politti canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf band
musical group
activePeriod 1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
late 1970s
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
formedIn England
Leeds
genre art pop
new wave
pop
post-punk
sophisti-pop
synth-pop
hasAlbum Absolute
Anomie & Bonhomie
Cupid & Psyche 85
Early
Provision
Songs to Remember
White Bread Black Beer
hasAward Mercury Prize
surface form: Mercury Prize nomination
hasLabel EMI
EMI Records
surface form: EMI Records Ltd.

Kitchenware
Kitchenware Records
Kitchenware Records Ltd.
Rough Trade Records
surface form: Rough Trade

Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records
surface form: Rough Trade Records Ltd.

Virgin
Virgin Records
Virgin Records
surface form: Virgin Records Ltd.

Warner Bros. Entertainment
surface form: Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
surface form: Warner Bros. Records Inc.
hasMainMember Green Gartside
hasMember Abe Laboriel Jr.
Alex Thomas
Allen Toussaint
Arto Lindsay
Aylwin Lewis
B.J. Nelson
Cindy Mizelle NERFINISHED
David Gamson
Doran Edwards
Fred Maher
Gareth Sager
Green Gartside
Marcus Miller
Marcus Rojas
Matthew Kay
Miles Davis
Neil Pyzer
Nial Jinks
Paul Wickens
surface form: Paul "Wix" Wickens

Rhodri Marsden
Rob Smoughton NERFINISHED
Roger Squitero
T.M. Stevens
Tom Morley
hasSingle A Day Late and a Dollar Short
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
surface form: A Day Late and a Dollar Short (single version)

A Slow Soul
Absolute
Absolute (single version)
After Six
After Six (single version)
Asylums in Jerusalem
Asylums in Jerusalem (single version)
Bibbly-O-Tek
Boom! There She Was
Boom! There She Was (single version)
Brushed with Oil, Dusted with Powder
Brushed with Oil, Dusted with Powder (single version)
Confidence
Faithless
Hegemony
Hypnotize
Hypnotize
surface form: Hypnotize (single version)

Is and Ought the Western World
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida (single version)
Lions After Slumber
Peel Sessions
surface form: Lions After Slumber (Peel Session)

Messthetics
Oh Patti (Don’t Feel Sorry for Loverboy)
Oh Patti (Don’t Feel Sorry for Loverboy)
surface form: Oh Patti (Don’t Feel Sorry for Loverboy) (single version)

Perfect Way
Perfect Way (single version)
Petrococadollar
Petrococadollar (single version)
Skank Bloc Bologna
Skank Bloc Bologna (single version)
Small Talk
Snow in Sun
Snow in Sun (single version)
The Boom Boom Bap
The Boom Boom Bap
surface form: The Boom Boom Bap (single version)

The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris (single version)
The Sweetest Girl
The Sweetest Girl (single version)
The Word Girl
The Word Girl
surface form: The Word Girl (Flesh and Blood)

The Word Girl (single version)
Tinseltown to the Boogiedown
Tinseltown to the Boogiedown (single version)
Umm
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)
surface form: Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) (single version)
influencedBy Marxist theory
post-structuralism
languageOfName Italian
leadVocalist Green Gartside
lyricalTheme philosophy
politics
romantic relationships
notableFor politically infused lyrics
sophisticated synth-driven pop music
notableWork Cupid & Psyche 85
Perfect Way
Songs to Remember
The Word Girl
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)

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Rough Trade Records hasNotableArtist Scritti Politti