Aztec Camera

 

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The 1980s Scottish guitarist/vocalist/songwriter was responsible for some sophisticated, acoustic, jazz, jangly guitar pop, relying on gentle melodies and clever lyricism.

 

ALL MUSIC GUIDE BIOGRAPHY

 

Key Studio Album: High Land, Hard Rain (1983)

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Key Compiliation: The Best Of (2001)

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Career Defining Song:

Somewhere In My Heart (1988 UK#3)

Other Key Songs (that I can find videos for thanks to Warners Brothers :angry:):

 

Oblivious (1983 UK#18)

 

All I Need Is Everything (1984 UK#34)

 

How Men Are (1988 UK#25)

 

Good Morning Britain (1990 UK#19)

 

Were any of you fans of Roddy Frame's highly lyrical melodic pop?

Now that's more like it. "We Could Send Letters" is my favourite Aztec Camera song. That whole "postcard" era with Aztec Camera, Orange Juice and Jozef K produced some fine pop music.

 

Only got into Aztec Camera with Somewhere in my Heart but I loved Good Morning Britain. I didn't even know who Mick Jones was at the time either!

I liked them when they were out in the '80's, Favourites were Somewhere in my heart & Oblivious.

always considered them rather 'nice and safe'... courting neither the 'cool' nor the 'pop' audience very well fitting somewhere in between... but thats just a personal view.

 

my fav was 'oblivious', reminds me of the hot summer of 83 when id just got married.