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Born in 1959, Louis Philippe first recorded for Belgian label Les Disques du Crepuscule, under the names ‘The Border Boys’ (the ‘Tribute’ 12” EP, produced by Andy Paley, who’d worked with The Ramones and the Modern Lovers previously), and ‘The Arcadians’ (one single and one album, ‘It’s a Mad, Mad World’, 1986, later re-released on a variety of labels as ‘Let’s Pretend’). On the advice of A&R man Mike Alway, Louis Philippe moved to London in late 1986, and soon became one of the major figures of cult indie label él Records (1986-1989), a subsidiary of Cherry Red Records for which he recorded five singles and three albums (‘Appointment With Venus’, 1987; ‘Ivory Tower’, 1988; ‘Yuri Gagarin’, 1989). He also appeared in one guise or another - as songwriter, arranger, backing vocalist or instrumentalist - on more than half of all the label’s releases. él, now considered to be one of the most influential labels of its time, was, however, not a commercial success in the UK; but it scored a string of independent hits in Japan, where Louis Philippe (whose ‘You Mary You’ was él’s best-selling single) became an iconic figure for the so-called...
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Lazy English Sun
You Mary You
Martine
She Means Everything To Me
Guess I'm Dumb
Like Nobody Do
Rafaella
If You're Missing Someone
Flying Man
The Hill and the Valley
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Top 10 Louis Philippe Albums
A Kiss in the Funhouse
An Unknown Spring
Appointment With Venus
Sunshine
Jackie Girl
Azure
Let's Pretend
My Favourite Part of You
The Wonder of It All
Delta Kiss/Sunshine
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