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The Beloved is tagged as: electronic, synthpop, pop, 90s, dance

Originally a quartet whose sound drew inspiration from psychedelia, the Beloved found its greatest success as a rave-influenced dance-pop duo. Throughout its fluid existence, the guiding force behind the group remained vocalist Jon Marsh, who formed the band Journey Through inCambridge, UK with Steve Waddington and Tim Havard; with the addition of Guy Gausden (November 1984), the group renamed itself the Beloved, and gradually evolved into a moody dance outfit not dissimilar to New Order.
In 1986, The Beloved issued their first single, “A Hundred Words” a series of releases (including the EP Happy Now, the double A-sided single “Surprise Me”/”Forever Dancing” and the 1987 compliation Where It Is) followed, but none garnered any significant critical or commercial success. Consequently, Gousden and Havard exited in 1987, at much the same time Marsh and Waddington were falling under the sway of London’s burgeoning rave community. After first re-emerging with the ambient-styled single “The Sun Rising” the Beloved then scored an international hit with “Hello” a bubbling techno exercise which name-checked many of the group’s influences.
In 1990, the duo issued a pair of albums, Happiness and Blissed Out (a re...
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Top 10 The Beloved Songs
Sweet Harmony
The Sun Rising
Deliver Me
Hello
You've Got Me Thinking
Your Love Takes Me Higher
Time After Time
Outerspace Girl
Lose Yourself in Me
Dream On
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Top 10 The Beloved Albums
The Sun Rising
Conscience
Happiness
Single File
Blissed Out
Sweet Harmony
X
Where It Is
Sweet Harmony: The Very Best Of The Beloved
Hello
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