Artist · from Moss Side · born 1958
Barry Adamson is an English rock musician. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as a member of the post-punk band Magazine and went on to work with Visage, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the electro musicians Pan Sonic. In addition to prolific solo work, Adamson has also remixed Grinderman, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Recoil and Depeche Mode. He also worked on the soundtrack for David Lynch's surrealistic crime film Lost Highway.
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Cut to Black17 May 2024Vinyl
Know Where to Run26 Feb 2016Vinyl
I Will Set You Free30 Jan 2012Vinyl
Therapist (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)30 May 2011Vinyl
Delusion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)21 Dec 2009Vinyl
Back to the Cat22 Apr 2008Vinyl
Stranger on the Sofa5 Jun 2006Vinyl
The King of Nothing Hill2 Sep 2002Vinyl
Murky World Of Barry Adamson18 May 1999Vinyl
As Above So Below1 Jun 1998Vinyl
Oedipus Schmoedipus29 Jul 1996VinylListening Party
Soul Murder6 Apr 1992Vinyl
Moss Side Story6 Mar 1989Vinyl
Steal Away EP5 Nov 2021 · EPVinyl
Love Sick Dick14 Apr 2017 · EPVinyl
The Big Bamboozle14 Aug 1995 · EPVinyl
The Negro Inside Me7 Jun 1993 · EPVinyl
The Taming of the Shrewd1989 · EPVinyl
Jane's Day Out In Court3 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl
Babs Johnson Is Divine4 Nov 2025 · SingleVinylScala Posters (Mondo Bongo)16 Oct 2025 · SingleVinyl
Demon Lover16 Apr 2024 · SingleVinyl
The Last Words Of Sam Cooke14 Mar 2024 · SingleVinyl
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Pelvis (feat. Jarvis Cocker) (Single Version)22 Jul 2022 · SingleVinyl
The Climber5 Oct 2021 · SingleVinyl
Broken Moments2 Sep 2021 · SingleVinyl
The Hummingbird26 Sep 2018 · SingleVinyl
I Got Clothes22 Sep 2017 · SingleVinyl
Sweet Misery27 Jan 2017 · SingleVinyl
Black Amour19 Aug 2002 · SingleVinyl
Whispering Streets2002 · SingleVinyl
What It Means10 Oct 1998 · SingleVinyl
Can’t Get Loose1998 · SingleVinyl
These Boots Are Made for Walking29 Jul 1991 · SingleVinyl
The Man With the Golden ArmNov 1988 · SingleVinylRecords from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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The bands Barry Adamson played in, each with its own records. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Records by other artists with Barry Adamson in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
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