The Passions - Sanctuary (FULL ALBUM)

After ’Michael & Miranda’, The Passions released the follow up ’Thirty Thousand Feet Over China’ in 1981. With it’s lush production and shimmering guitar pop melodies, it was a departure from the stark, bass-driven sound of ’Michael & Miranda’. It contained the hit single ’I’m in Love With a German Film Star’ and received critical acclaim. However, this success would not last. Guitarist Clive Temperley left the band in 1982, which would greatly effect the band’s musical direction for their critically maligned third album ’Sanctuary’. ’Sanctuary’ is a poppy, synth-driven record with weak songwriting and cluttered production. It was the last dying gasp of a fractured band and they folded just a year after it’s release. But despite it’s shortcomings and negative reception (it is generally regarded as the weakest of the three), the more upbeat music and flowery synths provide a saccharine, dream-like atmosphere that gives Sanctuary