Spandau Ballet – Diamond (VG/VG) – LP, AU 1982

Diamond is an LP by Spandau Ballet from 1982 released on the Chrysalis label.

About this album

Diamond finds Spandau Ballet sharpening their New Romantic sound into a sleeker, more rhythmic pop statement. Released in 1982, the album sits between the band’s club-bred early singles and their later polished mainstream success, with tracks such as Chant No 1, Instinction and Paint Me Down showing how they fused funk, synth-pop and post-punk tension into something distinctly their own. The record’s cool surfaces and dancefloor momentum helped establish Spandau Ballet as one of the defining British pop acts of the early 1980s, bridging underground style and chart ambition with striking confidence.