Songs to Remember

Songs to Remember, released in 1982 by Scritti Politti, finds frontman Green Gartside moving from post-punk roots toward a cleaner, more melodic pop sound that incorporates synth textures, funk and soul influences and relatively polished production. The album pairs intricate, often intellectual lyrics with arrangements that blend keyboards, guitars and rhythmic grooves, and it points toward the group's later shift into sophisticated synth-pop and pop songwriting.