Living in a Box
| Living in a Box | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Genres | Pop,funk,sophisti-pop |
| Years active | 1985–1990 |
| Labels | Chrysalis |
| Website | Livinginaboxmusic.com |
| Past members |
Richard Darbyshire Marcus Vere Anthony Critchlow |
Living in a Box are a British band from the late 1980s. They are best known for their eponymous debut single, produced by Richard James Burgess. The group consisted of singer/guitarist Richard Darbyshire, drummer Anthony "Tich" Critchlow and keyboard player Marcus Vere.
Living in a Box were formed in 1985 in Sheffield. The group named themselves after the first song they had recorded together in the studio. It was in fact this song that had brought them together in the first place. Vere and Critchlow were recording the demo version of the tune in a studio also being visited by Darbyshire, an independent recording artist at the time. Darbyshire was invited to join his two future bandmates in the studio to record vocals for the track, and the three officially became a band.
Released two years later, "Living in a Box" was their most commercially successful single, peaking at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart and became the band's only single to chart in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. The single was featured on the group's self-titled debut album, which also included follow-up singles "Love is the Art," "So the Story Goes," and "Scales of Justice." While "So the Story Goes" was the only one of these additional singles to crack the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, all three songs charted in their home country, where the band continued to enjoy more success. Their follow-up album, Gatecrashing in 1989 proved to be even more successful in the UK, generating two Top Ten hits, "Blow the House Down" (which featured Queen's Brian May on guitar) and "Room in Your Heart". The album itself peaked at number 21 (four places higher than the first). Artistic differences, as well as changes to their record label Chrysalis, caused the band to break up in 1990 before a third album could be released.
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