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Colin Vearncombe (Black)
Colin Vearncombe performed under the name Black, a British musician from Liverpool. His 1988 album Comedy included the song Paradise, which became his most...
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Afterlife
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Alive
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All We Need Is The Money
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Are You Having A Wonderful Life?
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Better Letting Go
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Black Eyed Susan
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Blonde Trouble
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Blue
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Blue Sky
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Charlemagne
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Come Out Of The Rain
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Come To Me
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Cool
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Everything's Coming Up Roses
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Famous
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Feel Like Change
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Colin Vearncombe performed under the name Black, a British musician from Liverpool. His 1988 album Comedy included the song Paradise, which became his most recognizable work. That track and others like Wonderful Life and You Lift Me Up have a spare, melodic quality that feels both intimate and slightly detached.
Before Paradise, Black's debut album Messages came out in 1987 with the single Sweetest Smile. The band's lineup included Dave Blunt on bass and Robin Taylor on drums. Vearncombe's voice, often in a fragile falsetto, carried songs that were more about mood than grand statements.
He kept recording through the 1990s and 2000s, putting out albums like Are We Having Fun Yet? and Water of Love in 2011. Colin Vearncombe died in 2016. His music, especially Paradise, still surfaces in films and quiet moments, holding onto that particular late-80s atmosphere of longing without ever shouting about it.
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