One Rule For You / Joy [7-inch single]

Description

One Rule For You – b/w “Joy” – is a two-sided 7-inch vinyl single by the British new wave band After The Fire, released on CBS Records 2nd of March 1979. Both tracks taken from the band’s up-coming album Laser Love released in September the same year, recorded during July and August 1978 at The Record Plant in New York, USA.

The single “One Rule For You”, produced by Rupert Hine, went UK Top 40. It may have gone higher if the band’s pre-recorded slot on BBC’s Top Of The Pops had been broadcast. But a young upstart called Gary Numan charted higher with “Are Friends Electric?” and the producers of the program decided that the two songs were too similar in style to appear on the same night on Top of the Pops. (“Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” was released as a single by Gary Numan’s band Tubeway Army in May 1979 and peaked at No. 1 on the UK singles chart, staying there for four weeks.)

After The Fire – One Rule For You, Epic 50712

The haunting feeling evoked by Andy Piercy’s vocals and Peter Bank’s finely textured keyboards mixes well with the lead guitar lines and driving rhythm. An excellent first effort from this British outfit. [Record World (Single Picks – Pop), May 26, 1979]

7-inch Vinyl Single tracklist:

Side A. “One Rule For You” – 3:24
Side B. “Joy” – 3:16

Note: The single was released on both black and red vinyl.