Rufus & Chaka Khan Phil Collins Scritti Politti Beginning as a punk-inspired collective of art students and squatters, Scritti Politti released several early post-punk recordings on the independent Rough Trade Records, before transitioning into a mainstream pop music project in the early-to-mid 1980s and achieving success on the record charts in the UK. The group's most successful album, 1985's Cupid & Psyche 85, spawned three UK Top 20 hits with "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)", "Absolute", and "The Word Girl". The group scored its only US Top 20 hit with the song "Perfect Way".
The band's 1988 album Provision peaked in the UK Top 10 and produced a UK Top 20 hit single, "Oh Patti". After releasing two non-album singles in 1991, as well as a collaboration with B.E.F.,Gartside released the stripped-down album White Bread, Black Beer. Queen The S.O.S. Band Blancmange
