Well that brings me officially over the halfway mark so...
Dexys Midnight Runners "Too-Rye-Ay" (1982) - got it
Following the relative success of "Searching for the Young Soul Rebels" subsequent singles failed to landand, and several of the band members left. Kevin Rowland responded by taking on 3 violinists who specialised in Irish folk music and getting the horn section who were formerly his bandmates in as hired-hands.
The gutsy northern soul sound of the first album is still present to a certain extent, but with strings, folksy Celtic elements, the odd ballad, and even a sudden explosion of jazz in the middle of "Until I believe in my soul".
The album wasn't faring particularly well until the single "Come on Eileen" suddenly picked up steam and went on to be (deservingly) the biggest selling single of 1982 in the UK, even making headway on the US charts.
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