Editing A Flock of Seagulls (section)

==Legacy==
Owing to their memorable and unusual style and appearance, A Flock of Seagulls are sometimes referred to with ironic appreciation. The ''[[NME|New Musical Express]]'' wrote: "Of course, everyone remembers this group now for singer Mike Score's ridiculous back-combed haircut and the fact that they are mentioned in ''[[Pulp Fiction]]''. So now they're kind of cool, but in the early 1980s it was a different story."<ref>{{cite book |title= [[NME]] 501 Lost Songs| chapter= 252–281: The '80s |page= 53 | publisher= IPC Ignite!| editor-first= Hamish |editor-last= MacBain |year= 2011}}</ref>

The band was featured on Viacom's [[VH1]] and Sony's BMG Legacy Recordings' 2006 revival CD series and multi-platform marketing campaign, "We Are the 80's".<ref>{{cite magazine |first= Michael |last= Paoletta |title= Making the Brand: An '80s Revival |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 22 July 2006 |volume= 118 |issue= 29 |page= 13 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KxYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13}}</ref> In a 2007 article for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Alfred Hickling described the group as "dreadful", and unfavourably compared them to new wave peers [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]] and other Liverpool acts of the time.<ref name="EH">{{cite news|first= Alfred |last= Hickling |title= The Electric Hills |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date= 19 March 2007 |access-date= 5 November 2013 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2007/mar/19/theatre1}}</ref>

The band is also noted for creating their debut album, a successful [[concept album]] which alludes to an alien invasion of earth.<ref>{{cite book|first= Janell R. |last= Duxbury |year= 1988 |title= Shakespeare Meets the Backbeat: Literary Allusion in Rock Music |publisher= [[Taylor & Francis]]}}</ref> ''Billboard'' writer [[Robert Christgau]] applauded their "mechanical lyrics, about a mechanical end of the world," while noting the "aural pleasure" of both the band's debut album and the follow-up.<ref>{{cite news|first= Robert |last= Christgau |author-link= Robert Christgau |title= A Flock of Seagulls |series= Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper= [[The Village Voice]] |date= 30 November 1982 |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv7-83.php |via= robertchristgau.com |access-date= 6 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first= Robert |last= Christgau |title= A Flock of Seagulls: Listen |series= Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper= The Village Voice |date= 26 July 1983 |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv11b-82.php| via= robertchristgau.com |access-date= 6 August 2014}}</ref>

''Cryptic Rock'' writer Alfie Mella praised the band as the "[[Poster child|poster band]] of new wave music" due to the flamboyant hairstyle of its members, particularly the so-described "waterfall bangs" of its frontman. He also noted the band's "flanger and reverb-heavy, angular guitar strums; melodic keyboard lines and synth washes; dancey drumbeats; groove-driven bass lines; and icy, low-register vocal styling" as defining the genre.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mella |first= Alfie |date=July 31, 2019 |title=A Flock of Seagulls - Inflight (Album Review) |url=https://crypticrock.com/a-flock-of-seagulls-inflight-album-review/ |access-date=August 31, 2023 |website=Cryptic Rock}}</ref>