Band
Holds writing credit on 61 of 61 tracks
All of them. The first three albums credit every one of their 30 tracks to Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds together. Dream Come True drops Reynolds and splits nine tracks three ways. The last two albums, in 1996 and 2024, are written by Mike Score alone.
Across all 61 tracks: how many A Flock of Seagulls wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 61 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Percentage of all 61 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.
| Member | Period | Lyrics | Music | Production | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Score | 1979-1986, 1988-present | 100% |
100% |
51% |
0% |
| Ali Score | 1979-1986, 2003, 2004, 2018, 2021 | 64% |
64% |
0% |
0% |
| Frank Maudsley | 1979-1986, 2003, 2004, 2018, 2021 | 64% |
64% |
0% |
0% |
| Paul Reynolds | 1980-1984, 2003, 2004, 2018, 2021 | 49% |
49% |
0% |
0% |
A Flock of Seagulls's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where A Flock of Seagulls sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
All six studio albums. Ascension (2018) and String Theory (2021) are orchestral re-recordings of earlier songs rather than new studio albums, so they sit outside this catalogue, as do the live and compilation releases.
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August Day Recordings
No albums from this decade.
A Flock of Seagulls61 tracksBubble size = tracks worked on together. MH Mike Howlett · BN Bill Nelson · MR Mikal Reid · SH Sare Havlicek · SL Steve Lovell · WB Wayne Brathwaite
Data Insight
The first three albums split every credit four ways between Mike Score, Ali Score, Frank Maudsley and Paul Reynolds, 30 tracks with nobody taking more than anybody else. Reynolds leaves and Dream Come True divides nine tracks three ways. By the time the band comes back in the nineties the credit has shrunk to one name, and the 22 tracks on the last two albums are Mike Score by himself.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
An equal four-way split that narrowed by one member at a time until only the singer was left.
The Story
Four names on every song, then three, then one. Mike Score is on all 61 album tracks and the last 22 belong to him alone.