On this day in music history: September 17, 1985 - “Here’s To Future Days”, the fifth album by the Thompson Twins is released. Produced by Nile Rodgers and Tom Bailey, it is recorded at Marcadet Studios and Guillaume Tell Studios in Paris, France and Skyline Studios in New York City from Early - Mid 1985. Issued as the follow up to the hugely successful “Into The Gap”, the band start the album with longtime producer Alex Sadkin, but the sessions are aborted when Tom Bailey is suffering from nervous exhaustion, is ordered to rest by his doctors. Nile Rodgers is enlisted to take over production, scrapping the material previously recorded and starting fresh. The album spins off three singles including “Lay Your Hands On Me” (#6 Pop) and “King For A Day” (#8 Pop). The album is remastered and reissued as a two CD deluxe edition in 2008, with five bonus tracks on disc one. The second disc features thirteen tracks of 7" and 12" remixes of the singles and their respective B-sides. "Here’s To Future Days" peaks at number twenty on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
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