In 1983 Terry quit The Fun Boy Three and in time formed The Colour Field with Toby Lyons and Karl Shale and by 1986 drummer Gary Dwyer. They released their first single The Colour Field in 1984 complete with a much more conservative haircut and richer sound. Virgins and Philistines was the first album released followed by the sharply contrasting Deception released after Toby Lyons had quit the band. Singles: The Colour Field, Take, Thinking of you, Castles in the air, Things could be beautiful, Running away, She.

A music reviewer once described the Colour Field in the following way:

'This lot have absolutely nothing going for them. No sense of humour. No glamour. No good melodies. No danceable rhythms. No excitement. No controversy. No emotion. Nothing whatsoever. They are, in short, ruddy awful'

Virgins and Philistines

Thinking Of You
Faint Hearts
Castles In The Air
Take
Cruel Circus
Hammond Song
Virgins and Philistines
Armchair Theatre
Yours Sincerely
Sorry
Deception

Badlands
Running Away
From dawn to distraction
Confession
Miss Texas 1967
She
Heart of America
Digging it deep
Monkey in winter
Goodbye sun valley

The Colourfield/
The Colour Field

Behind each reason there's a lie
Behind each answer lies a cheat
Well you can take me for a ride
But only if I get the window seat

With a review like that it is plainly obvious that the Colour Field are going to be a brilliant band, and they are. The album has brilliant lyrics coupled with great rhythms and rich music. It is quite clear the reviewer needed to sort out the battery in his hearing aid.

What is in actual fact 'ruddy awful' is the fact that Virgins and Philistines in not currently commercially available in the UK and is a bugger to get hold of. It can fetch in excess of £50.00 plus on ebay. Virgins and Philistines is a really timeless album in places such as Margaret A Roches Hammond Song and Virgins and Philistines. it is well worth a fight to get hold of it.