Poly Styrene

Poly Styrene (born Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, 1957–2011) was a British singer-songwriter, frontwoman of X-Ray Spex and a pioneering voice in late 1970s punk and subsequent post-punk/pop experiments.

Frontwoman of X-Ray Spex; associated album with X-Ray Spex: Germs Free Adolescents (1978). Solo album Translucence released in 1980. Birth name Marianne Joan Elliott-Said. Active from the mid-1970s; deceased 2011.

The provided review praises Poly Styrene's 1980 solo album Translucence as a delicate, jazz-inflected departure from her punk work with X-Ray Spex. The review highlights her unconventional, ethereal voice and the album's loungey, post-punk pop arrangements. The reviewer calls the album an unjustly ignored hidden treasure.

For:Fans of punk and post-punk, listeners of experimental pop, and those interested in feminist voices in music history.