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{{Short description|Scottish musical group}}
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{{Use British English|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Aztec Camera
| image           = Aztec Camera.jpeg
| caption         = Aztec Camera line–up, c. late 1980s 
| image_size      = 260px
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| origin          = [[East Kilbride]], [[South Lanarkshire]], Scotland
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]|[[indie pop]]|[[jangle pop]]}}
| years_active    = 1980–1995
| label           = {{hlist|[[Postcard Records|Postcard]]|[[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]]|[[Sire Records|Sire]]|[[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]}}
| website         =
| current_members =
| past_members    = [[Roddy Frame]] <br/> See [[Aztec Camera#Musicians|Musicians]] 
}}

'''Aztec Camera''' were a Scottish [[pop music|pop]]/[[New wave music|new wave]] band founded by [[Roddy Frame]], the group's singer, songwriter and only consistent member.<ref>{{cite web|title=In praise of: Roddy Frame by Alistair Braidwood|url=http://dearscotland.com/2010/06/25/in-praise-of-roddy-frame/|work=Dear Scotland|access-date=1 March 2013|author=Alistair Braidwood|year=2010}}</ref> Established in 1980,<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Aztec Camera |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |edition=4th |via=Oxford Reference|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001/acref-9780195313734-e-36223|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4}}</ref> Aztec Camera released a total of six studio albums: ''[[High Land, Hard Rain]]'' (1983), ''[[Knife (album)|Knife]]'' (1984), ''[[Love (Aztec Camera album)|Love]]'' (1987), ''[[Stray (album)|Stray]]'' (1990), ''[[Dreamland (Aztec Camera album)|Dreamland]]'' (1993) and ''[[Frestonia (album)|Frestonia]]'' (1995).<ref name="AMG"/> The band garnered popular success for the songs "[[Oblivious (Aztec Camera song)|Oblivious]]", "[[Somewhere in My Heart]]" and "[[Good Morning Britain (song)|Good Morning Britain]]" (a duet with former [[The Clash|Clash]] guitarist [[Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist)|Mick Jones]]).