Editing Aztec Camera (section)

===''High Land, Hard Rain'' and breakthrough (1983–1984)===
Aztec Camera's debut album, ''[[High Land, Hard Rain]]'' was produced by John Brand and Bernie Clarke for the Rough Trade record label. The album was released in April 1983 and was distributed in different formats on Domino Recording Co. Ltd. in the US (in addition to Sire); WEA and Celluloid in France; Nuevos Medios in Spain; Powderworks in [[Australia]]; MVM Records in [[Portugal]]; and WEA for a general European release.<ref name="AMG"/> The album was successful, garnering significant critical acclaim, and peaked at number 129 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Aztec Camera "High Land, Hard Rain"|url=http://coolalbumreview.com/?p=4620|work=Cool Album of the Day|publisher=Dilapidated|access-date=1 March 2013|author=John Driscoll|date=28 November 2011|archive-date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928223555/http://coolalbumreview.com/?p=4620|url-status=dead}}</ref> Frame later revealed that the song "[[Oblivious (Aztec Camera song)|Oblivious]]" was consciously written as a ''[[Top of the Pops]]''-type [[Pop music|pop song]] and received a corresponding degree of popularity.<ref name="Meg"/>

During the recording process for the album, Frame used a different guitar for every song. For the song "Orchid Girl", Frame explained in 2013—during the 30th anniversary tour—that he was attempting to merge the influences of his favorite guitarist at the time, [[Wes Montgomery]], and punk rock icon [[Joe Strummer]].<ref name="Kay" /> In a late 1990s television interview, Frame explained that a "boy" image was associated with him during this era, and that he was annoyed by it at the time.  He was taking his music very seriously—"you don't want to be called 'boy'; especially when you're listening to [[Joy Division]]"—but he eventually stopped caring about it.<ref name="Party" />