Great Pop Songs #9
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jazzy_daveAnother review from 2014.
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davesmusictank at Great Pop Songs #9Rachel Stevens – Come and Get It (2005)
Track: Funny How
Definitely not a one-tracker, this is a really good listen from start to finish. There are great Moroder-like rhythms on So Good / Negotiate With Love and Glam-thump synths on I Said Never Again but they were all singles and hits so they’re no good to us.
Crazy Boys is a crunchy synth Glam stomper but is let down a little by a weak chorus. A thudding rhythm that sounds like the backing of every Mud song ever written reveals Every Little Thing is another Rob Davis composition. It’s bouncy and enjoyable but isn’t quite up to scratch.
To my ears the pick to go on a "No Hits Required" compilation is Track 11. Funny How is a fit-for- purpose pounding slice of Trancey House with a small but wonderfully spacey break slap bang in the middle of it with strange Erik Satie-like undertones to it. The downside is that it’s only 4 minutes long. Boooooo. It’s rare I want a track to be longer but in this instance I was bloody craving it. A marvellous pounding Moroder-like feast of yearning with Donna Summer sighing angels and bleeps galore. Grab a copy from a booter for 50p to hear it full belt at home. You won’t be disappointed.
Notes :
Shawn ‘Ping Pong Orchestra’ Lee is on guitar for Funny How which is written by Rachel Stevens herself plus M. Cooper, B. Higgins, N Coler, L Cowling and T. Powell.
Another name of note who crops up on several tracks here is Belgian born producer Pascal Gabriel. His curious career path from punk band the Razors, through remixing for Marc Almond and Yello, writing and producing for Bomb The Bass and S’Express and on to pop can be read about on his Wiki page.
Summary :
This CD is a total keeper and definitely not a one No Hit wonder. I belatedly found out The Guardian newspaper included Come And Get It in their ‘1000 albums you must hear before you die’ list. For the record, Rachel is sandwiched between Stereolab and Sufjan Stevens (no relation) But don't let that put you off.
(Thanks to Ian at www.verygoodplus.co.uk for this info)
Track: Funny How
Definitely not a one-tracker, this is a really good listen from start to finish. There are great Moroder-like rhythms on So Good / Negotiate With Love and Glam-thump synths on I Said Never Again but they were all singles and hits so they’re no good to us.
Crazy Boys is a crunchy synth Glam stomper but is let down a little by a weak chorus. A thudding rhythm that sounds like the backing of every Mud song ever written reveals Every Little Thing is another Rob Davis composition. It’s bouncy and enjoyable but isn’t quite up to scratch.
To my ears the pick to go on a "No Hits Required" compilation is Track 11. Funny How is a fit-for- purpose pounding slice of Trancey House with a small but wonderfully spacey break slap bang in the middle of it with strange Erik Satie-like undertones to it. The downside is that it’s only 4 minutes long. Boooooo. It’s rare I want a track to be longer but in this instance I was bloody craving it. A marvellous pounding Moroder-like feast of yearning with Donna Summer sighing angels and bleeps galore. Grab a copy from a booter for 50p to hear it full belt at home. You won’t be disappointed.
Notes :
Shawn ‘Ping Pong Orchestra’ Lee is on guitar for Funny How which is written by Rachel Stevens herself plus M. Cooper, B. Higgins, N Coler, L Cowling and T. Powell.
Another name of note who crops up on several tracks here is Belgian born producer Pascal Gabriel. His curious career path from punk band the Razors, through remixing for Marc Almond and Yello, writing and producing for Bomb The Bass and S’Express and on to pop can be read about on his Wiki page.
Summary :
This CD is a total keeper and definitely not a one No Hit wonder. I belatedly found out The Guardian newspaper included Come And Get It in their ‘1000 albums you must hear before you die’ list. For the record, Rachel is sandwiched between Stereolab and Sufjan Stevens (no relation) But don't let that put you off.
(Thanks to Ian at www.verygoodplus.co.uk for this info)
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Date: 2016-01-28 02:14 pm (UTC)Its an album I've not heard, but it sounds good.
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Date: 2016-01-28 02:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-28 04:51 pm (UTC)Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2016-01-28 06:19 pm (UTC)