Europa - The Filthy Kut
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{mosimage}It may be proclaimed filthy, but it’s fairly impressive just the same.
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Blondie - Autoamerican
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As popular as Parallel Lines was, Autoamerican was the band’s masterpiece and proved to be the best selling album of their career. Recklessly eclectic,the CD reflects either that the group’s phenomenal success was allowing them to stretch out, or that they were unfocused and desperate. Stein indulges himself with modern classical music on the instrumental “Europa,” but mostly what’s on display here is Harry’s chameleon vocals. Harry pulls off nightclub jazz on “Faces,” disco (”Live It Up” with Wah Wah Watson on guitar), sappy alladeering
(”Follow Me”), and even a “Honey Pie”-like 20’s number, “Here’s Looking At You.” Then there are the two #1 singles: “Rapture” is a brilliant dance song that is either a parody of rap or the real thing or both; “The Tide Is High” is an old pop tune with artificial reggae flavoring. They throw in just a couple of typical keyboard-led rockers: “Do The Dark” and “Walk Like Me,” both by Destri. The album is a little disjointed, but it’s consistently interesting.
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