Editorial Reviews
Music Review:
Music Review
Shaking the Tree: 16 Golden Greats
Schumann: Fantasiestücke; Schubert: Sonatinas
Rock Wit U (Awww Baby), Pt. 1 [CD-single] [Import]
Samarcanda E Altri Successi [Import]
Story of Simon Simopath [Import] [Original recording remastered]
Hymn for the World 2 / Bartoli, Bocelli, Terfel, Chung
Tales From the Punchbowl [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics]
Raizes Sertanejas [Limited Edition] [Import]
Album Description
The U.S. release of 'Loveboat', the ninth studio album by beloved English synthpop duo Erasure, will not be until 2001. 'Loveboat' finds vocalist Andy Bell and former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke working again with their original producer, the always enigmatic Flood (who has worked many top alternative & techno acts in the '80s & '90s, including U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Curve, Cranes, New Order, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Soft Cell & Psychic TV). The result is 11 original compositions that started out as purist sketches using just stylophone and guitar, but wound up with beats and textures from across the contemporary spectrum added, which further broadened the band's already wide stylistic range. Highlights include the record's first single, 'Freedom', complete with it's acoustic guitar accompaniment, 'Crying In The Rain' (which welds bent hip hop beats to Bell's angelic keening), 'Mad As We Are' (which provides a gainst orchestrated Broadway pivot halfway through), 'Moon & The Sky' (featuring thumping beats churning beneath rave-referenced keyboards) and the tender ballad 'Surreal'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.