Pete Shelley - Homosapien (1981) (CD2006)

Homosapien was Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley's 1981 debut solo album, the title-track of which was released as a UK single the same year. The single was banned by the BBC, but was nevertheless a hit in several countries.

The album began as a collection of studio demos recorded by Shelley (and produced by Martin Rushent) for the next Buzzcocks' album. In the process, Shelley and Rushent grew enormously fond of the sound they had created in the studio, which featured an interesting blend of drum machines, synthesizers and sequencers coupled with guitars. Shelley, weary of the Buzzcocks' financial state, decided to leave the band after Island Records' Andrew Lauder offered him a solo record deal based on the demos.

Released at the start of the home computer boom, the album cover featured Shelley in a stylised 'office' leaning on a Commodore PET computer.

As was typical in the era, Homosapien had a different track listing in the United States, with three songs being excised and three single b-sides being added in their place.

In 1997, Razor & Tie Entertainment reissued the US version on CD with five bonus tracks taken from Shelley's follow-up album, XL1. In 2006, the original UK version was reissued on CD by Varep Records. It includes all the songs from the US version as bonus tracks, as well as two other b-side "dub" mixes.
~ wiki/Pete_Shelley

1 Homosapien
2 Yesterday's Not Here
3 I Generate A Feeling
4 Keats Song  
5 Qu'est-Ce Que C'est Que Ca?
6 I Don't Know What It Is
7 Guess I Must Have Been In Love With Myself  
8 Pusher Man
9 Just One Of Those Affairs
10 It's Hard Enough Knowing   

+ bonus tracks
11 Witness The Change
12 Maxine
13 In Love With Somebody Else
14 Homosapien (Dub)  
15 Witness The Change / I Don't Know What Love Is
16 Love In Vain

New Musik - Warp (1982) (CD2002)

 

Like Kraftwerk, New Musik were techno-pop pioneers; Warp is essentially Kraftwerk's futuristic dance music without the German accents and the icy hooks. If the tracks on Warp sound familiar, it's probably because the album's chilly keyboards and mechanical percussion helped to form the blueprint for '80s synth acts such as I Start Counting and Depeche Mode and the electronica artists that followed in the '90s like the Crystal Method and the Prodigy. That doesn't mean they're entirely original. "Here Come the People" opens up with funky riffs prevalent among club-oriented new wave bands from the early '80s; its robotic, monotonous vocals are snagged from Kraftwerk. Tony Mansfield (vocals, keyboards, guitars) has a thin voice that sometimes recalls Tim Finn of Split Enz. Unfortunately, Mansfield sings without emotion and his often cryptic lyrics are repetitive and uninvolving. If songs such as "Kingdoms for Horses" or "The New Evolutionist (Example 'A')" are actually about anything, a casual listener wouldn't be able to solve the puzzle. However, "A Train on Twisted Tracks," "I Repeat," and "The Planet Doesn't Mind" don't need comprehensible lyrics; they may not have much heart, but it can be fun listening to the lads play with their high-tech gadgets. [Originally released in 1982, Warp was reissued with bonus tracks in 2001.] ~ Michael Sutton




2002 Japanese reissue of 1982 album. Includes 5 bonus tracks for Japan, 'The Planet Doesn't Mind' (single version & 12 inch version), '24 Hours From Culture-Part II', 'Twelfth House' & 'Here Comes The People' (remix).
~www.cduniverse.com

1. Here Come the People
2. Going Round Again
3. A Train on Twisted Tracks
4. I Repeat
5. All You Need Is Love (New Musik)
6. All You Need Is Love (Beatles)
7. Kingdoms for Horses
8. Hunting
9. The New Evolutionist (Example 'A')
10. Green and Red (Respectively)
11. The Planet Doesn't Mind
12. Warp

+bonus tracks Japanese CD
13. The Planet Doesn't Mind (7" version)
14. The Planet Doesn't Mind (12" version)
15. 24 Hours from Culture - Part II
16. Twelfth House
17. Here Come the People (Remix)

Fra Lippo Lippi - The Best Of (2005)

The Best Of Fra Lippo Lippi includes tracks from Songs, Light And Shade, The Colour Album and Dreams in addition to one live track and a new track recorded in 1994 and not available elsewhere. For contractual reasons some of the songs have been re-recorded, but the original recording of 'Angel' is included, complete with Walter Becker's guitar playing.

1 Shouldn't Have to Be Like That  3:50
2 Angel 5:11
3 Love Is a Lonely Harbour 4:50
4 Light and Shade 5:22
5 Naive 4:25
6 Beauty and Madness 4:41
7 Everybody Everywhere 3:51
8 Crazy Wisdom 5:56
9 Everytime I See You 5:11
10 Even Tall Trees Bend 4:13
11 Coming Home 4:19
12 Thief in Paradise 3:33
13 Leaving 3:51
14 Mother's Little Soldier 4:09
15 Dreams 5:15

VA - WESTSIDE Best Of (2004)

WESTSIDE MUSIC to wytwórnia muzyczna, którą założyli w 1984 dwaj panowie: Achim Völker oraz Horst Vay. Od początku byli zainteresowani nowymi trendami w muzyce elektronicznej/syntezatorowej. Lista wykonawców z ich płyt obejmuje min.:
AXODRY
CAMOUFLAGE
CELEBRATE THE NUN
MCL (MICROCHIPLEAGUE)
MOSKWA TV
~http://www.thesecondfuture.net

The Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love (cover versions)

Oryginalnie utwór Temple Of Love wydany został w październiku 1983 roku na 7'' oraz 12'' singlu. Wersja maxi-singlowa trafiła na drugie miejsce listy niezależnych wydawnictw, a w większości muzycznych magazynów pojawiły się bardzo przychylne recenzje.

Życie jest krótkie, a miłość kończy się o świcie...

With the fire from the fireworks up above me
With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain at hand
You run for cover in the temple of love
You run for another but still the same
For the wind will blow my name across this land

In the temple of love you hide together
Believing pain and fear outside
But someone near you rides the weather
And the tears he cried will rain on walls
As wide as lovers eyes

In the temple of love: Shine like thunder
In the temple of love: Cry like rain
In the temple of love: Hear my calling
In the temple of love: Hear my name

And the devil in black dress watches over
My guardian angel walks away
Life is short and love is always over in the morning
Black wind come carry me far away

With the sunlight died and night above me
With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain inside

You run for cover in the temple of love
You run for another it's all the same
For the wind will blow and throw your walls aside
With the fire from the fireworks up above
With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain

You run for cover in the temple of love
I shine like thunder cry like rain
And the temple grows old and strong
But the wind blows longer cold and long
And the temple of love will fall before
This black wind calls my name to you no more



In the black sky thunder sweeping
Underground and over water
Sounds of crying weeping will not save
Your faith for bricks and dreams for mortar
All your prayers must seem as nothing
Ninety-six below the wave
When stone is dust and only air remains

In the temple of love: Shine like thunder
In the temple of love: Cry like rain
In the temple of love: Hear the calling
And the temple of love is falling
Down

In the temple of love: Shine like thunder
In the temple of love: Cry like rain
In the temple of love: Hear my calling
In the temple of love: Hear my name

In the black sky thunder sweeping
Underground and over water
Sounds of crying weeping will not save
Your faith for bricks and dreams for mortar
All your prayers must seem as nothing
Ninety-six below the wave
When stone is dust and only air remains
the only haven you can trust

And the devil in black dress watches over
My guardian angel walks away
Life is short and love is always over in the morning
Black wind come carry me far away

With the fire from the fireworks up above
With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain you

You run for cover in the temple of love
I shine like thunder cry like rain
And the temple of love grows old and strong
But the wind blows longer cold and long
And the temple of love will fall before
This black wind calls my name to you no more

In the temple of love you hide together
Believing pain and fear outside
But someone near you rides the weather
And the tears he cried will rain on walls
As wide as lovers eyes

In the temple of love: Shine like thunder
In the temple of love: Cry like rain
In the temple of love: Hear the calling
And the temple of love is falling
Down

1. Aion - Temple Of Love (3:49)
2. Crematory - Temple Of Love (4:45)
3. Deadlock - Temple Of Love (3:06)
4. Desire - Temple Of Love (6:23)
5. Die My Darling - Temple Of Love (7:19)
6. Endless - Temple Of Love (4:15)
7. Technova - Temple Of Love (4:42)
8. The Man With 2 Faces - Temple Of Love (2:28)
9. The Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love (Extended Version) (7:38)
10. The Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love (Techno Mix) (7:52)
11. The Sisters Of Mercy - Temple Of Love (Touched By The Hand Of Ofra Haza) (8:07)
   

VA - Best Beats From WESTSIDE (1986)

WESTSIDE MUSIC to wytwórnia muzyczna, którą założyli w 1984 dwaj panowie: Achim Völker oraz Horst Vay. Od początku byli zainteresowani nowymi trendami w muzyce elektronicznej/syntezatorowej. 

Lista wykonawców z ich płyt obejmuje min.:

AXODRY

CAMOUFLAGE

CELEBRATE THE NUN

MCL (MICROCHIPLEAGUE)

MOSKWA TV

~http://www.thesecondfuture.net

 

Berlin - Dancing In Berlin (1987)

Berlin - amerykańska grupa muzyczna z nurtu new wave, której liderem oraz wokalistką jest Terri Nunn. Zespół został założony w 1979 roku.

Ich pierwszym znaczącym hitem była kontrowersyjna piosenka "Sex (I'm A...)" (1982), której emisji zakazały niektóre amerykańskie stacje radiowe. Lecz prawdziwą sławę przyniosła zespołowi nastrojowa piosenka "Take My Breath Away", która pochodzi z filmu Top Gun (1986). Za tę piosenkę grupa zdobyła Oscara 1986 za najlepszą piosenkę. Singel z tą piosenką (1986) jest do dziś najlepiej sprzedającym się singlem zespołu, a sama piosenka stała się ogromnym międzynarodowym przebojem. Poza tym zespół wylansował dwa duże hity: "The Metro" i "No More Words".

1. Masquerade - Extended Version

2. Like Flames - Extended Version

3. Sex (I'm a...) - Long Version

4. Dancing In Berlin - Dance Re-Mix

5. You Don't Know - Extended Re-Mix

6. The Metro - Re-Mix

7. No More Words - Dance Re-Mix