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Holly Johnson: Soulstream

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Label: Pleasuredome Records
Released: 1999
Time:
 52:47
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.hollyjohnson.com
Appears with: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Purchase date: 2001.01.06
Price in €: 19,99



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[1] Lady Luck (H.Johnson) - 4:18
[2] Soulstream (H.Johnson) - 5:08
[3] Disco Heaven (H.Johnson) - 4:12
[4] Don't Give Up (H.Johnson) - 4:13
[5] Hope (H.Johnson) - 4:50
[6] The Best Invention (H.Johnson) - 4:29
[7] Hallelujah [Eric Kupper mix] (H.Johnson/N.Bangall) - 4:29
[8] All U Need Is Love (H.Johnson) - 5:31
[9] Legendary Children [2000] (H.Johnson/N.Bangeall) - 3:36
[10] The Power Of Love (H.Johnson/M.O'Tool/B.Nash/P.Gill) - 5:03
[11] Urban Jungle/In The House Of The Rising Sun (Traditional) - 6:43

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Holly Johnson - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitars, Programming, Engineer, Producer

Yoad Nevo - Guitars, Programming, Engineer, Producer
Sandra Charles - Backing Vocals
Black II Black - Drum Loops
Lizzy Charles - Backing Vocals
Debbie Frame - Backing Vocals
Guy Chamber - Guitars
Jimmy Gallangher - Saxophone
Steve Lange - Feat. Backing Vocals

Steve Lowell - Producer, Engineer, Programming
Henry Samuelson - Assistant Engineer
Christian Vassey - Demo Arrangements
Ali Satton - Mixing
Andy Grey - Programming
Bob Kraushar - Mixing
Nick Ingman - Arrangement
Eric Kupper - Remixing

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1999 CD Import 79201

First New Album in 10 Years. 11 Tracks Including the Recent Single 'Disco Heaven' and a Reworking of the Clasic Frankie Track 'Power of Love'.



Már azt hittük, hogy meghalt, de az "Americanos" elöadója csak AIDS-es, de igenis él. Hogy kiröl van szó? Természetesen Holly Johnsonról, aki annak idején a Frankie Goes To Hollywood nevezetû csapatban kezdte meg pályafutását és az óta több tucat albumot, jelentetett meg. A 80-as évek végén bevallotta, hogy a fiúkat szereti, egy darabig sokkolta a világot ezzel a bejelentéssel - érdekes, hogy most már minden elöítélet a múlté, hiszen tavaly a Boyzone-os Stephen jelentette be, hogy meleg - no de térjünk vissza Johnsonra a 90-es években szinte teljesen eltûnt. Senki sem hallott róla, egészen mostanáig. Új lemeze talán a legjobb, mint a valaha készített lemezek. 11 kellemes nótát találunk rajta, van dance és van lassú felvétel is. Igazi poplemezröl beszélhetünk. A Disco Heaven c. dal már kislemezen is megjelent, a dal igazi dance nóta. Mégis az utolsó elötti dalra hívnám fel a figyelmet, melynek címe: The Power Of Love számos listát megjárt már ez a nóta még a Frankie Goes To Hollywood-os idöszakokban, és most újra itt van. Mindent összevetve Johnson igazi meglepetést szerzett új albumával, hogy ez lesz-e az utolsó nem tudni, reméljük nem. Mindenkinek, bátran ajánlom!

Music.hu



After going into seclusion following the MCA Records dispute in 1991 - leaving his album Dreams that Money Can't Buy completely unsupported, many people thought Holly had succumbed to AIDS - this directly following the announcement that he was HIV positive. Changing his life dramatically, Holly decided to take himself out of the limelight while focusing on his painting career...yet he never stopped creating music. This album represents 10 years of introspective thought - it's really an excellent piece of work! If you're looking for the sassiness of Holly's Dan Hartman-produced album Blast (1989), you won't find it here... the sound is very mellow (aside from a couple of fun dance cuts) and very well executed . Holly's voice is smooth and sincere and definitely rich - he's a talented vocalist. This is an excellent album that gives us hope for more of his work in the future. Holly hasn't stopped creating and we get to savor the fruits of his labor!

jf783 from Portland, Oregon, September 29, 2000



Fans of Holly Johnson or Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Holly was the lead) are in for a treat. Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, Holly isn't dead...and he has kindly put together this collection to remind us that he's still kicking! "Disco Heaven," the first single, creates for us an image of life after death, where our past friends and partners dance eternity away, forever young and glamorous. Expect to hear it at your favorite dance club, this Hi NRG tune ain't no weepy ballad! "Hallelujah," awaiting release as a single as well, is another club track, musically on par with "Disco Heaven." Suggesting spirituality free from the bonds of organized religion, this will no doubt be a favorite for the Christian Coalition. Re-recordings of Holly's 1994 Hi NRG single, "Legendary Children (All of Them Queer)" and the FGTH hit ballad, "The Power of Love" (here scaled back, with more sincerity and less schmaltz), will doubtless be heard on the radio and in the clubs, as well. Overall, Holly's voice is as powerful as in his FGTH days, though possibly now more refined. He no longer has that Rick Astley-esque sound from his 1989 album, "Blast" (thank goodness!). Songs range from great dance tracks to ballads and most everything in between. Most of those in-between tracks have a FGTH flavor, but more "Liverpool" than "Welcome to the Pleasuredome."His lyrics are a bit more spiritual in nature, and a FEW songs do read almost like self-help books...not quite over the top, but close!

Darrin Brightman from Tucson, Arizona
December 13, 1999



The former singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood is quite alive and kicking despite the rumors he's been dead for years. It is true, he has been HIV+ for quite a few years but he's been working on painting, started his own label, Pleasuredome and recently released this, his first album in almost 10 years. While his pop disco style is not something I would buy regularly, I had to get it just to hear how he's doing as I was a big Frankie fanatic in my teenage years. From the first notes, the album establishes itself as a calculated uplifting dance oriented effort. From the first sung note, it seems as if all is good in the world again. A comforting feeling as Holly's voice is one that I have missed hearing for far too long now. While for the most part Frankie's themes were all about sex, war, aggression, destruction, heedonism and a little bit of love, Soulstream is an album of hope, joy and living through pain. Holly pays tribute to friends who have passed away in "Disco Heaven," with messages that the afterlife as one big happy party. "Hallelujah" and "All You Need is Love" (not a Beatles cover) also continue with the messages of freeing your mind, loving one another and hope. (Yeah, it's a bit poofy.) In "Legendary Children," he starts off listing famous poets, writers, philosophers, actors and such - and while it's kinda predictable where he's going from the people chosen, the amusing chorus bursts in, proudly boasting that this song is basically a celebration of the famous queers of history. A touching and spine-tingling version of the ballad, "The Power of Love" is included on the album - Frankie's last #1 hit single, the 'Christmas' single released first 15 years ago. It's wonderful to hear that Holly hasn't lost his voice since that time and I look forward to hearing what he plans to do with the Pleasuredome label.

Jon Whitney
 

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