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Propaganda: Wishful Thinking

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Label: ZTT Records
Released: 1985
Time:
 41:31
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): S.J. Simpson, Trevor Horn
Rating: ****...... (4/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.p-fan.de
Appears with:
Purchase date: 1997
Price in €: 14,99



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[1] Abuse (Dorper/Mertens) - 3:29
[2] Machined (Dorper/Mertens) - 6:51
[3] Laughed! (Haig/Ross) - 8:54
[4] Loving (Brücken/Dorper) - 0:45
[5] Jewelled (Brücken/Dorper) - 7:42
[6] Loved (Brücken/Dorper) - 6:42
[7] Abuse (Dorper/Mertens) - 4:15
[8] Thought (Dorper/Thein) - 2:38

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Kevin Armstrong - Guitar
Ralf Dörper - Guitar
Derek Forbes - Bass
Susanne Freytag - Vocals
Bob Kraushaar - Arranger, Editing
Brian McGee - Drums
Michael Mertens - Percussion
Paul Wright - Tape, Tape Operator
Claudia Brucken - Vocals, Paintings, Cover Art

Trevor Horn - Producer
Bob Kraushaar - Arranger, Producer, Reissue Producer
S.J. Lipson - Producer
Steve Lipson - Producer
Paul Morley - Arranger, Editing, Mixing, Loops
Paul Morley - Arranger, Producer, Reissue Producer
Jerry Ewing - Liner Notes
John Stoddart - Photography

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s

1985 LP  ZTT/Island  091    
1998 CD Uptown/Universal 53208
1998 CD ZTT 119
2002 CD Repertoire 4901
2000 CD ZTT 164

2006 re-release of a 1985 collection made up of remixes of tracks from the group's debut album "A Secret Wish" done by label bosses Bob Kraushaar and Paul Morley. Their label at the time, Ztt, intended the release as a vehicle to promote the group in the United States.



In the '80s, remix records were usually either solipsistic synth noodling with very little appeal for the average listener or, worse still, crass commercial attempts to eek a few additional dollars from die hard fans. Propaganda was apparently prepared to answer accusations of that sort. The record jacket for Wishful Thinking, their 1985 collection of remixed "disturbdances" of songs from their debut, A Secret Wish, defends the remix concept with a quotation from Goethe: "and refashioning the fashioned/ lest it stiffen into iron/ is a work of endless vital activity." Somehow Wishful Thinking seems deserving of Goethe's defense. These remixes are vital and original creations in their own right. At times they even seem to surpass the quality of the original poppier versions. The driving dance beats, mesmerizing gothic chords, and swirling ambient guitars create a melancholic ethos of considerable artistic merit. Perhaps the key is the reduction in emphasis on the sometimes grating sing/shout vocals by Claudia Brucken and Susan Freytag. And though some mixes do begin to get dull when they are reduced to thumping bass and grinding drums, the vast majority of this project is more dynamic than that.

Evan Cater - All Music Guide
 

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