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Jimmy Somerville: The Singles Collection 1984-1990

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Label: FFRR Records
Released: 1990
Time:
 76:10
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.jimmysomerville.co.uk
Appears with: The Communards, Bronksi Beat
Purchase date: 2000.05.20
Price in €: 15,99



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[1] Smalltown Boy (Bronski/Somerville/Steinbachek) - 5:09
[2] Don't Leave Me This Way (Gamble/Gilbert/Huff) - 4:32
[3] Ain't Necessarily So (Gershwin/Gershwin) - 4:07
[4] To Love Somebody (Gibb/Gibb) - 4:18
[5] Comment Te Dire Adieu? (Gainsbourg/Goland/Gold) - 3:36
[6] Run from Love (Bronski/Somerville/Steinbachek) - 3:56
[7] Never Can Say Goodbye (Davis) - 4:27
[8] Why? (Bronski/Somerville/Steinbachek) - 3:56
[9] You Are My World (Coles/Somerville) - 4:30
[10] For a Friend (Coles/Somerville) - 4:36
[11] I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me (Bellotte/Goddard/Moroder/Summer) - 5:46
[12] There's More to Love Than Boy Meets Girl (Coles/Somerville) - 3:51
[13] So Cold the Night (Coles/Somerville) - 4:40
[14] You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (James/Warrick) - 3:58
[15] Tomorrow (Coles/Somerville) - 4:48
[16] Disenchanted (Coles/Somerville) - 4:09
[17] Read My Lips (Somerville) - 4:51

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Jimmy Somerville - Vocals

Bronski Beat:
Jimmy Somerville - Vocals
Steve Bronski - Percussion, Keyboards
Crispin Cioe - Saxophone
John Folarin - Percussion
Bob Funk - Trombone
Peter Griffiths - Engineer
Arno Hecht - Saxophone
Hollywood Paul Litteral - Trumpet
Beverly Lauridsen - Cello
Jesse Levy - Cello
Pink Singers - Vocals
Mark Orrin Shuman - Cello
Larry Steinbachek - Percussion, Keyboards
Mike Thorne - Producer

The Communards:
Jimmy Somerville - Keyboards, Producer, Mixing
Gary Barnacle - Soprano Saxophone
Simon Clarke - Alto & Baritone Saxophone
Pandit Dinesh - Percussion
Sally Herbert - Violin
Judd Lander - Harmonica
Roddy Lorimer - Trumpet
Audrey Riley - Cello
Steve Sidwell - Trumpet
Anne Stephenson - Violin
Annie Whitehead - Trombone
Richard Coles - Arranger, Conductor, Producer
Tim Saunders - Tenor Saxophone

Sarah Jane Morris - Background Vocals
Claudia Brücken - Background Vocals
June Miles-Kingston - Drums, Background Vocals, Mixing

Stephen Hague - Producer, Mixing
Mike Thorne - Producer
Pascal Gabriel - Producer
Phil Harding - Producer
Alvin Clark - Producer, Engineer, Assistant Producer
David Jacob - Engineer, Mixing

Avril MacKintosh - Assistant Engineer
Paul Cox - Photography
Peter Barrett - Artwork
Andrew Biscomb - Artwork
Carl Beatty - Engineer

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To say this is a great album of dance-oriented synth-pop music is to sell it extremely short; this is simply a great album, period. Somerville's soaring tenor may take some getting used to, but the songs, many of them dealing with homophobia and alienation (none more eloquently than "Smalltown Boy") are compelling vignettes about the vagaries of life as a gay man. Cynics predisposed to dismissing entire genres of music based on trendiness or a limited appeal ("dance music is for dancing, not listening") miss the point in lumping this in with more mindless forays into techno or neo-disco. As the Pet Shop Boys (the world's greatest disco band) proved a few years later, you can have substantive content and wrap it up in a compelling, visceral, dance-oriented package. Few bands understood this better, or earlier, than Bronski Beat.

John Dougan - All Music Guide



Jimmy Somerville gehörte zu den großen Stars der Gay-Musiker in den Achtzigern, er war sowohl als Solo-Interpret erfolgreich als auch mit der Gruppe "Communards", von denen auch einige Titel auf dieser Best of CD stammen. Jimmy S. fällt durch seine ausgeprägte Kopfstimme auf, die er insbesondere bei seinen frühen Stücken bis aufs äußerste auszeizte. Sein erster großer Hit - auch gleich der erste Titel auf dieser CD - war "Smalltown boy" und erzählt die Geschichte vom schwierigen Coming out eines Schwulen in einer Kleinstadt. Die späteren Hits der Gruppe oder auch als Solist waren weniger textlich geprägt, sondern insbesondere von der ausgeprägten Vielfalt der musikalischen Stilmittel - vom Klang daher ein typisches Album der Achtziger!

Amazon.de



Following his exit from Bronski Beat in early 1985, falsetto vocalist Jimmy Somerville formed the neo-disco duo the Communards with classically-trained pianist Richard Coles; originally dubbed the Committee, they ran afoul of another group using the same name, and adopted the Communards title in tribute to a group of 19th-century French Republicans. The duo bowed in late 1985 with the Top 30 U.K. hit "You Are My World," the first of some 30-odd singles and EPs released during their relatively brief lifespan; a self-titled debut LP followed in 1986, as did the Communards' chart-topping remake of the Thelma Houston classic "Don't Leave Me This Way." After another U.K. Top Ten hit, "So Cold the Night," in 1987 they issued the Stephen Hague-produced Red, which featured their smash cover of Gloria Gaynor's "Never Can Say Goodbye." Despite their success, the Communards disbanded in 1988, and Somerville began a solo career.

Jason Ankeny - All Music Guide
 

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