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Saturday, December 5, 2015
Alan Vega - (1985) Just A Million Dreams LP
Just a Million Dreams was Alan Vega's second shot at mainstream stardom on a major label, but whereas his previous album, Saturn Strip, was an impressive distillation of his best ideas, Dreams is an unconvincing disappointment. The sleek production sounds dated rather than fresh and vibrant as it did before. The energetic playing and singing can't conceal the fundamental weakness of the material. None of the songs are truly bad, but they are a deeply misguided attempt at mainstream stardom that, this time, sounds forced and contrived. Though Vega once again shed his experimental tendencies on Dreams, this time, it's to no end, since he replaced them with surprisingly drab lyrics and banal melodies. Worst of all, the material, lacking any compelling hooks, fails even as an attempt at mainstream synth pop. The result was the second commercial flop in a row for Vega, who parted ways with Elektra and returned to Suicide and experimental synth-noise. Dreams is not the best introduction to Vega's music, and will be of interest only to hardcore fanatics.
VA - (1984) Street Beat Volume II 2xLP
Tracklist:
A1 Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five - The Message
A2 West Street Mob - Let's Dance (Make Your Body Move)
A3 Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
B1 The Sequence - Funk You Up
B2 Treacherous Three - Feel The Heartbeat
B3 Sugarhill Gang - 8th Wonder
C1 Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five - Freedom
C2 Sugarhill Gang - Apache
C3 The Furious Five Meet Sugarhill Gang - Showdown
D1 The Mean Machine - Disco Dream
D2 Trouble Funk - Hey Fellas (Long Version)
D3 The Crash Crew - On The Radio
VA - (1982) Teardrop Time LP
Tracklist:
A1 Sonny Til & The Orioles - Crying In The Chapel
A2 Gerry & The Pacemakers - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
A3 Timi Yuro - Hurt
A4 B.J. Thomas - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
A5 Johnnie Ray - The Little White Cloud That Cried
A6 The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
B1 Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her
B2 Little Anthony & The Imperials - Goin' Out Of My Head
B3 Pat Boone - I Almost Lost My Mind
B4 Sandy Posey - Single Girl
B5 Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry
B6 J. Frank Wilson - Last Kiss
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