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Happy Families by: Blancmange List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £5.98 You Save: £3.01 (33%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0740155102630 Label: Edsel Manufacturer: Edsel Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Edsel Release Date: September 01, 2008 Studio: Edsel Sales Rank: 2695 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Blancmange - Happy Families Remaster 2008Blancmange- happy families (remaster) ------------------------------------------------ from the start, this was their introductory album, right, an EP called irene and mavis contained the prototype, but is not represented here.. if you've heard of blancmange, you have a pretty good idea of what your getting, but if you've only heard a few singles, you might be pleasantly surprised to hear the rest of their work.. 'living on the ceiling' is light years ahead of most groups, and even of some of their other tracks.. 'feel me' also has a very cool tone to it, that starts out slow, but turns into a very passionate plea... there's a few ... Read More: Rating:  - Cheap and NastyI returned my first copy of this CD because the sound quality was so awful ("I've Seen The Word" sounds like a scratchy record played with a dusty stylus) - the second copy is exactly the same. Too bad Edsel either didn't bother remastering the album, or employ sound engineers with tinnitus. I have the 1987 London Records CD release - if you're not bothered about the extra tracks, then save yourself some aural pain and money and get that version instead. Rating: - Close to perfectA welcome re-issue of these 3 albums which also contain nearly all of Blancmanges recorded output. I know I'm being a little bit picky here but I am disappointed that these arn't the original album versions. Both Waves and Living On The Ceiling use the single mixes which, at least in the case of Waves, is totally different to the original album version. Also on Mange Tout they use the much shorter single edit of Day Before You Came. Surely when compiling these releases they could show a little more attention to detail? Rating: - Extended Family ReunionOut of print (and much sought-after) on CD for more than a decade, the first Blancmange album from 1982 was their most successful, if not their highest-charting, LP. It features their biggest-ever hit single (Living On The Ceiling), as well as much-loved tracks like Feel Me, God's Kitchen and I Can't Explain. Five of the album's original 10 songs were singles of one kind or another. Happy Families is arguably the defining Blancmange record for these reasons, but have Edsel done it full justice with this much-needed reissue? Overall, the answer is yes. The packaging is lovingly faithful to the original sleeve design, while the remastering is intelligently done and hasn't simply made everything louder. Blancmange have become the forgotten ... Read More: Rating:  - Sweet For a while back in the early 80's this album was a semi permanent fixture on my turntable. Blancmange are an enigma to many - silly name, fluffy pop singles, no real image to speak of, had a few hits then faded away. But look under the surface and they were so much more than that. This, their debut album, is a real mixed bag of musical styles. The only consistent thing about tracks as diverse as Sad Day, Feel Me, Living On The Ceiling and Waves is the peculiar english eccentric streak they all contain. Sort of like a UK Talking Heads with the funky art rock leaning replaced by whimsical english pop sensibilities. Hearing this album now years after its release (its been out of print for ages) its clear this band could only ever have ... Read More: |
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