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Despite the inability of the music to live up to the high standards of Jimmy Somerville's ridiculously skilled falsetto voice, the Communards' first album achieved platinum status in several countries. Somerville's spirited duet with Sarah Jane Morris on a cover of Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way" helped push the record into the Top Ten on the U.K. charts, and a decent blend of other dancefloor fillers with Richard Coles-centric piano ballads lends variety for the ears that can't take a full album's worth of dance music. Both "Breadline Britain" and "Reprise" continue Somerville's activist ideals; the latter has to be one of the sharpest dissections of Margaret Thatcher. Compared to the following Red, much of the duo's self-titled debut sounds flat, lacking punch -- all the more surprising from a Mike Thorne (Wire, Marc Almond) production. [The remastered version adds a lengthy mix of "Don't Leave Me This Way."]
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Kenneth Gamble, Composer, Writer - Cary Gilbert, Composer, Writer - The Communards, MainArtist - LEON HUFF, Composer, Writer - Sarah Jane Morris, MainArtist
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Jimmy Davis, Composer - Davis, Composer - Ramirez, Composer - Sherman, Composer - Jimmy Sherman, Composer - Roger Ramirez, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Kenneth Gamble, Composer, Writer - Cary Gilbert, Composer, Writer - The Communards, MainArtist - LEON HUFF, Composer, Writer - Sarah Jane Morris, MainArtist
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
The Communards, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
The Communards, MainArtist - Benjamin Homer, Composer - Bud Green, Composer - LES BROWN, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
The Communards, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
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The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
The Communards, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Kenneth Gamble, Composer, Writer - Cary Gilbert, Composer, Writer - The Communards, MainArtist - LEON HUFF, Composer, Writer - Sarah Jane Morris, MainArtist
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
The Communards, MainArtist - George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - Dubose Heyward, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Jimmy Davis, Composer - Davis, Composer - Ramirez, Composer - Sherman, Composer - Jimmy Sherman, Composer - Roger Ramirez, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, Composer, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Alan Block, Composer - Don Hecht, Composer - The Communards, MainArtist - Rita Ross, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
The Communards, Composer, Remixer, MainArtist - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Coles, Composer - The Communards, MainArtist - Somerville, Composer - Jimmy Somerville, Composer - Richard Coles, Composer
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 1985 London Music Stream Ltd.
Kenneth Gamble, Composer, Writer - Cary Gilbert, Composer, Writer - The Communards, MainArtist - LEON HUFF, Composer, Writer - 7th Heaven, Remix & Additional Production - Sarah Jane Morris, MainArtist
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 2021 London Music Stream Ltd
Album review
Despite the inability of the music to live up to the high standards of Jimmy Somerville's ridiculously skilled falsetto voice, the Communards' first album achieved platinum status in several countries. Somerville's spirited duet with Sarah Jane Morris on a cover of Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way" helped push the record into the Top Ten on the U.K. charts, and a decent blend of other dancefloor fillers with Richard Coles-centric piano ballads lends variety for the ears that can't take a full album's worth of dance music. Both "Breadline Britain" and "Reprise" continue Somerville's activist ideals; the latter has to be one of the sharpest dissections of Margaret Thatcher. Compared to the following Red, much of the duo's self-titled debut sounds flat, lacking punch -- all the more surprising from a Mike Thorne (Wire, Marc Almond) production. [The remastered version adds a lengthy mix of "Don't Leave Me This Way."]
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 02:37:20
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Communards
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: London Music Stream
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2021 London Music Stream Ltd. ℗ 2021 London Music Stream Ltd.
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